An innovative new shopping development, made entirely of shipping containers, is in the works for Berkeley’s Sacramento Street.
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Debate over new Tunnel Road bike lane centers on parking
Berkeley is proposing a new bike lane on the uphill side of Tunnel Road between the Claremont Hotel and the city line, near Highway 24, a road busy with recreational cyclists as well as bike commuters. Image: Google Maps Plans for a bike lane on Tunnel Road — under negotiation for the past year between […]
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Sacramento Street mural honors history, brightens area
The Sacramento Street mural honors two local civil rights heroes, Burl Toler Sr. and William Byron Rumford. Photo: Sofia Zander Community members who live near the corner of Sacramento Street and Ashby Avenue have taken beautification into their own hands by creating a large mural to celebrate two neighborhood civil rights leaders, and cover the […]
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Police investigate southwest Berkeley drive-by shooting
Bullets damaged three windows in a building on the northwest corner of Potter and Seventh streets Wednesday night. Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, June 13, 1:20 p.m. Berkeley police said in a press release that “the occupants of two separate cars, a dark colored Honda and a dark colored BMW got into some sort of verbal […]
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NextSpace to open new co-working offices in Berkeley
NextSpace is opening a shared workspace in Berkeley in a former bank. Click the image to see more photos on the Nextspace Facebook page. A new shared workspace is set to open in downtown Berkeley later this year at 2081 Center St. NextSpace, which already has offices in San Francisco, Santa Cruz and San Jose, […]
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Low tides at Marina lead to impromptu clam bake
The Cal Sailing Club and the Berkeley Racing Canoe Center held a clambake on the Ashby Shoal due to the low tides on Dec. 13. Photo: Paul Kamen The high tides on the San Francisco bay — part of the annual King tides phenomenon — also bring with them extraordinary low tides. On Thursday, while […]
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Ashby resurfacing snarls traffic, creates delays
Road and lane closures brought traffic on Claremont Boulevard and Russell Avenue to a near standstill. Photo: Lance Knobel [See update at foot of story.] After weeks of dire warnings about traffic delays from the Ashby resurfacing project, some of the worst fears came to pass this afternoon. Preparations for the project have slowed traffic […]
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Major paving work to begin mid-June on Ashby Avenue
Ashby Avenue: major repaving work is imminent. Photo: Ben Knobel For any and all Berkeleyans who live close to Ashby Avenue, it may be time to get stocked up on earplugs. Starting soon — mid-June is the official date — Caltrans will begin resurfacing Ashby (otherwise known as State Route 13), from Hiller Drive west […]
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BioFuel Oasis: 8 years on, and still powered by idealism
Jon and Val, customers at BioFuel Oasis, which is celebrating its eighth anniversary in Berkeley. Photo: Melissa Hardy By Nathan Pensky Even in a community as amenable to progressive values as Berkeley, there are few small businesses so powered by idealism as BioFuel Oasis, which this month is celebrating its eighth birthday. An environmentalist mainstay since 2003, […]
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New mixed-use building going up on Telegraph at Ashby
A rendering of the mixed-use building being constructed at 3001 Telegraph. Courtesy City of Berkeley Planning Dept/Clayton Perry Update, 01.07.13: Telegraph Gardens is now largely complete and more details about the building and rentals can be found on its website. Construction is under way at the corner of Telegraph and Ashby Avenues to build a […]
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Ike’s famous sandwiches may soon be in Berkeley
Ike Shehadeh, owner of Ike's Place, a notoriously popular sandwich shop in San Francisco, is looking at Berkeley. Photo: Scott James Sandwich maker extraordinaire Ike Shehadeh was in Berkeley the other day, scouting out a location near the campus with a view to potentially opening a sandwich shop here with some business partners. Shehadeh currently […]
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iPhone app aims to create loyalty to Elmwood merchants
Loyal Elmwood shoppers, get out your iPhones! A new Berkeley company has started a neighborhood merchant loyalty program that they hope will entice people to focus their spending in the Elmwood district. Gemz, which formally launched two weeks ago, is like a digital version of the Peet’s coffee card (buy 10 cups of coffee, get […]
