Articles by

Katie Lauer

From protests to punk to pandemic: KALX celebrates 60 years of student-run radio at UC Berkeley

BERKELEY — News reports on anti-war protests of the late 1960s. Play-by-play for Oakland A’s games in...

Will a public bank prove recession-proof for East Bay cities?

RICHMOND — When the shorting of the U.S. housing market contributed to a recession in the late...

Early results show NIMBYs, YIMBYs both wrong on California HOME Act

Maybe mountain lion sanctuary exemptions and ultra-specific landscaping requirements weren’t necessary to keep Senate Bill 9 at...

Nine years of controversy, hundreds of planned East Bay housing units—and now, nothing

RICHMOND — A 14-acre former port terminal in the Point Richmond neighborhood will remain vacant, neglected and...

A 1-foot-wide piece of land? A tiny banana-shaped parcel? They were almost part of Orinda’s housing plan.

A 1-foot-wide sliver of land sandwiched between a road and a backyard pool. A “vacant” site next...

Alameda wants a mulligan on lawsuit against operators of its prestigious Bay Area golf course

ALAMEDA — A legal battle that drove relationships at Alameda’s municipal greens into the rough may soon...

Upzone, demolish, construct: How Berkeley plans to build 8,934 homes by 2031

BERKELEY—Some of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods, bustling street corridors and empty single-family homes are being eyed...

How to prepare your home for an earthquake (and get help paying for retrofits)

Some of the most vulnerable Californians can receive thousands of dollars from the state to better protect...