The UA Theater, the last standing movie theater in downtown Berkeley, will be torn down and turned into housing, the Berkeley City Council has decided. The council unanimously rejected an appeal led ...

Rialto Cinemas in Elmwood is Berkeley’s last remaining commercial movie theater. But even with no competition left in the city, it’s still having to find new ways to survive. Enter: beer, wine and ...

Did you know that three Academy Award-winning “best films” came from Berkeley? Or that the name of Alice Waters’ iconic Chez Panisse restaurant was inspired by a movie date? Or that Pauline Kael, the ...

The last historic movie theater in downtown Berkeley is set for demolition after the City Council unanimously supported a developer’s proposal to replace it with a 17-story apartment complex. The ...

Gilbane wants to add eight stories to an apartment tower above a century-old Berkeley movie palace converted to a live theater, but with larger units for more college students. The Rhode Island-based ...

BERKELEY — The California Theatre in Berkeley, a historic movie house that has been closed for years, was purchased by a Los Angeles-area executive who wields an array of business interests in ...