Downtown Berkeley

Discover 25 local artists and creative vendors under one roof at the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair

On Dec. 8, the Hotel Shattuck Plaza downtown hosts the one-stop experience for shoppers seeking hand-crafted goods from Berkeley businesses.

Berkeley hotels have a lot to offer locals

Aiden, Graduate Berkeley and Hotel Shattuck Plaza provide a fun rooftop, tailgate parties and creative cocktails — not just visitor

Open-air dining brings revenue to restaurants and a festive spirit to streets

September 17, 2021 BERKELEYSIDE — A year and a half ago, the streets of Berkeley were unusually quiet, as people

What do delivery bots, faux pork and crowdfunding platforms have in common?

July 9, 2021 BERKELEYSIDE — A platform that democratizes startup venture funding. An educational tool that fights white men’s prevalence

Berkeley curators and crafters keep the city’s creative energy alive

December 18, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — This year’s holiday show at Fourth Street Fine Art is aptly named: “Home Is Where the Art

FillGood BerkeleyHolidays gifts

Connection and craft enable Berkeley women entrepreneurs to flourish during the pandemic

November 20, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — The end of November typically marks the beginning of holiday season, when cheerful, wintery tunes

Berkeley residents are a generous bunch: The city ranked 7th in GoFundMe’s list of most-giving cities

December 9, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — A local bookstore, locally made COVID-19 face shields, and local cinema pulled at Berkeley’s heartstrings

Launching careers early — Biotech Partners’ high school program drives diversity in talent pipeline

October 15, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — This story is brought to you by Bayer Berkeley. When 17-year-old Ahniesty Fite started her internship at

Black-owned businesses in Berkeley demonstrate the city’s economic resilience

June 26, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — This year’s Juneteenth arrived amid mass protests against systemic racism and police brutality across the

Small Business Week may be postponed, but Berkeley businesses keep innovating

May 6, 2020 BERKELEYSIDE — As the federal government postpones Small Business Week (usually the first week in May) and Berkeley prepares