The sudden ouster of Police Accountability Board director Hansel Aguilar, and recent protest resignations from the Police Accountability Board, are the culmination of years of mounting tension between those bodies and the city.

While Ricardo G. Ruiz has been found not guilty for the Fourth Street fracas, he still faces 11 felony charges from the armed April 2025 standoff that ended after a Berkeley Police Department officer shot him in the face.

People cried, hugged, and told stories punctuated with laughter while remembering the 40-year-old trumpet player who "brought people together." The state’s DA office is investigating the killing.

Tommy Ryan's burger spot was born from a desire to make the most out of all the meat moving through his Hercules barbecue joint.

The beloved national park ranger, civil rights pioneer and co-founder of Reid’s Records in Berkeley died in December. She will be honored at the Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland.