What’s next for old city hall and Civic Center Park? The next few months could be pivotal.
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Old City Hall to become emergency winter homeless shelter
As the City Council moves out of the property, homeless people will move in, for up to 45 nights this winter.
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Berkeley brainstorms new locations for its emergency shelter
The Ninth Street shelter is set to close at the end of August, but the city has money to open it up elsewhere.
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Animal-rights activists bury dead piglet in Berkeley park
The burial capped off a Thursday morning demonstration intended to raise awareness of animal abuse.
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After Old City Hall fire, police arrest 1 man and tell homeless campers to leave
Notices of violation around the Old City Hall homeless camps order residents to clear out immediately.
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City to make ‘last-ditch effort’ to use BUSD chambers before pursuing new home
“Let’s put forward our best proposal,” said Mayor Jesse Arreguín. “If they accept it, great. If not, we’ll build this facility.”
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Berkeley homeless encampment at Old City Hall packs up under city orders
Update: Three arrests were made while the encampment was packing up, according to Berkeley city spokesman Matthai Chakko. Chakko said he expected all three to be cited and released today. Three truck-loads of belongings associated with the camp were removed by the city, he said, and services were offered to the campers. Campers were told […]
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Police make arrest after homeless camp stabbing
Berkeley police responded to a stabbing at the recently established Old City Hall homeless encampment and arrested a man late Thursday morning. According to a post on the “First they came for the homeless” Facebook page, which has been documenting happenings and efforts at the camp, “Shortly before noon, one of the protesters was stabbed in […]
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Berkeley orders new homeless tent city to disband
The city of Berkeley issued a cease and desist order Tuesday to residents of an encampment that popped up at Old City Hall on Nov. 16 in reaction to new homeless laws the city is seeking to enact. The memo, distributed by police to about 50 people living in the approximately 22 tents on the front […]
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City Council seeks to move meetings to West Berkeley
Update, Sept. 15 The neighborhood meeting has been moved to Sept. 24 because of a scheduling conflict, district spokesman Mark Coplan told Berkeleyside today. Coplan explained by email that “It is a neighborhood meeting like we conduct when there is going to be construction or something that will have an impact on the surrounding area. We […]