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

Maudelle Shirek

Posted inCity

Berkeley wins $42 million in grants for 150 units of affordable housing

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso July 09, 2020, 4:56 p.m.August 4, 2022

Mayor Jesse Arreguín said it’s the largest amount he could recall Berkeley ever having gotten from the state for affordable housing over his 16 years serving the city.

Posted inCity

With SB35 approval, affordable housing to replace South Berkeley credit union

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Feb. 27, 2020, 9:40 a.m.August 4, 2022

Cooperative Center will move so that a 100% affordable housing project, which includes units for tenants who were formerly homeless, can be built.

Posted inCity

Remembering Ron Dellums, who ‘helped keep Berkeley from blowing up’

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein July 31, 2018, 3:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley leaders past and present reflect on the impact of a legendary politician.

Posted inSchools

Why haven’t Berkeley and BUSD been able to reach a deal on sharing a meeting space?

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Nov. 27, 2017, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

As the city attempts to reopen negotiations on sharing a meeting room, records obtained by Berkeleyside and conversations with both sides shed light on why past efforts failed.

Posted inCommunity

Crowds fill Old Berkeley City Hall to honor Maudelle Shirek

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso May 02, 2013, 1:30 p.m.August 4, 2022

National and local political figures, along with city staff, family members and other loved ones, came together in Berkeley to celebrate the life of former Councilwoman Maudelle Shirek who died April 11 at 101.

Posted inObituaries

Former Councilwoman Maudelle Shirek dies, aged 101

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel April 16, 2013, 2:40 p.m.October 4, 2022

Maudelle Shirek, often called the godmother of East Bay progressive politics, died in a Vallejo hospice on April 11. Shirek served in the Berkeley City Council for 20 years, leading many progressive causes.

Posted inBusiness

Bartlett’s Coffee closes its doors

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel June 01, 2011, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Bartlett’s Coffee, a small café in the Library Gardens on Kittredge near Milvia, has shut its doors. The café, which served as a social hub for many Berkeley High students, is not going completely out of business, however, according to Benjamin Bartlett, who owned the place with his family. It is looking to move to […]

Posted inCity, Community, Crime, Crime & Safety

Notorious Berkeley drug house sold

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Nov. 16, 2010, 8:03 a.m.October 4, 2022

1610 Oregon Street For more than 20 years, the house at 1610 Oregon Street was an epicenter of Berkeley’s drug wars, a place where dealers dealt crack openly, people were shot, and crowds and cars congregated. Now the shingled house, once owned by Lenora Moore, is shuttered behind a chain link fence. The glass in […]

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