Testimonials + Press

“Thank you Berkeleyside for being the only local news source worth reading!”

— Jill Smo

“You guys are amazing.”

— Jim Porter

“Great team doing great work covering our city. Thanks, Berkeleyside!”

— Linda Maio

“Does every city have as cool a local Twitter journalist as @berkeleyside? Hard to imagine. Y’all are missing out.”

— Peter Seibel

“The local coverage in so many towns is a joke. Berkeleyside is one of the best indie local news sites in the U.S…”

— Megan Lynch

 “I depend on you, Berkeleyside.”

— Nicole Magnuson

“Thanks for all your excellent reporting of our fair city. We desperately need intelligible, fact-checked, and circumspect local reporting… Berkeleyside provides this to us and we’re much better for it.”

— J. Johannson

“Keep up the great work at Berkekeyside! Without it and NPR I don’t know how I’d function in society :)”

— Rebecca Weissman

“I can’t tell you how much I love Berkeleyside. As a recent transplant to North Berkeley from New York City, it has been an incredible channel to find out what’s going on in my new neighborhood and beyond.”

— Leah Koransky

“Berkeleyside is a multiple-times-daily visit for me. Incredible resource. Thanks so much”

— Nic McDonald

“Nicest news site ever.”

— Svea Vikander

“Berkeleyside is unbeatable in breaking news. Thank you Berkeleyside tribe.”

— Paul Kealoha Blake

“Indispensable! Whether for breaking news affecting our safety, or just the dish on a new restaurant, Berkeleyside is my source.”

— Matt Chayt

“Smart and responsive local news coverage. If you want to know what’s really going on in Berkeley… ask Berkeleyside.”

— Charlotte L. Blackmer

“Berkeleyside provides the only news coverage of Berkeley! Glad to be able to keep up with what’s going on.”

— Laurie Rollins

” Number 1 source for local and late-breaking Berkeley news. Period.”

— Marja-Leena Aaltonen

“Terrific local news and culture site. A model for how to do community journalism.”

— Alex Steffen

“Indispensable news for East Bay and Berkeley. If you’re not reading Berkeleyside, you probably don’t know what’s happening here.”

— Matthew Lewis

“An excellent source of local news. They’re active and they’re thorough, putting bigger news organizations like SFGate to shame for their quality of coverage.”

— Shannon Appelcline

“Berkeleyside is the ONE place to go for local breaking news all about Berkeley… Berkeleyside is on foot, is eyes wide open and has an ear to the rail for anything Berkeley.”

— David Elliott

“Excellent local news… Berkeleyside keeps the citizenry up to date, which is a public service, and they do so splendidly.”

— Peggy Scott

“For local political news and business news, for the crime blotter, or when I hear helicopters or explosions or see a car chase, Berkeleyside is the first place I go.”

— Anna Runkle

“Berkeleyside continues to do a great job of keeping Berkeleyans informed and enlightened about local events and culture.”

— Steve Solnit

“You have been doing an unbelievably good job on the food scene.”

— Michael Caplan

“Thanks for all your excellent work to bring us local news!”

— June Weintraub

“Thx @Berkeleyside 4 the excellent reporting. I knew where 2 go 4 info when I saw helicopter in the sky this morn.”

— Dorothy Hearst