Father and son Hossein and Amir Razavi took over the Middle East Market a decade ago, and recently expanded to open an ...

Alejandra Armstrong's work at Cityside helps Berkeleyside, The Oaklandside, Richmondside and East Bay Nosh reach more people.

Your guide to Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond cafes serving ceremonial-grade tea, matcha lattes and green desserts, despite a global shortage.

A Nosh tipster let us know that the College Avenue location of Jot Mahal, a longtime Berkeley institution for vegetarian Indian food, has closed. Ownership confirmed the closure over the phone and ...

A Berkeley police officer speaks last week with Robert Piraino Sr., who lived in an encampment on a portion of a West Berkeley street the city gave to Bayer. The encampment was cleared early Tuesday.

A federal agent pushes a protester at the entrance to Coast Guard Island last Thursday. With federal immigration agencies sending operatives into largely Democrat-controlled cities like Chicago, ...

We work for you — reporting on the stories our community needs. Our team is keeping you in touch with everything that’s happening in our local food culture. Will you chip in today to support that ...

Berkeley High School teacher Hasmig Minassian has already instituted a cellphone ban, requiring her students to place their devices in pouches each class period. Berkeley Unified is currently working ...

A radio in a police cruiser. The Berkeley City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to silence all scanner traffic to the public. Credit: AP/Dave Collins For decades, the Berkeley Police Department’s ...

As the federal shutdown drags on, Alameda County officials are trying to figure out how to keep residents from going hungry. Last week, the Board of Supervisors agreed to give roughly $10 million to ...

Starting Mon., Oct. 27, 2025, bicyclists will only be allowed to use the bike-ped path from 2 p.m. Thursdays to 11 p.m. Sundays. There will be a bicycle shuttle service during other times of the week.

An ofrenda set up during the 2024 Día de los Muertos celebration at Berkeley High. Credit: Maren Matthews The annual Día de los Muertos event hosted at Berkeley High School has been canceled out of ...