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Suit filed to stop Comal owners’ new restaurant

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel June 11, 2014, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

A group calling itself the Elmwood Neighborhood Association has filed suit against a restaurant that has been approved by the city.

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Lawsuit yields money for historic preservation in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Feb. 14, 2014, 7:00 a.m.February 5, 2023

Concerned Library Users did not want Berkeley to tear down the old South Branch because they and others considered it historically significant. It was demolished and rebuilt. The settlement funds from a suit filed by the group will go towards other historic buildings. Berkeley residents may soon see the fruits of a legal settlement between […]

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Critic of Berkeley library bond issue files more lawsuits

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel April 17, 2012, 12:56 p.m.October 4, 2022

The North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library recently reopened after a $5.9 million remodel. Photo: Nancy Rubin The woman who was the only named member of the group in a citizen’s lawsuit against Berkeley’s use of library bond funds has filed a number of lawsuits against her critics. Judith Epstein, who is part of […]

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Berkeley settles contentious library lawsuit

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Sept. 06, 2011, 8:24 p.m.October 4, 2022

The city of Berkeley has reached an agreement with Concerned Library Users over a lawsuit the group filed to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the South and West branches of the Berkeley Public Library. In a closed session on Tuesday evening, the city council voted to settle the lawsuit by creating a $100,000 fund […]

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Library architect apologizes to Berkeley

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel June 22, 2011, 12:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

Todd Jersey’s vision for a renovated West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library. The architect who worked with Concerned Library Users, the group suing Berkeley to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the south and west branch libraries, has sent an apology for his actions to the City Council and city manager. In a letter […]

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Rally planned to draw attention to library lawsuit

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel April 25, 2011, 1:00 p.m.February 5, 2023

Benjamin Bartlett has helped BHS students organize against CLU lawsuit Dozens of church leaders, community activists, students, and library supporters plan to stage a rally outside city hall on Tuesday to call attention to a lawsuit they believe could stop construction of new libraries in the southern and western parts of Berkeley. The group, which […]

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$1 million for branch libraries; lawsuit pending

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Dec. 01, 2010, 7:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Interior of the Claremont branch library Just months before renovations begin on two of Berkeley’s branch libraries, the Neighborhood Library Campaign announced that it has raised more than $1 million  — almost a third of its $3.5 million goal — for the restoration work. The funds will be used to repair the oak furniture in […]

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