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.

La Penca Azul of Bay Farm, 891-B Island Dr., Alameda From the folks at O2 Eatery on Solano Avenue, comes a new Albany sushi joint celebrating its opening on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The menu includes udon ...

Rebecca Alcalá-Veraflor got her first library card on a kindergarten class field trip. As she grew up around the East Bay, with stops in San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, ...

One of several stop signs in the Elmwood District where someone has added stickers protesting a plan to zone some properties on College Avenue for apartment buildings. The strip mall in the background ...

The soon-to-be vacated headquarters of Pivot Bio, located on the Aquatic Park Research Campus in West Berkeley. Credit: Daniel Schonhaut for Berkeleyside Berkeley-grown agricultural technology company ...

Gyo Fujikawa, age 3, rides a tricycle in October 1912. The artist and author was born in Berkeley and became a bestselling children’s book author. Courtesy: Bonita Weavingearth and Denson Fujikawa In ...

01.29.26: Delah Coffee, a local Yemeni coffee chain, has closed its Berkeley café near the university, per a Nosh tipster. Delah Coffee’s other Bay Area locations are in San Francisco, Oakland and ...

Culinary genius Eric Pease-Sartenaer passed away peacefully at home the morning of July 6, at the age of 76. A loving and devoted father, husband, brother, son, uncle, grandson, and a longtime ...

Then-Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas was locked in a tight primary campaign against eight other candidates seeking the District Five seat ...

As far back as the early 1900s, Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood was home to small Italian-owned businesses. Genova Delicatessen opened in 1926 on the site of a former train barn. The long-gone G&G ...

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