Also: Fights in downtown around Berkeley High's Unity Week left a 14-year-old with a concussion, and a downtown ambassador was kicked and punched while trying to stop a nerf gun battle.
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The candidates from districts 4 and 7 went into deep waters Tuesday night, duking it out over Berkeley's... Mayor Adena Ishii · Ice · Dhs · West Bank...
... Calif., on Jan. 11, 2022. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News). State Sen. Jesse Arreguín, D-Oakland, has secured $1 million in state funding to...
From left to right, Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii, Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas and Rep. Lateefah Simon serve as panelists at Cal Alumni...
California State Sen. Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley. He represents...
According to Mayor Adena Ishii, who attended the press conference, this is the largest public safety-related state grant that Berkeley has received...
“I don't want folks to feel like we're not listening,” said Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii. “We absolutely are. It's just we may not agree and change...
Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii responded to the discourse at the Oct. 13 city council meeting. “With us being in election season,” Ishii said, “there...
Adena Ishii, mayor of Berkeley, Calif., said at a City Council meeting on Tuesday evening that “with us being in election season, that there has been...
It would bring Berkeley’s total sales tax in line with Oakland and Albany and maintain the essential services we all rely on.
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.
State Sen. Ben Allen pitches reform plans in campaign...
Measure Z has received endorsements from State Sen. and former Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguín, as well as Berkeley... Mayor Adena Ishii said in an email...
Berkeley officials — Mayor Adena Ishii, City Manager Paul Buddenhagen and members of the City Council — also did not respond to The Post's calls...
... Mayor Adena Ishii. He has been endorsed by student leaders such as ASUC... Berkeley High School and Berkeley City College before transferring to UC...
Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii said helping someone move off the street takes consistent outreach, mental health care, coordinated services and a path...
A fact sheet released by the bill's author, state Senator Jesse Arreguín... Both bills were passed by the California Assembly and Senate without...
It included signatures from Mayor Adena Ishii as well as Berkeley City Councilmembers Cecilia Lunaparra, Brent Blackaby and Mark Humbert. The...
Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii and councilmembers Brent Blackaby, Mark Humbert and Cecilia Lunaparra are among the officials calling for Young to be...
... Berkeley and Berkeley copwatch, into a more concrete opposition against mass surveillance technology.... Mayor Adena Ishii. However, according to...
... Berkeley on Oct. 5, 2026. The Trust for Public... There are a lot of folks interested in having sports fields,” Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii said.
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.
The Berkeley City Council voted to keep a ban on police use of... Mayor Adena Ishii made the reason for her opposition clear, saying “now...
Oakland Police officers trying to maintain order after firing tear gas into a crowd of protesters on 7th St. May 29, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05_29_20_protest_oakland-21.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1" /> The council also kept prohibitions, in place since 2020, against using pepper spray or smoke for crowd control.





















