Site of Berkeley balcony collapse sold, with promise of affordable housing
K Street Flats was quietly purchased last fall by an obscure Central Valley housing agency that owns several Bay Area apartment buildings.
K Street Flats was quietly purchased last fall by an obscure Central Valley housing agency that owns several Bay Area apartment buildings.
Aoife Beary died Saturday after suffering a stroke. She was among 13 people who fell from the balcony on June 16, 2015.
A hit-and-run driver struck 75-year-old Julian Curran, who grew up in Berkeley, while he biked on Fulton Street and Ashby Avenue in March.
A plaque honoring the six young lives that were lost when a balcony collapsed in downtown Berkeley in 2015 was unveiled Saturday in downtown Berkeley.
The families of those killed or injured in the 2015 balcony collapsed reached a legal settlement with the building’s owner and the property manager.
New information released by the state shows how the Library Gardens balcony builders made deadly departures from the design specifications.
Some of the defendants in the lawsuits connected to the collapse have agreed to pay restitution to those killed or injured.
California has revoked the license of Segue Construction which oversaw construction of the building where a balcony sheared off June 16, 2015, killing six.
Library Gardens, the site of the 2015 fatal balcony collapse, has been rebranded as K Street Flats and repainted a bright blue.
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