Nico Savidge

One option Berkeley is considering for Telegraph would reserve a lane for buses and raise the street to sidewalk level, creating a plaza.

The Walgreens at the corner of San Pablo and Ashby avenues in Southwest Berkeley is set to close on Nov. 17.

The effort to redesign the North Berkeley corridor has sparked a contentious debate over protections for bikes and parking for drivers.

Offices, gyms and more could drop requirements that people wear face coverings — but only if they follow strict guidelines.

Homeowners throughout much of Berkeley would be able to get quick approval for cottages up to 20 feet tall under new regulations for ADUs.

Landmark Theatres is vacating the century-old theater. One of downtown’s most distinctive buildings now faces an uncertain future.

Workers at those businesses and several others will also be required to either get vaccinated or receive weekly COVID tests.

Air quality is expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups in much of the Bay Area, and unhealthy for everyone at higher elevations.

‘This is not like back to normal,’ Oakland Museum Director and CEO Lori Fogarty says.

Most of the city’s workforce can expect pay raises of 7% to 8% over the next three years under agreements approved last week.

Mid-August is the agency’s new target for restarting light rail service in the wake of the May 26 mass shooting.

Parking is a breeze, more staff are patrolling trains and you can ride to San Jose — a lot has changed on BART since early 2020.

The governor also extended a drought emergency declaration to Santa Clara, San Mateo counties.

One month after the shooting, there are still many unanswered questions about how VTA responded to gunman Samuel Cassidy’s behavior.

From the Bay Bridge to the San Jose BART extension, the Bay Area’s “mega-projects” suffer expanding budgets and slipping schedules.

VTA hopes to resume service on the system “within the next several weeks,” Hendler Ross said. But there are many unanswered questions about what it will take to do so.

California’s much-anticipated reopening date arrived Tuesday, with subtle signs that life in the Bay Area was progressing toward something more like normal.

Questions have swirled since the shooting about whether VTA and local law enforcement missed any warning signs before Samuel Cassidy opened fire on May 26.

The tier system will be retired on June 15, but Alameda and Napa counties reached its loosest stage just before then.

Out-of-town buses are driving regular VTA routes, filling in for workers as they attend funerals for the nine victims of the May 26 mass shooting.