Building a Better California raised $45 million last week alone.

Join us every third Saturday of the month to help clean the litter off our shorelines.Plastic pollution is a huge problem on our shorelines. Plastic does not biodegrade, instead it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces which end up being mistaken as food by wildlife. Join us and spend some time volunteering to keep our Estuary clean and beautiful!

Plan ahead: consider walking, biking, or taking public transit. Avoid $335 parking fines or towing fees. Home game days in 2026 are Sept. 5, 19, 25; Oct.10, 17; and Nov. 21, 28. Fans and visitors coming near Memorial Stadium on Cal football game days can avoid hassle, traffic, towing, and parking fines by using public transit, walking, or biking. BART trains, AC Transit buses, and free UC Berkeley gameday shuttles provide convenient access to Memorial Stadium. Borrow a shared bicycle or scooter or ride your own on Bancroft Way’s protected two-way bicycle lane. Walk or roll through the vibrant Southside neighborhood to the stadium.

Rent bikes for short, one-way rides between 48 bike share stations spread across Berkeley’s 10 square miles. Avoid worries of maintenance, parking, or theft. No bike? No problem. People who’d like to bike but don’t own one can rent from docking stations now available in even more areas of Berkeley.Use them for one-way trips, errands, rides around town, or commuting to cities in the station network, including Oakland and Emeryville. If BART or AC Transit stops seem too far to walk, bike share can take you that first or last mile home.

Bay Area SunShares is a renewable energy program for all Bay Area residents. Join us for an introductory, one-hour webinar that explains how SunShares works, the basics of solar technology, financing ...

Two-thirds of voters would be needed to approve any new local taxes for specific services

The group claimed victory after regulators recommended delaying landmark rules that would eventually phase out gas water heaters in 2.8 million homes.

Rent bikes for short, one-way rides between 48 bike share stations spread across Berkeley’s 10 square miles. Avoid worries of maintenance, parking, or theft. No bike? No problem. People who’d like to bike but don’t own one can rent from docking stations now available in even more areas of Berkeley.Use them for one-way trips, errands, rides around town, or commuting to cities in the station network, including Oakland and Emeryville. If BART or AC Transit stops seem too far to walk, bike share can take you that first or last mile home.

Dangerous amounts of heat and air pollution swirl in most commercial kitchens — even when the stoves are off. Switching to electric appliances helps…

Electric kitchen conversions, an initiative championed by Berkeley, are expensive, but as California weans itself off fossil fuels, these chefs say it’s good for food quality, climate and health.

Learn how California home batteries, coordinated by Sunrun and Tesla, supplied over 580 MW to the grid during a 2026 heatwave, preventing outages.

Rent bikes for short, one-way rides between 48 bike share stations spread across Berkeley’s 10 square miles. Avoid worries of maintenance, parking, or theft. No bike? No problem. People who’d like to bike but don’t own one can rent from docking stations now available in even more areas of Berkeley.Use them for one-way trips, errands, rides around town, or commuting to cities in the station network, including Oakland and Emeryville. If BART or AC Transit stops seem too far to walk, bike share can take you that first or last mile home.

Attend in-person event Oct. 1 at 5pm to hear presentations and give feedback. Selected developer will design and build new housing at the Ashby BART East Lot. Meet and give feedback on each of the two developers proposing to build affordable housing at the Ashby BART station’s East Parking Lot.Each team will present on their credentials, experience, and past projects, and will answer questions from the audience. Attendees can share feedback on the developers’ qualifications using a survey during the event. A developer will be selected in the coming months. That team would later present designs for public feedback.

Albany imagines a new beginning at Golden Gate Fields while preparing for a future without the racetrack’s tax revenue.

Help divert waste from landfill by properly sorting your compost, recycling, and trash. Berkeley residents and businesses can help keep our community and the planet clean by properly sorting waste into the appropriate curbside bins or using other resources to dispose of bulky or hazardous materials.Each household gets three bins: blue for recycling, green for compost, and grey for trash.

The City Council will consider on Tuesday raising height limits and taking other steps to spur housing development on San Pablo Avenue.

Burry, a resident of Saratoga, CA, says adding additional housing to the area will put residents in danger.

Emissions are reportedly 3.5 times the level requiring correction. Chevron will be given a set time period to fix it.