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Juneteenth festival celebrates silver anniversary Sunday
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. And for Berkeley this is a particularly special year, as on Sunday, June 24 the city’s annual Juneteenth Festival will be celebrating its Silver Anniversary. The festivities, which run from 10am to 6pm, take place along Adeline Street, between Ashby and Alcatraz streets, […]
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Mothers come together, create Berkeley ‘hacker’ space
The women in Mothership Hacker Moms gather together in their space on Berkeley’s Adeline Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The women in Mothership Hacker Moms gather together in their space on Berkeley’s Adeline Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel They call themselves the Mothership HackerMoms, but they are not referring to breaking into distant computers and tinkering with […]
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Marmot Mountain Works to close after 36 years
Marmot Mountain Works will close its doors in March after 36 years in Berkeley. Photos: Tracey Taylor Specialist wilderness equipment store Marmot Mountain Works, which opened on Adeline Street in Berkeley in 1976, will close its doors permanently in March. Founder and owner Lock Miller said changes in consumer buying habits and the state of […]
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Murder victim’s family visits Berkeley looking for answers
One year after Fito Celedón’s brutal murder in Berkeley, his family hopes for new information that could lead to an arrest.
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With open doors, Firehouse Bazaar creates community
The Firehouse Collective bazaar on Adeline opened its doors this summer. Photo: Robert Mills By Robert Mills This summer art began to thrive at the corner of Martin Luther King and Adeline. Every Saturday, members of Berkeley’s Firehouse Collective gather at the Firehouse Bazaar to share artwork, entertainment and food with the community. “We’re right by […]
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‘On a whim’ Berkeley record store aims for creative vibe
By Robert Mills When Alison Ferrell suggested Jesse Bordiuk and Stu Lucero open a store to accompany their start-up record label, the trio didn’t take long to jump on the idea. In fact, three days after the brainstorming session, the group signed the lease for Ear Peace Records on Adeline Street. Lucero, who along with Bordiuk […]
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Ban on parking meters might help business
The Vault Cafe in busier days Most of the tables at The Vault, a restaurant at 3250 Adeline Street, were empty Wednesday at lunchtime. A few groups sat scattered around the large dining room that was dominated by a neon “Vault “sign on the wall, but the place was not buzzing. It’s been that way […]
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South Berkeley community gathers in wake of murder
From left to right: Ed Alvarez and Lee Roddrick from BART, Phil Kamlarz, Max Anderson, Tom Bates, Michael Caplan, Erik Upson, Michael Meehan, Andrew Klough and Sue Ferrara. Berkeley city leaders were out in force Wednesday evening to meet with a community still reeling from the seemingly random, senseless murder of 35-year-old Adolfo Ignacio Celedón in […]
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Police chief hopeful of solving Berkeley murder case
Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said he is “very hopeful” about solving the homicide case of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, 35, who was killed on Adeline Street near Emerson on Sunday, Sept. 12, while walking home from a party with his fiancée, Amber Nelson. Speaking at […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Amber Nelson and Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of […]
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Berkeley man shot and killed while walking home
A 35-year old man who had moved to Berkeley just seven months ago was shot and killed Sunday morning while walking on Adeline Street with his fiancee. Two men confronted the couple on Adeline near Emerson as they were coming home from a party around 3:41 am, according to Berkeley police. The men attempted to […]
