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King Pool in a 2022 file photo. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/large-King-Pool-opened-for-the-summer-.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> Officials say Berkeley could close a fire station and make other painful cuts if the sales tax increase fails. Critics say the city should find another way to balance its budget.
An architect’s rendering of a 23-story housing development proposed for 2029 University Ave. Credit: Stackhouse De La Peña Trachtenberg Architects " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-13-at-10.16.54-AM.png?fit=780%2C505&ssl=1" /> The law bars developers of big projects from using California’s “density bonus” law to exempt themselves from local labor mandates.
Golden Gate Fields is shown in a 2024 file photo. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/large-Natera_20240420_GGF_-45.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> Lawmakers signed off on a plan to use $125 million from a state parks and climate bond to help buy the former horse racing track in Berkeley and Albany. Newsom is expected to approve it.
U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, flanked by a bevy of Berkeley and BART leaders, announces an $85,000 federal allocation for a new public plaza and open spaces on Adeline Street in South Berkeley. Credit: Nico Savidge/Berkeleyside " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_3958-scaled.jpeg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> The plaza along Adeline Street, planned as developers work to build 600 homes atop the BART station’s parking lot, will host the Berkeley Flea Market.
