Community supporters of Berkeley’s municipal animal shelter have been raising alarm bells about the shelter’s budget for the coming fiscal year — and their concerns about the city’s lack of budgeting transparency are broadly shared. The proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July is $1.69 million, which is comparable to what the shelter ultimately got in […]
Jill Posener
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Public art a casualty at Berkeley animal shelter
Rooftop panels, and similar ones inside Berkeley’s new animal shelter, are the project’s attempt to include art, officials say. Photo: Emilie Raguso While most new structures built using city bonds are decorated with public art, Berkeley’s new $12.4 million animal shelter is not. City staff skipped out on the municipally-mandated public art process during construction […]
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After a decade, Berkeley celebrates a new animal shelter
The animal shelter’s grand opening celebration takes place at 1 Bolivar Drive on Saturday from noon to 2:30 p.m. Scroll to the bottom of the story for additional details. Photo: Emilie Raguso More than 10 years after Berkeley voters approved a $7.2 million bond to build a new home to care for abandoned and sick […]
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Pets of the homeless to get help at People’s Park clinic
In February, some people were sitting on a wall in Berkeley when one of them jumped off and accidentally landed on the leg of a puppy, HarleyQuin. Shadow, the street name for HarleyQuin’s owner, rushed the dog to a nearby vet but didn’t have the $60 it would take to have her examined. Shadow left […]