Four big public artworks installed this spring highlight the Ohlone people, immigrants, poetry and the Boichik Bagel Factory.
Downtown Berkeley
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Her ancestors fought to live in Berkeley. Now, she’s showcasing Chinese American history here
White neighbors tried to block Aimee Baldwin’s great-grandparents from buying a home on McKinley Avenue. A show she’s co-curating tells their story, and others’.
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Vote set — once again — to confirm Jen Louis as Berkeley police chief
City Council is set to decide Tuesday whether to confirm Interim Chief Police Jen Louis with a permanent role at more than $300,000 annually. Accountability officials have asked for more time.
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One last evening at Eastwind Books
At a Berkeleyside Beyond the Story event, the owners of the much-loved, tiny University Avenue bookstore reflected on its outsized impact.
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Innovative or eyesore? New trash cages installed on downtown Berkeley sidewalk
A “trash cabinet” pilot program funded by the city and local businesses aims to neaten downtown by locking up trash bins.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Blake Street parking lot assault: Attempted rape charges filed
Police say the 20-year-old suspect pinned a woman to the ground while sexually assaulting her in a Blake Street parking lot.
Posted inBusiness
Shop Talk: Retail vacancy rates remain high; ‘Barbarella’-inspired hair salon has moved
Berkeley’s ground-floor commercial vacancy rates didn’t budge from 2021 to 2022, according to a new city report. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Berkeley to host major environmental, social justice summit this week
The Bioneers conference, held April 6-8 in downtown and on campus, will include talks by Rebecca Solnit, Alice Waters and Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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Surfacing Strawberry Creek in downtown Berkeley would fulfill decades-long dream
A group of activists think they see a glimpse of daylight in their 25-year quest to have water burble freely through Civic Center Park.
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Quilts, corsets and yarn bombs: 8 Berkeley needlecraft shops catering to the crafty
Stores serving sewers, crocheters, dressmakers and other needleworkers form a tightly knit community in Berkeley.
Posted inHousing & Development
First of Downtown Berkeley high-rise apartments approved
It’s one of four buildings changing the Berkeley skyline under the Downtown Area Plan approved 10 years ago.
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One of nation’s first Asian American bookstores is closing after 41 years
Berkeley’s Eastwind Books, which focused on justice and solidarity and published when others wouldn’t, will close on April 30.
