After 18 months of protests, a remade city council will debate if it should call for an end to the bombardment of Gaza and military aid to Israel.

Donald Trumps third week in the oval office was characterized by three major failures: tariffs, foreign policy, and negative court orders. The number of Trump executive orders diminished as Trump ...

On my kitchen wall there’s a poster with a slogan from World War II Britain: “Keep Calm and Carry On.” In the wake of the recent presidential debate (also known as The Debacle), pundit wannabes could ...

They don’t all agree, but in a couple of races there’s more than one pretty good candidate. Note I say “pretty” good. We’ve gotten ourselves here in California into being the equivalent of a single ...

Update: Councilmember Harrison has informed the Planet that she is continuing her campaign for Mayor of Berkeley. The election for that office is in November. I have decided to resign from the ...

Two disturbing responses to last night's City Council meeting. The first, Sophie Hahn's shocking statement at Kate Harrison's resignation. Ms Harrison carefully delineated her principled stand in her ...

A historical mystery set in 1944 Berkeley. One of 2023’s best debuts. This multi-layered mystery features Berkeley Detective Al Sullivan struggling to determine who murdered a presidential candidate, ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has called for the preservation of People's Park, pointing out that it is “nationally significant for its association with student protests and ...

The first week of August was a perfect kind of week. The Berkeley City Council was on summer recess and so were most of the boards and commissions. Trump was finally indicted for his attempted coup ...

For decades, long before I was able to get material published, I had a constant activity of writing notes to myself on paper tablets. I would gain a better mood and therapeutic benefit through this ...

I am a planning, landscape & parks professional of 5 decades' experience, so hope you will give my note your attention. I also happen to be disabled enough to need to use a high-quality walker. The ...

If you haven’t been following the Hopkins Corridor Project, the redesign to replace parking with bike lanes along the section of Hopkins with the Monterey Market and locally owned shops has created an ...