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This story was originally published by EdSource. The number of children detained in the state’s interior rose 90% during the first year of Trump’s second term compared to the prior year under the Biden administration, our analysis shows. More than 100 of the children detained under Trump were age 5 or under. The rise in child detainments in the state’s interior began soon after Trump took office in January 2025.

Members of Uprising Improv perform at Provocation Theatre on Bancroft Way earlier this year. Courtesy: Provocation Theatre Itching for the stage and want to pursue comedy? Hoping to feel a bit more confident at your next work meeting? Or maybe you’re just an awkward dater?

A recently launched Alameda County Superior Court program is reducing recidivism, according to data compiled by the court, but officials say funding could run out by the end of the year. At any given time, more than 3,000 people released from custody in Alameda County are awaiting trial. Many lack the resources needed to comply with court-ordered conditions or appear at scheduled hearings, including reliable transportation, stable housing, employment, and substance use treatment.

Claire Sheridan. Courtesy of her family Dance educator and choreographer Claire Sheridan passed away on July 15. The cause was pancreatic cancer. Born in Oakland on July 25, 1954, to parents Thad S. Sheridan Jr and Sally P. Taylor (both UC Berkeley graduates), her family moved around the country before settling in Danville in 1969. Her connection to Berkeley began early in her adult life when she began taking classes at Shawl Anderson Dance Studio and she lived in the city from 1996 until her death.

Renderings presented by the development group Adeline Alliance Partners show the planned designs for a new transit-oriented development atop the Ashby BART station’s parking lot. Credit: Adeline Alliance Partners The development team picked to build hundreds of apartments at the Ashby BART station presented the first images showing the design of the project to more than 150 participants from community and advocacy groups at a meeting Thursday.

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene. A reader sent a tip that they stopped by Ace Seafood during regular hours and it was closed.

For many longtime East Bay homeowners, the case for downsizing is obvious. The house is too big, the maintenance is relentless, and the equity is extraordinary. What stops most people isn’t the decision, it’s knowing where to begin. Have you started to wonder whether your house still makes sense for a life that looks very different than it did 25 years ago? Across Berkeley, Oakland, Albany and El Cerrito, longtime homeowners are asking the same questions: Is now the right time to sell?

People sit on a curb with their drinks on May 8, 2025, on San Francisco’s Valencia Street, an entertainment zone in the city where walking through the streets with cocktails is legal every night. Credit: Masaki Omori Drinking booze outdoors during street festivals, night markets, performances and more could soon be legalized in some Berkeley commercial districts.

Maya Merhige, a marathon swimmer, smiles for a photo covered in sun-blocking diaper rash cream before a long swim in Lake Tahoe a few years ago. Courtesy: Merhige family Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers. Berkeley teen Maya Merhige swam 21.4 miles from Ireland to Scotland, completing five channel swims in the Oceans Seven marathon challenge.

ICE agents detained someone near Telegraph Avenue and Woolsey Street July 9, 2026, shown here four days later. Credit: Daniel Ekonde/Berkeleyside Editors’ note: This article was first published July 14 and updated July 16 with additional information. Federal agents detained a 30-year-old visa holder near Telegraph Avenue and Woolsey Street on July 9 and, by all appearances, did so without telling anyone in city leadership or law enforcement.