Police said they received reports of a gun but ultimately did not find one. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/26/community/fights-shut-down-berkeley-high-football-game/

Mary C. Opler has worked as a prosecutor, public defender and, briefly, an SFPD officer. She currently works in civilian police oversight in Seattle. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/25/mary-c-opler-berkeley-director-of-police-accountability-nomination

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/22/top-dog-chez-maeju-kash-hoagies-penca-azul-open

California’s Education Department ruled BUSD needs to remedy the harm done to Jewish kids by student-led assemblies and posters hung in a classroom describing the war in Gaza as a… Read more

Downtown Top Dog now open, plus Berkeley welcomes a new hoagie spot and a cafe founded by a Cal grad. A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/22/top-dog-chez-maeju-kash-hoagies-penca-azul-open

A sped-up version of the security footage has been viewed more than 2 million times on TikTok. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/22/uc-berkeley-crime/suspect-uc-berkeley-students-viral-video-arrested/

Luckily, no children were in the rooms last week when the lights fell. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/23/rosa-parks-elementary-berkeley-lighting-fixtures

California’s Education Department ruled BUSD needs to remedy the harm done to Jewish kids by student-led assemblies and posters hung in a classroom describing the war in Gaza as a genocide.… Read more

Lawmakers signed off on a plan to use $125 million from a state parks and climate bond to help buy the former horse racing track in Berkeley and Albany last month. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/21/golden-gate-fields-park-funding-newsom-legislature

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/22/top-dog-chez-maeju-kash-hoagies-penca-azul-open

A second resident got outside but was displaced. Scroll down for an update. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/19/community/berkeley-woman-hospital-house-fire-browning/

Lawmakers signed off on a plan to use $125 million from a state parks and climate bond to help buy the former horse racing track in Berkeley and Albany last month. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/21/golden-gate-fields-park-funding-newsom-legislature

A second resident got outside but was displaced. Scroll down for an update. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/19/community/berkeley-woman-hospital-house-fire-browning/

Min Zin, a scholar of Myanmar politics, has been detained in China for over three months. His wife is urging the president to secure his release when he meets with Xi Jinping next week. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/17/wife-of-uc-berkeley-scholar-detained-in-china-asks-trump-for-help

https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/19/community/berkeley-ferry-plan-judicial-streamlining/

Watch: City crews clear Berkeley homeless camp.

Heavy equipment rolled in Wednesday as the Harrison Street encampment closure continued. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/16/community/video-city-crews-harrison-homeless-camp/

The musical version of the comedy got seven Tony nominations and London’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/18/legally-blonde-opens-berkeley-playhouses-season

https://berkeley.townsquaremedia.com/category/local-events

Unlike other cities where Opler was a finalist, Berkeley kept its candidate pool private. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/15/community/berkeley-mary-opler-new-police-oversight-director/

City workers cleared out what had been two of the most densely populated blocks of the longstanding Northwest Berkeley camp during operations Tuesday and Wednesday. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/16/berkeley-homeless-camp-closure-harrison-eighth

Watch: City crews clear Berkeley homeless camp. Heavy equipment rolled in Wednesday as the Harrison Street encampment closure continued. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/16/community/video-city-crews-harrison-homeless-camp/

Watch: City crews clear Berkeley homeless camp. Heavy equipment rolled in Wednesday as the Harrison Street encampment closure continued. https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/16/community/video-city-crews-harrison-homeless-camp/

City workers cleared out what had been two of the most densely populated blocks of the longstanding Northwest Berkeley camp during operations Tuesday and Wednesday.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/16/berkeley-homeless-camp-closure-harrison-eighth

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/16/delage-55-coffee-juxi-cere-tea-skula-open

As tau builds up in our brains, non-REM brain waves necessary for memory formation become erratic. https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/11/new-uc-berkeley-study-links-deep-sleep-loss-to-alzheimers-related-protein-buildup/

With Berkeley’s own defensible space requirements already in effect for 1,400 homes, hundreds more could soon be subject to new, but more relaxed, state requirements.… Read more

We took a tour of the six-story building, which includes 15 classrooms, art studios and a rooftop terrace with panoramic views. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/11/photos-inside-berkeley-city-colleges-new-94m-downtown-building

The fire shut down the Berkeley Animal Care Services facility near Aquatic Park for almost two months. Peter Taraba, 48, was found guilty of arson Wednesday.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/11/bacs-shelter-reopens-after-arson

Photos: Inside Berkeley city college’s new $94M downtown building.

We took a tour of the six-story building, which includes 15 classrooms, art studios and a rooftop terrace with panoramic views.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/11/photos-inside-berkeley-city-colleges-new-94m-downtown-building

Also: UC Berkeley has lost its spot in the top 5 on Forbes’ list of the nation’s best colleges. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/11/the-wire-berkeley-lab-scientists-find-strong-sign-of-dark-matter-art-for-fire-safe-yards