About 100 South Berkeley residents gathered Saturday to discuss community demands for a plan to revitalize the area. Photo: Natalie Orenstein About 100 neighbors gathered Saturday morning at the South Berkeley Community Church to work on a document outlining their hopes for the city’s revitalization of the Adeline Corridor. It was the second meeting of […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Guitars at Blue Note Music which is closing after 21 years on Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue. Photo: Anne H. BLUE NOTE MUSIC After 21 years of service, Blue Note Music, at 2556 Telegraph Ave., is closing down. The store specialized in high-quality new, used and vintage guitars and amplifiers. Workers at Blue Note were trained musicians dedicated to […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Yolo Berry Yogurt. Photo: Shifra de Benedictus-Kessner YOLO BERRY YOGURT Yolo Berry Yogurt is moving into the old AT&T spot at 2114 Shattuck Ave. — because there is clearly no such thing as too many fro-yo places in a college town, particularly if you’re going to be situated close to a giant open-campus high school, […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
A Trackers Bay moment: the company has moved its HQ into the distinctive old Marmot Mountain Works building at 3049 Adeline St. in Berkeley TRACKERS BAY Outdoor education organization Trackers Bay has taken over the distinctive building formerly occupied by Marmot Mountain Works at 3049 Adeline St. in Berkeley. Trackers’ regional director, Jess Liotta, describes the company […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Berkeley Resole SOLE REPAIR Back in January, we reported that Marmot Mountain Works, near Ashby Station, was due to close. And indeed it came to pass last month. But, be aware that climbing shoe repair services are still being offered there. How? Because Tom Wandall, the chap who had operated that service as a Marmot […]
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Marmot Mountain Works to close after 36 years
Marmot Mountain Works will close its doors in March after 36 years in Berkeley. Photos: Tracey Taylor Specialist wilderness equipment store Marmot Mountain Works, which opened on Adeline Street in Berkeley in 1976, will close its doors permanently in March. Founder and owner Lock Miller said changes in consumer buying habits and the state of […]
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Berkeley fields many winners in Best of Bay awards
Freight & Salvage was voted number one in two Best of the Bay categories. Photo: F&S. Several Berkeley businesses won top honors in SFGate’s Best of the Bay Awards, which this year attracted more than 71,000 votes from readers. The Awards are divided into 29 categories, each of which has many sub-categories, so apologies in […]
