Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant known the world over for its innovative cuisine, was struck by a fire at 3 a.m. While the flames were mostly contained to the front porch, the restaurant is closed until further notice. The source of the fire is unknown. (Colleen Neff/Berkeleyside)
Friends and fellow Lowell High School students left flowers, notes and photos at an impromptu memorial for Hanren Chang, who was killed in a traffic collision near Sloat Boulevard and Forest View Drive on March 2. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved funding Tuesday for pedestrian safety improvements on Sloat Boulevard like flashing yellow lights and wider sidewalks. (Tom Prete/Ocean Beach Bulletin)
On a grassy open field near the San Jose airport, sits a homeless encampment of dozens of tents and over a hundred people. City officials have stated they will be removing the camp and the people very soon. (Mewael Tekleab/San Jose Beez)
Rain drenched the thousands of people who came out to watch the debut of the Bay Lights on March 5. Artist Leo Villareal pressed laptop keys that illuminated a project two and a half years in the making. Villareal’s computer program will insure no sequences ever repeat over the two-year life of the piece. (Steve Rhodes/Oakland Local)
On Tuesday March 5, the Berkeley City Council adopted a resolution to ask the U.S. Postal Service to press the pause button for at least one year on its plans to sell the Renaissance-style building at Allston Way that houses the city's downtown post office. (D.H. Parks / Berkeleyside)
On Thursday March 7, a group of U.C. Berkeley students and staffers held a