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With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp. At 100, this Berkeley houseboat resident shares his art
Paul Canin began painting these vivid watercolors after Nazis shot down his B-24. Later a successful architect, he designed the floating Berkeley home he lives in with his wife, Helen.
Free Shakespeare returns to John Hinkel Park in North Berkeley
Inferno Theatre’s production of ‘The Tempest’ will run through June 11 in the recently renovated park.
More than a newspaper: For its vendors, Street Spirit provided a job and fostered friendships
The East Bay homeless publication has lost its funding. If it’s not revived, dozens will lose income, and customers will lose connection.
Squished newts are drowning at bottom of leaky UC Botanical Garden pond
The garden is trying to raise $150,000 to seal the 80-year-old pond’s cracks, which the newts are getting stuck in, plug sinkholes and resurface the basin.