Activists watch over People's Park in early January as word spread that UC Berkeley planned to wall off the storied space as part of a broader plan to make way for student housing. (Jason Armond / Los ...

This story by Akielly Hu was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court decided not to revisit its earlier decision to strike down ...

On Tuesday, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear Berkeley’s landmark ban on natural gas installations in new buildings, ultimately dismissing the ordinance. This ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled against Berkeley's pioneering natural gas ban. In a majority decision filed Tuesday, the court said Berkeley's ordinance banning gas pipelines ...

The City of Berkeley, California, agreed to stop enforcing — and work to repeal — a landmark climate rule banning natural gas hookups in new construction, ending a nearly four-year court battle to ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- The barriers around People's Park will soon come down now that the California Supreme Court ruled that UC Berkeley can build student housing there. "I am unsurprised by it," ...

A bulldozer stands at the ready at the razed People's Park in Berkeley, California as crews demolish the area, surrounded by police, on Jan. 4, 2024. (Natalie Hanson/Courthouse News) SAN FRANCISCO (CN ...

BERKELEY — The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that UC Berkeley can proceed with its controversial plan to build high-rise student housing on the site of storied People’s Park just south of ...