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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Joanne Furio

Joanne Furio

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In new memoir, Berkeley union rep reveals painful secrets in her family and the labor movement

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio March 08, 2023, 4:30 p.m.March 8, 2023

Yvonne Martinez’s stories stretch nearly a century from her Mexican American family’s Utah roots to her time as a union organizer in Berkeley and Oakland.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Company that grows gardens on walls is blooming on Ashby Avenue; dream over for Siamese Dream

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio March 03, 2023, 12:00 p.m.March 6, 2023

Barge North has also closed on College Avenue. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

Posted inBusiness

Berkeley’s 2 pole dancing studios each slide their own way

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Feb. 27, 2023, 9:49 a.m.February 27, 2023

Berkeley Pole & Dance aims to become “the Soul Cycle of pole dancing.” A mile down University Avenue, newly opened Flux boasts a 197-seat theater.

Posted inArts

The final curtain for the Regal UA, Berkeley’s 90-year-old art deco movie palace

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Feb. 12, 2023, 7:15 a.m.February 13, 2023

Generations of movie-goers are mourning the loss of a cinematic and architectural treasure, which closed around Feb. 3, weeks before anticipated.

Posted inBusiness

Pharmaca closing all its stores after Walgreens buys pharmacy chain

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Feb. 09, 2023, 2:34 p.m.February 10, 2023

Closures include the pharmacy on Solano Avenue in Berkeley as well as the branch in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Beloved Berkeley pet food store loses dogged battle to internet retailers; Modena Salon is moving

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Feb. 03, 2023, 12:03 p.m.February 6, 2023

Animal Farm Discount Pet Foods was a mainstay on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cedar Street for 35 years. Even the owner’s parrot felt it was time to go.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Burned-down West Berkeley tattoo shop reopens in new spot; Fourth Street boutique Aiken is closing

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Jan. 20, 2023, 12:34 p.m.January 25, 2023

Philthy Clean Tattoo paints itself a new future downtown. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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Berkeley’s Ohmega Salvage, famed spot for ‘cool, funky stuff,’ is closing after 49 years

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Jan. 18, 2023, 9:55 a.m.January 18, 2023

When architectural salvage was cool, Ohmega ruled. Its closing symbolizes the end of an era and changing tastes.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: New Berkeley company sells gender-neutral kids underwear; a backyard dojo

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Jan. 06, 2023, 2:15 p.m.January 6, 2023

Melanie Dunn created Breaking Stereos after several difficult shopping trips with her daughter. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

Posted inArts

14 books with Berkeley ties to read in the new year

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Dec. 29, 2022, 12:00 p.m.January 3, 2023

Hua Hsu’s memoir of his college friendship in the ’90s and histories on Asian Americans and the most Trumpian period in America before Trump are among the recent titles with Berkeley connections.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Activist who helped free Willy is stepping down at Berkeley’s Earth Island Institute after 40 years; new studio raises eyebrows

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Dec. 04, 2022, 7:00 a.m.December 5, 2022

David Phillips did more than save whales. He helped spread environmental activism around the world. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

Posted inArts

Berkeley memoir ‘Bearded Lady’ tells a complex story of self-actualization

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Nov. 23, 2022, 11:00 a.m.November 29, 2022

In her new book, Allison Landa comes to terms with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (a rare condition causing hirsutism and infertility) and a pair of heavily opinionated parents.

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