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Photos: storm damage, PG&E outage map | Historic Asian American bookshop closing | Remembering Lillia Bartlow

Aquatic Park

Posted inNature

Leopard sharks and bat rays are dying in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Feb. 14, 2023, 1:39 p.m.February 16, 2023

Shark and ray die-offs tend to happen after heavy rains, though experts aren’t sure exactly why.

Posted inCity

$241M life sciences campus takes shape in West Berkeley

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge April 08, 2022, 3:03 p.m.August 4, 2022

Renovations to three buildings on Fifth Street mark the start of a developer’s ambitious plans for a 3-acre project that could host nearly 600 workers.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Man charged with Aquatic Park shooting after police find loaded gun in his toilet

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Nov. 22, 2021, 3:35 p.m.August 4, 2022

A 37-year-old Berkeley man had been walking in Aquatic Park when a stranger confronted him, pistol-whipped him and shot him as he fled.

Posted inCrime & Safety

‘Ride on, Grandpa John’: A tribute to the man, 81, who died biking in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Oct. 08, 2021, 4:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

John Carothers died doing what he loved: riding his bicycle on a sunny day, enjoying a beautiful October afternoon in the Bay Area.

Posted inCity

Grayson Street proposal could add to West Berkeley’s life sciences boom

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Oct. 06, 2021, 3:49 p.m.August 4, 2022

The project is planned for the site of Berkeley’s Grayson Street homeless shelter. City officials have long known the site was only temporary.

drone footage of Berkeley pedestrian bridge
Posted inCrime & Safety

Man, 81, dies of apparent natural causes after solo bike crash in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Oct. 06, 2021, 3:09 p.m.August 4, 2022

Bystanders called for help and administered CPR until first responders arrived.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Aquatic Park lagoon is restored thanks to Berkeley’s T1 ballot measure

by Jim McGrath Sept. 09, 2021, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Cleaning out the tide tubes that provide tidal circulation to the lagoon was among 42 projects that were part of the first phase of the funds.

Posted inCity

Berkeley will soon be home to a major research and development center

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel June 03, 2021, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Developers will construct two modern buildings and add a strolling path with native plants along Bolivar Drive by Aquatic Park.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Man arrested after home invasion, attempted rape in Berkeley RV

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso May 19, 2021, 2:14 p.m.August 4, 2022

Hugo Espinoza was on probation at the time of his arrest and, as of publication time, remains in custody, according to court records online.

AAPI protesters march across Aquatic Park pedestrian bridge in Berkeley holding signs
Posted inCommunity

Photos: 1,200 people marched in Berkeley to protest anti-Asian hate

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff March 29, 2021, 11:39 a.m.March 29, 2021

Middle school students organized the Sunday event and many of them spoke about the discrimination they have faced.

workman prepares the western Big People statue for removal
Posted inCity

Berkeley bids adieu to the controversial Big People statues

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Nov. 24, 2020, 3:29 p.m.October 4, 2022

The statues stood on the pedestrian bridge over I-80 for 12 years. It will take 3 days to remove them.

Posted inCity

Berkeley has started removing the Big People statues on the I-80 pedestrian bridge

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Nov. 20, 2020, 2:32 p.m.October 4, 2022

The ‘”love-em” or “hate-em” art pieces will be gone by Tuesday.

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