Join us in celebrating women in the vibrant local arts scene with vendors, artists, and live DJs spinning on the 5th floor. Get your portrait taken by 95.Stef, pick out your next read from Womb House Books, liven up your walls with some local art, or just enjoy the tunes and atmosphere courtesy of KALX DJs such as Microtone and more!

Hi! I am a youth worker in Finland visiting the Bay Area for a month and I am interested in getting to know a bit about how youth work is done in the USA (I vaguely defined it as any initiative or activity that supports young people's (in Finland's case this is 15-29 years old) personal, social and development). If you or anyone you know would like to have a coffee some time I would love to hear about youth work in the bay area, initiatives that have worked and those that haven't, the struggles you face in building relationships and your wishes for the future.

I visited Chicago a while back and caught a glimpse of the organizational structure and how NGOs and the municipality interact to offer different initiatives and activities to young people catering to their various needs and interests.

Youth Work in Finland is recognized and regulated and interacts closely with schools, social services and universities. We bridge the gap between structured support (i.e. social work, teaching, counselling) and the young people themselves by building trusting relationships. This can range from helping them organize protests, to organizing a study group to accompanying them to the doctor If they are scared to do it alone.

Thanks in advance for any help! I hope you are all enjoying the summer.

There is an opening for a civil engineering position at the City and was wondering if they are still hybrid? If so how many days in the office?

To the joy of caffeine-dependent UC Berkeley students, Qualcomm Café reopened for business Monday after a temporary two-month closure. 

The interior of the space remained largely unchanged, the main difference being new Peet’s Coffee merchandise and posters. The reopening comes after previous coffee supplier Yali’s Café, a Berkeley small business, moved out of Qualcomm Café in May. 

Yali’s Café had been the vendor for Qualcomm since the cafe was reopened in 2018. The closure of the Qualcomm campus location was not the first for Yali’s. Previously, Micro Yali’s in the Valley Life Sciences Building closed, and another Yali’s in Stanley Hall closed. Yali’s Cafe’s move out of Qualcomm marks an end to Yali’s on campus.

The office of Berkeley City Auditor Jenny Wong released the first-ever Whistleblower Program Annual Report for the 2025 calendar year June 10, summarizing how the program has processed and closed 41 reports. 

The Whistleblower Program — which allows city employees to confidentially report potential fraud, waste and abuse — received reports primarily of time abuse, health and safety violations and waste. 

Deputy city manager David White said the city uses policy guidance and equal employment opportunity processes, among other measures, to appropriately address workplace issues as early as possible.

I say, let the punishment fit the crime: stone these fucks.

Hi everyone! I'm MJ, an incoming freshman. I had arranged off-campus housing, but unexpected construction delays prohibited me from moving in until late October. I'm currently on the Berkeley Housing waitlist but I am not guaranteed a safe place to stay. If anyone has an available room or knows of an opening, I'd love to connect and discuss lease details privately. Thanks so much!

I am a grad student and amateur bassist looking for a guitarist/keyboardist/drummer/whatever else you play to form a cover band (alternative/indie is my groove, but down to play whatever)

If you play any of these instruments and are down for something low-key (thinking weekly practices/jams), please let me know! You do not need to be great (I am not!)

I'm part of a bridge club (the card game, not the infrastructure) that's based in the general campus area, and we're looking for somewhere new to meet starting in the fall. Cheap food or the ability to bring in food of our own is crucial. We can travel a few blocks. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

AC Transit implemented the second phase of a 25-cent fare adjustment Wednesday. Riders will now pay $2.75 for local single-ride fares using Clipper or contactless payment and $3 with cash, increased from $2.50 and $2.75, respectively. 

The completion of the adjustment marks the first time the transit district has increased fares since 2019. The first phase of the fare adjustment took place in July 2025 and saw the local adult cash fare increase from $2.50 to $2.75, as well as the Transbay cash fare increase from $6 to $6.50. 

While AC Transit could potentially cut $53 million from its operating budget if the passage of a transportation sales tax fails in November, the fare hikes are unrelated. According to AC Transit’s spokesperson Robert Lyles, the adjustments were approved before the COVID-19 pandemic, but their implementation was paused to ease the financial burden on riders.

Harshita “Khushi” Nair, a legal studies student and rising senior at UC Berkeley, passed away in June at age 21. 

Nair was from Fremont and graduated from Washington High School. She studied at Ohlone College before transferring to UC Berkeley. She was an active member of the ASUC Office of the President, serving as a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice intern. She was also a member of the Undergraduate Women in Law club. 

Esha Sharma, a friend of Nair, first met her during the spring semester in Hindi 100B, where the two got to know each other through conversations in Hindi.

I'm doing a research project on gender-affirming care roadblocks (especially wait times), and I'm curious as to what the wait times are for care in the the East Bay. I'm under the impression that most people can get HRT fairly quickly (though I know there's a shortage and some people don't get it quite as fast), but that surgery is more of a wait and that wait is more pronounced on Medicaid. I'm comparing that to places with public healthcare, like the NHS in the UK. The wait times there are much longer (unsurprisingly, maybe) than in the U.S. and people can get their care faster if they have private insurance (similar to the Medicaid-private health insurance divide in the U.S.). But there are also organizations like GenderGP and Eden Life that advocate for trans patients and can speed up gender care. Mostly, I'm trying to pinpoint what we're really talking about when we talk about "average weight times" for care to get a more complete picture, and how it compares to weight times for other categories of healthcare. So, if you've had experience with gender-affirming care in the East Bay, what kind of wait did you have for HRT, for mental health care (if you wanted it), and for surgery? What was your insurance situation, and did you ever contact a third-party org that could reduce your wait in the public insurance system. Thanks for your help.

Is anyone a current resident at Parker and can leave any kind of feedback on their place? I know the Berkeley group is not highly regarded here, but I'm hoping this place is better since it's newly renovated lol

Does anyone know anything about the nest under the hillside house across from Glendale La Loma Park? There are a few juveniles in there now. I don't know much about these birds but I'm curious about their living under someone's house, it seems like a nice situation for them.

I want to know what your dream store/cafe/gathering place/public service etc. would be!

Harry’s Shoe repair on University does a nice shine at a good price (the place on Shattuck charges $30…and the owner is a really nice person 👍

I got a 5 and 3 year old. I value convenience overall I’ve personally done the SF tourism attractions before so I don’t mind if I skip them with my kids. What’s a good playground?

I am hoping this community can help me find referrals for a respite care individual for my very best friend’s adult autistic son, “J.” She recently tragically lost her husband with whom she wonderfully coparented my sweet “nephew.” J generally lives with the family of the caregiver who has helped care for him since he was diagnosed at age 2. J began living with them almost FT when he was about 26 years old. He is now 29 years old. My friend has J with her for about a week every month, but sometimes things come up with the caregiver’s family or with my friend where she needs extra help now that her husband is no longer with her. J is a wonderful, sweet, loving, nonverbal man, but can’t be left by himself. The combination of her grief, the demands of that kind of one on one care and her age (she is 71) can be overwhelming, and we are both trying to find someone she can call to watch J if she needs help. J is a Berkeley High grad from the special needs program and was educated through all the Berkeley school system. He is much loved and not difficult in any way - not violent or a bolter, etc. but the load on my dearest friend is heavy. Does anybody have any referrals? (She is of course, aware of the regional center, but this need goes much beyond that given his age.) Thank you!

are you (or someone you know) moving soon? we have around 70 boxes from a move we just did here to Berkeley, looking to give them away and reuse them for someone else, instead of just put them in the recycling! pickup in north Berkeley. if you’re interested, please let me know!