Apply for seasonal jobs in recreation programs | City of Berkeley Work seasonal summer jobs at Berkeley’s day and overnight camps, pools, fields, and parks. Apply by April 20 to get paid experience supporting recreation programs. Teens and adults looking for a summer job can apply for a range of positions serving kids and adults in the City’s recreation programs. We're looking for overnight camp staff in the Sierras, recreation activity leaders, lifeguards, and a variety of other roles who will provide fun, active, and creative programs.

Now hiring for summer: Camp staff. Swim instructors. Sports officials.

Build skills. Get paid. Apply by April 20.

Find free health services at April 10 resource fair | City of Berkeley Head to the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center for a day of health resources, free groceries, and fun activities. Families and community members of all ages, connect with services and resources to support your wellbeing at our health fair. Join us at the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center on April 10. You can meet staff and learn about free programs that provide support with nutrition and breastfeeding, stress reduction, parenting resources, and more.Free giveaways at the event include fresh groceries, emergency preparedness supplies, and a planting kit.

See you today at our wellness center! Connect with health services while enjoying healthy food, kid-friendly activities, and free giveaways.

Join us:
📅 April 10, 11am – 3pm
📍 1900 Sixth St.

Learn more:

City Holidays | City of Berkeley City offices and facilities are closed on holidays. On reduced service days, certain non-essential services are closed as a cost-savings measure. Please call before visiting. DateReasonThursday, January 1, 2026New Year's DayFriday, January 9, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, January 19, 2026Martin Luther King Jr.'s BirthdayThursday, February 12, 2026Lincoln's BirthdayFriday, February 13, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, February 16, 2026Washington's Birthday

Today is Reduced Service Day in Berkeley. Most City offices are closed to the public while certain non-essential services pause as a cost-savings measure. Please call before visiting.

Prepare for – and know how to respond to – winter storms | City of Berkeley Reduce your neighborhood’s storm risk this winter: clean gutters, drains, report hazards to 3-1-1, sign up for emergency alerts, and keep key supplies ready. Winter rains and winds can lead to flooding, downed power lines, and fallen trees. Know how to reduce flooding risks near your home and who to call to report those hazards.Minimize flooding and water damage around your home by clearing gutters, downspouts, driveways, and drains. If your property has ever flooded, use sandbags to help divert water. Residents and merchants can pick up some from the City.You can also “adopt” a storm drain near your home to reduce flooding in your neighborhood.

Storm damage can cause power outages ⚡

Prepare for emergencies now:
Sign up for alerts for your address 📲
Keep flashlights and spare batteries ready 🔦

If a storm develops into an emergency, the City will send info and instructions via AC Alert.

Learn more:

Find free health services at April 10 resource fair | City of Berkeley Head to the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center for a day of health resources, free groceries, and fun activities. Families and community members of all ages, connect with services and resources to support your wellbeing at our health fair. Join us at the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center on April 10. You can meet staff and learn about free programs that provide support with nutrition and breastfeeding, stress reduction, parenting resources, and more.Free giveaways at the event include fresh groceries, emergency preparedness supplies, and a planting kit.

Tomorrow, 4/10: Practice self-care at our health fair!

Nourish your:
• body with healthy food
• spirit with a garden tour
• emotional health with henna art

All while getting connected with public health services.

📅 April 10, 11am – 3pm
📍 1900 Sixth St.

Details:

Prepare your family for emergencies at April 18 event | City of Berkeley Practice using a fire extinguisher. Build an emergency supply kit and emergency plan. Explore a fire truck at the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center. Everyone in your household can attend a resource fair to learn practical skills and pick up supplies to prepare for emergencies. Kids and adults alike can get hands-on training using a fire extinguisher. Start building your emergency kit—we’ll provide a backpack, flashlight, first aid kit, and more.At the April 18 fair, you can also start filling out a family emergency plan. Public health and emergency services staff will be on hand for personalized support with thinking through your specific needs and to answer questions along the way.

The event is accessible, with seating, shade, and ADA restrooms. For questions or accommodation requests:
• Email: phmailbox@berkeleyca.gov
• Call: (510) 981-5350

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Kids can:
Explore a real fire truck 🚒
Meet firefighters 👩‍🚒
Enjoy activities, snacks, and prizes 🎉
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Build a Disaster Go Bag and Stay Kit | City of Berkeley Be prepared to stay or leave in an emergency with an easily assembled go bag and stay kit. Build your own household go bag and stay kit by gathering key emergency supplies. For a go bag, focus on the essentials that you will need for the next 24 hours. For a stay kit, gather supplies for 3 days, or 72 hours. In any disaster, you should be ready to go or stay

Get free supplies to start building your emergency kit:
• Backpack
• Flashlight
• First aid kit
• Pill sorter
• Document holder

We'll provide a list of other supplies to gather, including key documents, medications, water, and snacks.

Learn more about supply kits: berkeleyca.gov/safet...
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Hands-on activities will help you jumpstart your preparedness:

Fire extinguisher training
Build your own emergency supply kit
Family emergency plan fillable workbook

Public health and emergency services staff will be on hand for personalized support.
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Prepare your family for emergencies at April 18 event | City of Berkeley Practice using a fire extinguisher. Build an emergency supply kit and emergency plan. Explore a fire truck at the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center. Everyone in your household can attend a resource fair to learn practical skills and pick up supplies to prepare for emergencies. Kids and adults alike can get hands-on training using a fire extinguisher. Start building your emergency kit—we’ll provide a backpack, flashlight, first aid kit, and more.At the April 18 fair, you can also start filling out a family emergency plan. Public health and emergency services staff will be on hand for personalized support with thinking through your specific needs and to answer questions along the way.

Prepare your family for emergencies at a free event on April 18.
Practice using a fire extinguisher, build an emergency supply kit and emergency plan, and explore a fire truck.

Sat, April 18
10 am–2 pm
West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, 1900 6th St

Learn more: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Protect your home from wildfire: remove vegetation with City services | City of Berkeley Get seasonal help disposing of vegetation such as shrubs, brush, tree limbs, wood, and bushes to clear your home of excess and flammable debris. Prepare for wildfire season by using a free City of Berkeley service that will take away shrubs, limbs, brush, and other “hard” vegetation you gather from your property. Residents can sign up online for this service, known as our “Berkeley Chipper Program." Register for a neighborhood chipping event or sign up to get an email when the next nearby event is scheduled.

Prepare for wildfire season!

If you live in a higher-risk area of the Hills and pay a fire district surcharge, you can request a vegetation debris bin. These bins are for collective use, so coordinate with neighbors to help move even larger amounts of cleared vegetation.

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Arbor Day Tree Planting at Berkeley Waterfront | City of Berkeley Join us to plant trees. Our goal for the day is to plant ~100 new trees, shrubs, and native plants in areas near Shorebird Nature Center.These new trees will help to replace some past lost tree canopy and add new green areas in the park. Event Schedule:

We’ve lost tree canopy.
Now we’re rebuilding it.

Help plant 100 trees, shrubs, and native plants at the Berkeley Waterfront.
April 25, 9:30am–1pm. Shorebird Nature Center.

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Sign up to plant trees: ca-berkeley.civicrec...

Seeking artists for new public art at City senior center | City of Berkeley Professional artists, artist teams in 21 Northern California counties can apply by April 27, 2026, for a $225,000 public art commission. Artists or artist teams in Northern California can apply for a chance to create permanent art for the South Berkeley Senior Center. The selected artist will design, make, and install five three-dimensional, wall-mounted artworks. They will receive a $225,000 contract to create, deliver, and install the work. The artworks will be located throughout the South Berkeley Senior Center:

Call for artists to create 5 permanent public artworks! Artists from historically underrepresented communities, including African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, & Native American, are strongly encouraged to apply.

Deadline: April 27, 5pm
Location: South Berkeley Senior Center

Protect your home from wildfire: remove vegetation with City services | City of Berkeley Get seasonal help disposing of vegetation such as shrubs, brush, tree limbs, wood, and bushes to clear your home of excess and flammable debris. Prepare for wildfire season by using a free City of Berkeley service that will take away shrubs, limbs, brush, and other “hard” vegetation you gather from your property. Residents can sign up online for this service, known as our “Berkeley Chipper Program." Register for a neighborhood chipping event or sign up to get an email when the next nearby event is scheduled.

Do you need seasonal help disposing of vegetation? The City has got you covered.

Sign up online for our “Berkeley Chipper Program" to help clear your home and neighborhood of excess and flammable debris such as:
shrubs 🌿
brush 🌱
tree limbs 🌴
wood 🍃
bushes 🌳

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Learn skills to help your community before, during, and after disaster | City of Berkeley Sign up for disaster preparedness classes to learn how to extinguish fires, rescue victims, perform first aid, and help others cope with stress. Take emergency preparedness classes with fellow Berkeleyans to learn practical skills you can use in your neighborhoods before, during, and after disasters. These skills are particularly important in those early moments after a major disaster, when paramedics or firefighters may have to first address more urgent priorities away from your neighborhood.These classes include skills such as:

Each of these 3-to-4-hour-long classes is offered two times in person from April 23 to July 25, 2026, with evening and weekend sessions available.

Register for all classes via Eventbrite through our Community Message as soon as possible, as spots fill up quickly!

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Take all seven classes to complete series to help increase your own resiliency, that of your neighborhood, and of Berkeley as a whole.

Classes include skills like:
Extinguishing small household fires
Finding disaster victims with basic tools
Using basic first aid
Helping survivors with stress
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Emergency preparedness skills are important in the early moments after a major disaster, when paramedics or firefighters may first have to address more urgent priorities away from your neighborhood.

Take any one of these classes at the Fire Department’s training center in West Berkeley.
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Take emergency preparedness classes with fellow Berkeleyans to learn practical skills you can use in your neighborhoods before, during, and after disasters.
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Learn skills to help your community before, during, and after disaster | City of Berkeley Sign up for disaster preparedness classes to learn how to extinguish fires, rescue victims, perform first aid, and help others cope with stress. Take emergency preparedness classes with fellow Berkeleyans to learn practical skills you can use in your neighborhoods before, during, and after disasters. These skills are particularly important in those early moments after a major disaster, when paramedics or firefighters may have to first address more urgent priorities away from your neighborhood.These classes include skills such as:

Learn skills to help your community before, during, and after a disaster.

Sign up for disaster preparedness classes to learn how to extinguish fires, rescue victims, perform first aid, and help others cope with stress. 🧯🆘😰

🔗Read our Community Message: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Behavioral Health Services Act Community Input Meeting | City of Berkeley Join a virtual meeting to give input on a three-year plan for behavioral health services.Help inform how the City of Berkeley allocates funding for services that support individuals experiencing mental health needs, substance use disorders, and homelessness.

Berkeley is deciding how to fund mental health services for the next 3 years.

That includes support for:
-mental health
-substance use
-homelessness

Before decisions are final, we're asking you to review the plan, ask questions, & share input.

Virtual Meeting April 9, 1pm:

Evidence-backed approaches to ending homelessness 📊

A new UCSF evaluation highlights how the City of Berkeley helped residents of a longstanding encampment move into shelter and start rebuilding their lives.

Check out the findings below 👇

Vaccines for healthy pre-teens and teens | City of Berkeley Adolescents ages 9-18 are due for key vaccines. Uninsured youth can get free vaccines from the City of Berkeley Immunization Clinic. Parents of uninsured adolescents can come to the City of Berkeley immunization clinic to check their child’s vaccination status and, if needed, catch up on their missing shots.Staying up to date on vaccines is important for families at a variety of ages. Adolescence is an important time to check vaccine status as kids age 9 to 18 can get proven protections to help protect against of a variety of diseases.

Parents, your kids can get free vaccines at our City clinic if they are:

• Uninsured
• Insurance doesn’t cover vaccines
• Medicaid-eligible
• American Indian/Alaska Native

No ID, proof of residency or citizenship required.

Call (510) 981-5350.

Details:

Find free health services at April 10 resource fair | City of Berkeley Head to the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center for a day of health resources, free groceries, and fun activities. Families and community members of all ages, connect with services and resources to support your wellbeing at our health fair. Join us at the West Berkeley Family Wellness Center on April 10. You can meet staff and learn about free programs that provide support with nutrition and breastfeeding, stress reduction, parenting resources, and more.Free giveaways at the event include fresh groceries, emergency preparedness supplies, and a planting kit.

Join us this Friday at our wellness center!

We'll be giving away:
• Groceries and meal
• Henna body art
• Emergency prep kit
• Planting kit

📅 April 10, 11am-3pm
📍 1900 Sixth St.

More info:

Apply for seasonal jobs in recreation programs | City of Berkeley Work seasonal summer jobs at Berkeley’s day and overnight camps, pools, fields, and parks. Apply by April 20 to get paid experience supporting recreation programs. Teens and adults looking for a summer job can apply for a range of positions serving kids and adults in the City’s recreation programs. We're looking for overnight camp staff in the Sierras, recreation activity leaders, lifeguards, and a variety of other roles who will provide fun, active, and creative programs.

Ready to lead at the pool? Get a summer job at a Berkeley pool.
Aquatics Specialist II roles include lifeguarding, swim lessons, and staff leadership. $25.32–$28.50/hour. Certification required.

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Apply by April 20: www.governmentjobs.c...

Sacramento Senior Homes, 1501 Blake St

For seniors 55 and older.

Rent (depends on income):
• Studio: $723-$1,678
• 1-br: $1,498-$1,798
• 2-br: $2,158

Income requirements vary by unit type and household size. See listing for more details.

Apply by April 15: housingbayarea.mtc.c...
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Wesley House, 2398 Bancroft Way

Must have at least 5 people in household.

Rent:
• 5-br: $2,088

Max income:
• 5-person household: up to $99,100

Apply by April 8: housingbayarea.mtc.c...
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The Lair, 2077 Haste Street

Rent:
• 1-br: $1,430
• 2-br: $1,573
• 3-br: $1,715

Max income:
• 1-person household: up to $63,950/yr
• 2-person household: up to $71,950/yr
• 3-person household: up to $79,900/yr

Apply by April 8: housingbayarea.mtc.c...
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Apply for affordable housing in Berkeley! Applications are open now for three properties. Two of them are due this Wednesday April 8.

Details below or on housing portal: housingbayarea.mtc.c...
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City Holidays | City of Berkeley City offices and facilities are closed on holidays. On reduced service days, certain non-essential services are closed as a cost-savings measure. Please call before visiting. DateReasonThursday, January 1, 2026New Year's DayFriday, January 9, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, January 19, 2026Martin Luther King Jr.'s BirthdayThursday, February 12, 2026Lincoln's BirthdayFriday, February 13, 2026Reduced Service DayMonday, February 16, 2026Washington's Birthday

Most City offices will be closed to the public on Friday, April 10, 2026 for the City’s Reduced Service Day. Certain non-essential services pause as a cost-savings measure.

Please call before visiting.

Live Oak Laughs "LOL" Comedy Night | City of Berkeley Join us for a night of standup comedy! Come enjoy live laughs from some of the most talented hilarious comics in the Bay Area.

Know someone who needs a night out?
Send them this. 👇

Comedy Night in Berkeley (Ages 18+ only)
📍 Live Oak Theater
🗓 Friday, April 24
🕢 Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm
🎟️ $25 pre-register