With air quality remaining “very unhealthy,” City services impacted - With air quality remaining at very unhealthy levels in Berkeley, the City is following federal guidelines and the recommendations of the City's health officer by curtailing various services requiring outdoor work by non-emergency staff. [more...]
Workshops Nov. 28 & Dec. 1: Help envision a new facility to reduce waste - We're having public workshops to re-design our transfer station for garbage, recycling, compost and other materials so that Berkeley ships less to landfills. We'd like your input. [more...]
Thanksgiving zero waste plan: landfill less and adapt to pickup schedule - Thanksgiving plans include how we deal with waste: reduce what goes to the landfill and, for those with Thursday or Friday pickups, plan to put out your carts a day later. [more...]
Job openings with the City of Berkeley - We're looking for a planner, a camp manager, a community service officer, a deputy city manager, a disability specialist, an EEO officer, a psychiatrist, public safety dispatchers, a nurse, an aquatics coordinator, and others who reflect a portion of the breadth of services we provide to the Berkeley community. [more...]
New garage opens, sets tone for the downtown - The City of Berkeley's new downtown parking garage grabs attention for dozens of features - including space for 720 cars and 350 bikes, a striking design for night and day, rooftop solar, and rainwater collection gardens. [more...]