Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkele
Looking west over the city from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background
This pit in the surface of a rock at Indian Rock Park is typical of those used by the Ohlone people to grind acorns.
Berkeley and much of the East Bay was part of Rancho San Antonio, granted to the Peralta family in 1820.
Horses Grazing, Berkeley; painted by artist William Hahn in 1875
Adena Ishii is an American politician serving as the mayor of Berkeley, California since 2024. She is the first Asian American and woman of color to be elected to the position.
Berkeley, California
…State California County Alameda Incorporated April 4, 1878 Chartered March 5, 1895 Named after George Berkeley Government • Type Council-Manager • Mayor Adena Ishii • Council members by district number Rashi Kesarwani Terry Taplin Ben Bartlett Igor Tregub Shoshana O'Keefe Brent Blackaby Cecilia Lunaparra Mark Humbert…