At the opposite end of the bridge is a tanuki, or a shapeshifting anthropomorphic Japanese raccoon dog. It’s guarding something: a place, thing or dimension shrouded in glowy, red haze.

More than 700 Berkeley community members have signed an online petition demanding to keep Half Price Books in Downtown Berkeley open after they announced closure earlier this month.

As the Trump administration seeks to change the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, or HUD’s, role in ...