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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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Shop Talk: Ceci Bowman opens her workshop of groovy art and textiles for a holiday sale

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Nov. 21, 2022, 8:00 a.m.November 22, 2022

At Monsen Silversmiths, Gary Reopelle is busy polishing and repairing metalware for the holidays. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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Shop Talk: Bouldering gym opens in converted North Berkeley Walgreens; martial arts school closes after 42 years

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Nov. 07, 2022, 7:40 a.m.November 9, 2022

All you need is some chalk and climbing shoes to scale heights of around 15 feet at Benchmark Climbing. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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Berkeley’s Center for Independent Living, which launched the disability rights movement, turns 50

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 24, 2022, 9:19 a.m.October 24, 2022

Famous for pushing Berkeley to install the country’s first curb cut, the center has also broken ground with its peer counseling program and now helps around 1,000 people per year.

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Shop Talk: Pamana Plantas, family-run plant shop, opens on Solano; Myth & Scissors is dispelled

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 23, 2022, 7:00 a.m.October 24, 2022

At Dom Morales’ plant shop, mom and pop help with the displays — and almost everything else. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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From positive pregnancy test to baby’s first birthday, a new Berkeley maternity clinic promises to be there

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 20, 2022, 8:53 a.m.October 20, 2022

Millie, a new clinic near Alta Bates, offers OB-GYN-midwifery care, mental health support, doula coaching and educational resources — all under one roof.

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At Berkeley’s new game space for grownups, you can be a treasure-hunting, rope-swinging mole

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 11, 2022, 8:00 a.m.October 12, 2022

Gamers have to cooperate to succeed at Game On, a Gilman District venture formed by three Berkeley childhood buddies.

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Critic John King: Architectural nostalgia shouldn’t stop change in Berkeley

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 10, 2022, 8:23 a.m.October 13, 2022

The SF Chronicle’s urban design critic — and a longtime Berkeley resident — calls for more open minds and less divisiveness during Berkeley’s current building boom.

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What makes Berkeley a hotbed of worker co-ops?

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 09, 2022, 6:44 a.m.October 18, 2022

With its roots in 1970s counterculture, Berkeley has more worker co-ops per capita than any other city in the state.

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Every worker-owned company in Berkeley

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 09, 2022, 6:30 a.m.October 12, 2022

Berkeley’s many worker-owned companies can fix your bike, sell you biodiesel or furnish the glassware for your laboratory. Here’s a list of where to find them.

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2 groundbreaking Berkeley mental health institutes celebrate 50 years

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Sept. 20, 2022, 12:18 p.m.September 20, 2022

The Berkeley Therapy Institute is known for its sex therapy work and its forensic evaluations of cults. The Psychotherapy Institute, a low-to-moderate fee clinic, has trained hundreds of clinicians.

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Shop Talk: Stolen Levi’s sign returned; antiques shop closes in South Berkeley after three decades

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Sept. 16, 2022, 10:00 a.m.September 19, 2022

A merchant who loved shopping for antiques as much as selling them leaves a neighborhood of antique shops. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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Shop Talk: Where to go to ‘dress like your parents’; Berkeley YWCA’s new leader is gone already

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Aug. 21, 2022, 7:04 a.m.August 23, 2022

Two brothers from Concord turn their hobby into a business at Paisley Vintage. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

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