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The Berkeley City Council will consider an amendment to Title 23 of the Berkeley Municipal Code to develop taller residential buildings with the goal of increasing housing density.

Following a two-month-long trial, former Berkeley mayoral candidate and Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, co-founder Wayne Hsiung has been charged with misdemeanor trespass with intent to interfere with a lawful business for unlawfully entering Sunrise and Reichardt Farms in Sonoma County in 2018 and 2019.

The Bay Wheels bikeshare program announced its plan to add about 2,300 new e-bikes and 55 docking stations to Bay Area cities Friday.

The Berkeley Chess School hosted the first national Senior Women’s Chess Championship from Nov. 3 to 5.

In the Frequent Service Scenario, lines in high-demand areas would run more often, providing weekday service at least once every 30 minutes for local routes, whereas the Balanced Coverage Scenario would maintain approximately the same coverage while simplifying routes to improve reliability and shorten travel times.

Berkeley City Councilmember Rigel Robinson introduced legislation that would allow small businesses to open in residential areas.

BART will no longer accept magstripe paper tickets starting Nov. 30, marking an end of their transition to using a Clipper card-only fare payment system.

The city of Berkeley has allocated all of its 51 emergency housing vouchers, or EHVs, which were provided to the city as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Countywide, 875 have been allocated.

BPD officers responded to a report of gunfire in the area of College Ave. and Derby St. at 7:45 p.m. Monday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office released a new report from the California Department of Housing and Community Development scrutinizing San Francisco for its housing development policies that have left the city behind its proposed housing goals.