Jeweler David Giulietti started out making armor in high school and has worked with metal ever since. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Berkeley car repair shop has ‘changed with the times’; ‘Far & Few’ is back
Drawn to anti-war Berkeley as a 21-year-old mechanic, Ken Shapiro has been fixing cars in the city for 50 years. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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At Berkeley gallery, student photos of Hong Kong protests get rare showing
Organizers of the ‘Echoes of Defiance’ exhibition at Fourth Street Fine Art say it’s the first time student photos of the 2019 street protests have been shown overseas.
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Dr. Happy Tooth’s family dental practice marks 48 years
Dr. Thomas Arnold, known for dressing up as a giant molar, and his wife, Dr. Wendi Wilson, have built a dental practice rooted in history.
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New book on Julia Morgan offers an intimate portrait of famed architect
The heavily annotated and picture-rich book incorporates previously unknown details about the architect’s private life, as well as her career.
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Shop Talk: Chameleon-haired stylist brings wig business to Vine Street; another Green Yogi opens on Telegraph
A stylist who’s been doing hair extensions since high school turns it into her side hustle. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Cose Belle boutique will play nonstop Italian tunes; new barbershop has chairs like a ’57 Chevy
The scion of a venerable Berkeley restaurant family is opening her fourth store a couple doors down from her brothers’ restaurant, Agridolce. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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‘Botanical Entanglements’ opens Saturday at UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley artist Juniper Harrower explores our complicated history with flora in the new ecological art exhibition.
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Shop Talk: New preschool opens at former Gay Austin site; changes afoot for Luna Dance Institute
About 30 students are now enrolled at the Little School preschool on Hopkins Street. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Berkeley ‘4-star’ store on Fourth Street closing as Amazon axes concept
When it opened in 2018, it was just the third 4-star store in the country. Now, Amazon’s abandoned the concept of bringing trending online items to retail shops.
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His madcap recaps of Berkeley softball games have been a hit for 25 years
Raymond Weschler has organized an egalitarian pick-up softball league since 1997, but he prefers writing emails about the games to playing in them.
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The 100-year-old Berkeley nursery that sparked fuchsia and rhododendron crazes
George Budgen opened the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery in 1922. His great-grandson now runs day-to-day operations.