As society prepares to reopen indoor spaces and ease back into some sense of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Berkeley has released a report showing nearly one in five balconies, stairways and other outdoor structures need repairs. The inspections follow the balcony ...

Voters in climate-conscious Berkeley, California — the first US city to attempt a ban on natural gas use in new buildings — roundly rejected a measure that would have imposed a tax on the fuel. The ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- An early morning fire in Berkeley destroyed a nonprofit's building and forced dozens of people from nearby apartment buildings. The fire started around 3 a.m. at the East Bay ...

As campus protests have heated up, universities have caved on changing building names. For the University of California at Berkeley, they’re taking the re-examination to the extreme. Senior ...

A huge fire swept through a pair of commercial buildings in Berkeley early Wednesday morning. The Berkeley Fire Department said the initial call was at 2:42 a.m. for a fire on the 700 block of Heinz ...

UC Berkeley officials confirmed they plan to demolish three landmarked buildings of the historic Anna Head School in an effort to meet the 2017 campus housing goal of doubling existing accommodations.

"Such an ignition, during a Diablo Wind event, has the potential to significantly impact the eastern edges of Berkeley. If the properties at Berkeley's eastern edge are not prepared to receive ...

Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing and building trade groups against a New ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. While New York City’s law functions differently from Berkeley’s, legal experts say ...