Amid controversy over a proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue, the Berkeley Planning Commission on Wednesday asked city staff to bring back more information, including an assessment of an alternative approach defining drugstores as department stores.
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its 2014 Lunar New Year stamp today in San Francisco at a ceremony with Mayor Ed Lee.
BART's largest labor union yesterday provided the final approval needed to end the transit agency's long and rancorous contract dispute.
The City of Albany announced today that three more Albany Bulb residents have been provided housing under the city's "Transition Plan" to remove the longstanding encampments on the Bulb.
A man in his 70s escaped with no visible injuries after jumping in front of a BART train in downtown Berkeley this afternoon, according to BART. The Downtown Berkeley station was closed temporarily.
This season's influenza strain is affecting children and young adults as well as other ages. Those most at risk are are the elderly, pregnant women, infants and people with other health conditions.
Assembly members and senators praise the governor's budget proposal for increasing spending for education and other programs while also reducing the state's debt
Health officials urge local residents to get a flu vaccination if they haven't done so already.
With increasing reports of H1N1 flu deaths, here is an updated list of symptoms of this season's influenza outbreak from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Enter your zip code and find flu vaccination locations near you.
Contra Costa County health officials announced that a woman has died after contracting H1N1 flu virus, also known as swine flu. This year's flu vaccine protects against the virus, which causes severe illness.
State and local health officials refute a viral YouTube video and other reports linking Fukushima and radiation on beaches near San Francisco.
Want to know how Alameda County spends your money? The county has established a new website to make it easier for citizens to see where tax dollars are being spent.
Janet Yellen, a UC Berkeley emeritus professor, was confirmed by the Senate today to be chairwoman of the powerful Federal Reserve Board. The margin of approval was the thinnest in board's history.
The cost of parking at several BART stations – including North Berkeley, Ashby and El Cerrito Plaza – are going up this month.
Only five days in the past month have not had wood-burning bans imposed by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Another Spare the Air day has been declared for Saturday, making 2014 completely no-fires so far.
New California laws include a minimum wage hike, a 3-foot buffer for bicyclists, ability to park at broken meters, commuter lane access for green vehicles and driver's licenses for unregistered immigrants among many others.
Two appeals have been filed of the Albany planning commission's approval of the UC Berkeley plan for a Sprouts Farmers Market and senior housing at University Village in Albany.
For the 26th day in the past 40 days, wood-burning is banned in the Bay Area Friday because of air pollution. The ban goes into effect whenever the Bay Area Air Quality Management District declares a Spare the Air day.
The long-stalled BART labor contract was approved at last by the BART board today after a disputed clause was resolved. The union vote takes place Friday.
Wood-burning is banned again in the Bay Area on Thursday – the 25th day of the past 39 that Spare the Air Alerts have been declared by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District because of heavy air pollution.
The Bay Area is seeing record-low rainfall levels so far this season, with levels far below the previous lows.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has again banned wood-burning – on New Year's Eve – with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.
Air quality officials say they receive an average of 100 to 200 citations on every day there is an alert.
It's the seventh straight day a wood burning ban has been put in place
Members of the key union for AC Transit employees has ratified a tentative agreement, averting a threatened strike, AC Transit said. The rank-and-file had twice rejected earlier tentative agreements.
It's the sixth straight day the wood burning ban has been put in place
It's the fifth day in a row a wood burning ban has been in place, due to a another Spare the Air Day declared by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Air quality district issues a wood burning ban for the fourth straight day
AC Transit has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing drivers and mechanics, forestalling a strike that could have occurred at the end of 60-day cooling-off period on Sunday at midnight.
For an unprecedented 11th day in a row, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday, meaning no fires or wood-burning. The continued cool weather is keeping pollution trapped.
An amended federal suit seeking to block the planned Albany Bulb eviction was filed Monday, with a large increase in the number of Bulb dwellers who are plaintiffs.
With the elevator back in service after several weeks on the disabled list, the Albany Library is accepting book donations again.
For the 10th straight day – yet another new record – fires and wood-burning are banned in the Bay Area because of air pollution trapped by cold temperatures.
The Chemical Safety Board would like California to adopt a regulatory system used in Europe and Australia.
With cold temperatures still trapping pollution close to the ground, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared another Spare the Air alert for Monday, which means no fires or wood burning.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended the ban on wood-burning for record eighth day in a row with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.