BERKELEY — After a six-year effort, the City Council has approved revisions to a landmarks ordinance that make Berkeley comply with state law and tighten requirements for designating landmarks.

But the East Bay also has its share of literary landmarks, from some of the most ... The Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley has an extensive collection of Stevenson's ...

In a low key meeting on June 2, 2011, the Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission wrapped up approvals of changes to one historic Berkeley home, commented on plans for changes to UC Berkeley’s ...

Although some members of Berkeley’s Landmarks Preservation Commission expressed concern last week about fencing the historic Sutcliff Picnic Rock in North Berkeley, there appears little they can do to ...

Steven Finacom, a member of Berkeley's Landmarks Preservation Commission, heard from the property owners Tuesday who are concerned greater attention to the home will disrupt the lives of neighbors.

A Berkeley block with poems embedded in the sidewalk and San Francisco's City Lights bookstore have been named "National Poetry Landmarks," the Academy of American Poets announced Thursday.

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- A tribal dance was held in Berkeley Wednesday morning to mark renewal and rematriation --- or the restoring of the sacred relationship -- between the Ohlone people and ...