Occupy the Farm, which has been pushing the university to abandon plans to develop the land, planted seeds on Saturday
Oakland police identify two Sunday homicide victims The names of two men killed in shootings that happened 14 hours apart Sunday in West and East Oakland were released by police Monday. Motives have not yet been determined and no arrests have been made in the cases.
Albany: Occupy the Farm activists return to Gill Tract ALBANY -- Occupy the Farm supporters returned to the UC Berkeley-owned Gill Tract on Saturday morning to re-occupy the urban farmland where activists want to grow food for surrounding communities.
Large water project west of East Bay hills awaits public review The East Bay Municipal Utility District's West of Hills Northern Pipelines Project involves construction of 8.5 miles of water-transmission pipelines to ensure a reliable water supply to parts of North Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules and Crockett.