King, West Campus pools closing for maintenance work
Both of Berkeley’s city-operated swimming pools will be closed for four to six weeks, starting in mid-April.
In brief
Measure T1
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Berkeley eyeing a big ballot measure in 2022 for streets, affordable housing
Mayor Jesse Arreguín and others are making the case for a new measure raising hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure and housing.
Plans for new Willard Park clubhouse are in the works
No, there won’t be any “corporate-style office park,” as flyers posted in the neighborhood and on social media falsely claimed.
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With $500,000 to spend, how should Ohlone Park be reimagined?
The public has until April 9 to give feedback on giving two playgrounds a facelift and installing native gardens.
Live Oak Community Center reopens after $6M revamp
Work at the site included a seismic retrofit and maintenance upgrades, as well as other improvements, and was funded by the Measure T1 bond.
Berkeley’s streets are getting worse and it could take $328M to fix them, report finds
Berkeley streets are among the worst in the Bay Area.
Pickleball, bird habitat, better streets and toilets among T1 asks at the marina
You have until Tuesday to tell the city what improvements you’d like to see with Berkeley’s parks, streets and other infrastructure.
In brief
Help Berkeley decide how to spend $50M in parks, paving, seismic improvements
The city of Berkeley is hosting five public meetings this month to collect public input on how to spend more than $50 million in Measure T1 money. They kick off tonight, Oct. 1.
North Berkeley Senior Center, rose garden among first 45 T1 projects
Part of Adeline Street has been completely repaved and improvements are planned on University Avenue at the marina. Live Oak Park’s community center is being rebuilt. It’s all part of T1 bond measure work underway now.
The ‘worst street in Berkeley’ has been repaved!
The stretch of Sixth Street that was described last year as like driving through a former war zone has a new, smooth surface. The work is part of a range of paving projects around the city.
Map: Which Berkeley streets are scheduled to be paved?
The city of Berkeley is hard at work on a range of paving projects around the city. Last week, Berkeleyside asked the city for a list and has put them on a map.
The 10 worst streets in Berkeley (with one very clear winner)
More than a third of nearly 1,200 votes in Berkeleyside’s non-scientific poll of worst paved streets in Berkeley went to one street. And, yes, we have video.
