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30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

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Posted inObituaries

Remembering Marilyn Marjorie Moore Reynolds, a transportation planner and master gardener

by Thomas L. Reynolds Dec. 31, 2019, 8:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

She spent 25 years with the Metropolitan Planning Commission. After retiring, she became a master gardener and volunteered at Golden Gate Park. A memorial for her and her late husband is Feb. 1

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Dec. 03, 2013, 1:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Newly opened: South Berkeley Produce and Meat, at 3120 Sacramento St. Photo: Emilie Raguso SOUTH BERKELEY PRODUCE AND MEAT Nagi Homran has just opened this new grocery and meat store at 3120 Sacramento St. (at 67th) — in the space where Recycle Bicycle used to be before it closed last year. The shop specializes in […]

Posted inFire

Chevron fire is out; investigation begins

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Aug. 07, 2012, 6:43 a.m.October 4, 2022

The Chevron refinery fire on Monday Aug. 6, 2012. Photo: Mimi Vitetta More than 80 firefighters spent five hours battling a blaze that erupted at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, finally extinguishing it around 11:20 pm on Monday. While the main fire is out, Chevron is conducting a small controlled burn to allow hydrocarbons to […]

Posted inCity

Chevron officials want East Bay residents to stay indoors

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Aug. 06, 2012, 9:56 p.m.October 4, 2022

Chevron refinery fire at Richmond, as taken by Mimi Vitetta from a tower in Richmond [See updates below] Chevron officials are recommending that anyone who lives from Richmond south to north Oakland  to “shelter in place” to avoid breathing toxic fumes from the fire that broke out at the refinery around 6: 40 pm. Even […]

Posted inBusiness

Inca Service: The Berkeley community wins

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel April 27, 2010, 3:53 p.m.October 4, 2022

Two weeks ago, Berkeleyside broke the story about the likely closure of Inca Service, Hugo Cornejo’s long-standing auto repair shop at the Chevron station on Ashby. Reader comments poured in. There are now 42 comments on that original post and five on the follow-up. The comments have been overwhelmingly positive, with many arguing that Chevron […]

Posted inBusiness

Inca Service: Not the end of the road

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor April 19, 2010, 8:02 a.m.October 4, 2022

On April 9, we published a post about the imminent closure of Inca Service, the auto repair shop located at the Chevron station on the corner of Telegraph and Ashby, run by Hugo Cornejo since 1983. Chevron, which bought the service station from Cornejo six years ago, plans to expand the mini-mart to a “maxi-mart”, which will mean the […]

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Closure looms for Inca Service on Ashby

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel April 09, 2010, 9:44 a.m.October 4, 2022

In November, we lamented the loss of Claremont 76. Now it looks like another much-loved and patronized auto repair shop, Inca Service, will vanish. Hugo Cornejo has been repairing cars at the Chevron station on the corner of Telegraph and Ashby since 1983. Plenty of his customers have been going to Hugo for almost 30 […]

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