It used to be a shop that sold healing crystals, but for the past year, the storefront at 1710 University Ave. in Berkeley has been the place that Rabbi Yehuda Ferris of Chabad of the East Bay has been able to call his own • Full Story

Twelve years ago, Rabbi Yossi Mintz had a dream. Mintz, the founder and director of the Jewish Community Center Chabad of the South Bay, envisioned a state-of-the-art facility where cutting-edge research, technology, and expertise would help people with special needs carve pathways into society • Full Story

With great sadness, we regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yerachmiel Stillman, OB”M, the Shliach to the UCLA College in California. He passed away on Friday, Gimmel Teves. He was 76-years-old • Full Story

Chabad of Grass Valley will be hosting a Kosher food truck event Thursday, during which visitors may buy a variety of authentic sweet or savory Kosher foods as the Jewish community prepares for the high holidays • Full Story

Synagogues in California have been shut down again following statewide restrictions announced by the governor with cases of the coronavirus there continuing to rise • Full Story

Chabad of Chatsworth, CA, directed by Rabbi Yossi Spritzer, donated pizza to the local LAPD precinct to show appreiciation for all that the officers are doing in general, and specifically during these times.

Coinciding with the fourth Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, OB”M, Chabad of the Valley today announced that it will be establishing three new Moisdos in the S. Fernando Valley • Full Story

In honor of Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, OB”M, 43 new Shluchim will be moving to communities throughout California within the year of his passing to find Yiden that have not yet been lit up. In Silicon Valley, where the tech industry has attracted tens of thousands of Jews, Rabbi Mendel and Mussi Weinfeld will be moving down to open up a Chabad House in Almaden Valley • Full Story

The L’Chaim of Levi Cunin of Larchmont, CA and Sheina Chincholker of Bloomington, IN took place last night at the Jewish Children’s Museum of Crown Heights. Photos by ChabadInfo.com photographer Avi Pro • Photos

This Sunday, Maayon Yisroel of Los Angeles, will be having a full day of learning on the topics of the Geulah and the third Beis Hamikdash. The classes will be delivered by Rabbi Reuven Wolf and Rabbi Mendel Zirkind. For those who cannot make it in person, there will be a live broadcast available online • Full Details

A bill to ensure the right of Californians to hang mezuzahs on their door frames is moving through the state legislature, and looks primed to pass in the coming months, J. The Jewish News of Northern California reported • Full Story

More than 1,300 enthusiastic friends and supporters of Chabad of the Conejo attended the organization’s 40th Anniversary Gala-Concert on Wednesday, June 12, at the Civic Arts Plaza Theater in Thousand Oaks, California • Full Story, Photos

The rabbi of a California synagogue that was the scene of a mass shooting recalls the moment the suspected shooter pointed a gun at him. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, just out of surgery for a gunshot wound, continues to speak about the synagogue shooting. “As soon as (the gunman) saw me, he started to shoot towards me and I just sort of put my hands up and my fingers got blown away” • Watch

It is painfully fitting, even if wholly coincidental, that the murderous anti-Semitic assault on Jewish worshipers celebrating the end of Passover at a California synagogue on Saturday occurred only days after the New York Times published a grotesquely anti-Semitic cartoon • Full Story

While in California for a family Simcha, Rabbi Zalman Chanin, Director of Va’ad Lihafotzas Sichos, made a visit to the Chabad House of California’s senior Shliach, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin. Rabbi Cunin gave him a warm welcome and showed him around the Chabad House • More Photos

In the hot Bay Area real estate market, sometimes you need more than money to expand a Chabad center. Just ask Rabbi Yossi Marcus of Chabad of the North Peninsula. “It was a very long process of finding the property,” Marcus said. “Finding an available property in the right location. And raising the funds” • Full Story

At the ‘West Coast Kinus Hashluchim’, more than one hundred Shluchim stood in front of California’s replica of 770 for a group picture.

Even as the Woolsey Fire hovers at 50 percent containment, the fallout of the massive blaze continues to impact the lives of thousands throughout the affected areas. Among those primary areas are the communities of Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Oak Park in the Conejo Valley • Full Story, Photos

Bais Toras Menachem Smicha Program celebrates grand reception for its Smicha graduates! Mazal Tov upon the eleventh Celebration of Bais Toras Menachem saluting its graduates of the past year of Limudim 5778! On Tuesday evening, Chof Tes Sivan, community members, friends, and relatives of the bachurim gathered for a unique evening of pride and joy • Full Story, Photos

A capacity crowd exceeding 500 guests joined with Chabad of the Conejo and friends on Sunday, June 10th, at the world-class Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake, California, for a memorable Banquet-Gala event, titled “Aspire to Inspire” • Full Story, Photos

During the current trip to California of Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisroel, also known as the Rishon LeZion, he visited with some of the Rebbe’s Shluchim of California and delivered a Shiur to the Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad.

Chabad of Oakland has announced it’s buying a building, but moving day won’t cause too much hassle: The new place is right next door to the one Chabad is currently leasing. “We’ve had our eye on this place for a year,” said Rabbi Dovid Labkowski • Full Story

On cusp of its tenth year, alumni students of Bais Toras Menachem speak out about their beloved Yeshiva, the “best kept secret” around. Enjoy this video which gives you somewhat of a glimpse into an exceptional program geared towards Yeshiva students looking to study Semicha in a warm, supportive and fun environment • Watch

Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet, Rabbi of the Mill Hill Synagogue in London, England, was the guest speaker at the “Anash Lecture Series” in Los Angeles, CA. A crowd of 190 men and women came to hear Rabbi Schochet talk about how to maintain a happy disposition in daily life • Watch