Berkeley

A horse named I'll Do it For You died after an injury at the Sonoma County racetrack, according to a government site that tracks equine fatalities. 

Walgreens has been closing some of its stores and on Wednesday, the store that's been a cornerstone in Berkeley for about 30 years will be no longer.

Berkeley Unified School District announced Monday that it will provide free breakfast and lunch to all students at 16 schools starting this fall.

Three Peet’s Coffee shop locations have become the first in the Bay Area to vote in favor of unionizing. Two of the locations are in Oakland and a third is in Berkeley.

The Berkeley City Council will decide on a proposal to install 52 license plate reader cameras on streetlights and roads throughout the city. Berkeley police said the plan, if approved, would help them tackle car thefts and other criminal activities.

A former Berkeley resident pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to setting fires in the Lake Tahoe region in 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of California.   

"Berkeley teen finishes grueling 28.5 mile swim around Manhattan. Maya Merhige, 15, completed the course in less than 9 hours, becoming one of the youngest to finish one of most challenging open water courses in the world. And she did it to raise money for cancer."

Animal activists are applauding the decision announced over the weekend, that the Stronach Group, which owns Golden Gate Fields, will discontinue horse racing at the East Bay racetrack at the end of the year. 

The Golden Gate Fields horse racing track near Berkeley is shutting down after its current 2023 season, the company that owns the track announced Sunday.

Psychedelic reform was on the agenda at the Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday. The legislation would cover personal use and possession of mushrooms and ayahuasca.

A 24-year-old Berkeley man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting a man on fire in an unprovoked attack last month.

BART reopened the restrooms at its Embarcadero and Downtown Berkeley stations Friday as part of an ongoing effort to reopen restrooms that have been closed at 10 of its underground stations since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Berkeley police are asking for help in their search for a 20-year-old who went missing Sunday evening.

Berkeley diner owner Collin Doran has long been in the business of feeding people. And that’s meant feeding people — even if they don’t have the money to pay.

John Legend brought two of his kids to hang out in Berkeley before his performance at the Greek Theatre Saturday night.

A woman was robbed at gunpoint near the University of California at Berkeley campus Friday night, according to the University of California police department.   

The co-owner of a Berkeley auto-repair shop said Thursday that he's rethinking security after thieves broke in and stole four cars belonging to customers as well as other equipment.

Three Bay Area eateries made the top 20 in Yelp’s mouthwatering list of 100 best burgers in America.

UC Berkeley is establishing a new college on its campus for the first time in more than 50 years.