A segment of the sweeping mural at the Ed Roberts Campus, part of the ‘Patient No More’ exhibition. Photo: Fran Osborne A segment of the sweeping mural at the Ed Roberts Campus, part of the ‘Patient No More’ exhibition. Photo: Fran Osborne By Margit Stange “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” a […]
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LifeLong Medical Care opens new clinic in South Berkeley
LifeLong Medical Care is having a grand opening Monday for its new clinic at the Ed Roberts Campus in South Berkeley. Photo: John Sutton Photography LifeLong Medical Care is having a grand opening Monday for its new clinic at the Ed Roberts Campus in South Berkeley. Photo: John Sutton Photography LifeLong Medical Care will hold a grand opening ceremony […]
Adeline report highlights desire for affordable housing
Neighbors presented their vision for the Adeline Corridor on Saturday while city consultants acted as scribes. Photo: Natalie Orenstein The city of Berkeley unveiled its preliminary existing conditions report for the Adeline Corridor planning project at a packed community meeting Saturday, Aug. 29. The presentation was the culmination of five months spent gathering community input on […]
Friends of Adeline: ‘Our future shall be determined by us’
Community members discussed concerns related to the city’s Adeline Corridor revitalization plan during the third Friends of Adeline community forum, which took place at the Black Repertory Group’s theater Saturday. Photo: Emily Dugdale Community members discussed concerns related to the city’s Adeline Corridor revitalization plan during the third Friends of Adeline community forum, which took […]
Berkeley neighbors say affordability will be key to proposed Adeline Street project
Conceptual plans for 2902 Adeline, which the developer says will likely change as the project goes through the entitlement process. Image: Trachtenberg Architects About 40 people crammed into the community room at the South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library on Wednesday night to hear about a new project proposed at Adeline and Russell streets, and offer […]
Op-ed: Mending the urban fabric on Adeline Street
Everyone seems to agree that Adeline Street is too wide. The question is: what should we do with the extra land that we can get by narrowing the street? Read more about the Adeline Corridor on Berkeleyside. We could combine this land with underused sites on this street to create opportunity sites for new mixed-use […]
Neighbors to hold Adeline Corridor meeting Saturday
More than 100 people attended an Adeline Corridor meeting in January. Photo: City of Berkeley More than 100 people attended an Adeline Corridor meeting in January. Photo: City of Berkeley Neighbors will meet Saturday morning at the South Berkeley Community Church to discuss the city’s plans to revitalize the Adeline Corridor. All are invited. Unlike prior meetings […]
Black Repertory Group’s Langston Hughes production ‘Mulatto’ aligns with the theater’s longstanding mission
Sean Vaughn Scott and Carla Hardiman thank the audience after the Black Repertory Group’s production of Mulatto. Photo: Phil James By Phil James The Black Repertory Group, a community theater initiative based in Berkeley, is currently halfway into its production run of Langston Hughes’ Mulatto: A Play for the Deep South, a play about a black […]
Diversity in Berkeley raised as concern at Adeline session as planning process takes off
More than 100 people attended an Adeline Corridor planning meeting Jan. 31. Photo: City of Berkeley An estimated 120 people showed up to the South Berkeley Senior Center on a recent weekend to learn about a new planning process underway by the city to consider what could be big changes along the Adeline Corridor. The […]
Public meeting on Adeline Corridor on Saturday
Image: City of Berkeley Those interested in the future of Adeline Street in South Berkeley are invited to a meeting Saturday morning at the senior center on Ellis Street. The city of Berkeley received a $750,000 planning grant last year to look at transit improvements and other development issues along the Adeline Corridor, and Saturday […]
Storytelling forum tells of Berkeley’s legacy for the blind
Over 50 blind and sighted people attended a storytelling event Saturday night at the East Bay Center for the Blind. Photo: Seung Y. Lee Over 50 blind and sighted people attended a storytelling event Saturday night at the East Bay Center for the Blind. Photo: Seung Y. Lee For Judy Wilkinson, her story as a UC Berkeley […]
$750K grant may bring big changes to South Berkeley
The Ashby BART station has been identified by the city as one possible place for more housing in Berkeley. Image: Google Maps The Ashby BART station has been identified by the city as one possible place for more housing in Berkeley. Image: Google Maps The city of Berkeley is hoping to dramatically rethink many elements of South […]