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.

Advocates of plug-in solar panels say they’re an easy and cheap way to transition to renewable energy and reduce electricity costs. This week we see if they live up to the hype

Berkeley police said they had gotten a report of kids walking or running across the street before the crash.

Bike commutes are up 52%, shared bike and scooter usage has doubled, and injuries are rising too. What the city needs isn’t a ban — it’s a backbone.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Berkeley Candidates Forum, D1 and D8. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.

Bike the Vote Help win a more bike-friendly Bay Area this election season. This November’s election will be critical for protecting the future of safe and equitable mobility both here […]

El Niño to raise California coastal sea levels by about a foot this fall

Former Palo Alto mayor was a Stanford University law professor renowned for his collegiality and preparedness

Over the last few years, California has quietly but dramatically increased the resiliency of its electrical grid through a significant expansion in battery energy storage.

A voter-approved ballot measure intended to tax owners of San Francisco apartments that have been vacant for six months violates property owners’ rights under California law, a state court ruled.

California Highway Patrol officers are set to begin an enforcement blitz this month to crack down on carpool lane cheaters approaching the Bay Bridge.

Lawmakers signed off on a plan to use $125 million in state funding to help buy the former horse racing track in Berkeley and Albany.

Please share suggestions, comments, and concerns on the potential future trail connection route alignments and which features would be important to you, if funded. Additional feedback via email can ...

Use Berkeley's Waste Sorting Guide to sort waste correctly, avoid common mistakes, and keep more materials out of the landfill. Berkeleyans can help keep more out of the landfill by sorting compost and recycling into the right bins.Use our waste-sorting guide to figure out where thousands of household items should go, whether it's in compost, recycling, landfill, or another waste service.When you sort your waste the right way, more food scraps, paper, bottles, and other recyclables can actually get reused. Less landfill waste ends up in compost and recycling.