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An octopus and a ‘Doof Wagon’ rolled through Berkeley Sunday during annual kart race

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok May 30, 2023, 4:12 p.m.May 30, 2023

The 1.5-block race, which starts on Merced Street, attracted about 100 spectators this year. Prizes were awarded for “best braker” and “safest run.”

Posted inCity

Berkeley’s top transportation official is out of his job

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 16, 2023, 4:06 p.m.May 16, 2023

Farid Javandel’s departure came amid a lengthy city investigation into how the Transportation Division, which he led, handled the Hopkins Street bike lane project.

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Her ancestors fought to live in Berkeley. Now, she’s showcasing Chinese American history here

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok May 08, 2023, 3:58 p.m.May 9, 2023

White neighbors tried to block Aimee Baldwin’s great-grandparents from buying a home on McKinley Avenue. A show she’s co-curating tells their story, and others’.

Morning light streams in through the windows of the North Berkeley BART station as riders step onto the escalator that leads down to the station platform
Posted inCity

North Berkeley BART elevator closed for weeks, frustrating riders who rely on it

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge March 28, 2023, 4:12 p.m.March 29, 2023

Fire damage to the station’s only elevator will keep BART riders who can’t navigate stairs from using the stop for over a month.

A curbside charging station does not guarantee that the owner will always have access to the parking space. Photo: Natalie Orenstein
Posted inCity

Berkeley Hills residents use electric cars more than almost anywhere else in state

by Nadia Lopez and Erica Yee | CalMatters March 28, 2023, 12:25 p.m.March 28, 2023

Two North Berkeley ZIP codes are among the top 20 in California for electric car ownership.

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‘He really is an angel’: North Berkeley mail carrier retires after 36 years

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok March 14, 2023, 10:42 a.m.March 14, 2023

Angel Pagan, who sleep-talks about mailboxes and drank a third of a cup of Bacardi to pass the postal exam, retired on Saturday from delivering mail in a city he calls heaven.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering David Tabb, political science professor who lived in Berkeley for 50 years

by Family of David Tabb March 14, 2023, 6:34 a.m.March 13, 2023

Tabb, 83, was a family man with a gift for forging deep relationships. He taught at San Francisco State and was active in Congregation Beth El.

Posted inArts

In new memoir, Berkeley union rep reveals painful secrets in her family and the labor movement

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio March 08, 2023, 4:30 p.m.March 8, 2023

Yvonne Martinez’s stories stretch nearly a century from her Mexican American family’s Utah roots to her time as a union organizer in Berkeley and Oakland.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Elder Sanders, Air Force trainer, auto worker, pub owner, artist

by Scott Marshall Feb. 13, 2023, 8:14 a.m.February 13, 2023

A resident of North Berkeley for over seven decades, Sanders spent 31 years at General Motors, opened a pub on University Avenue in the ’70s and played alto sax for neighbors.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Beloved Berkeley pet food store loses dogged battle to internet retailers; Modena Salon is moving

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Feb. 03, 2023, 12:03 p.m.February 6, 2023

Animal Farm Discount Pet Foods was a mainstay on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cedar Street for 35 years. Even the owner’s parrot felt it was time to go.

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Berkeley is cutting down most of the eucalyptus trees in Indian Rock Park

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Jan. 30, 2023, 8:00 a.m.February 1, 2023

Arborists found this fall that two were rotting from the inside and one was infected by a parasitical sulfur fungus. Another tree was leaning over power lines and the road.

People walk at the intersection of Solano and Colusa avenues in North Berkeley
Posted inCity

Berkeley approves housing plan, with pledge to upzone wealthy neighborhoods

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Jan. 19, 2023, 4:39 p.m.February 5, 2023

College, Solano and North Shattuck would be zoned for greater density under the eight-year housing plan adopted by the Berkeley City Council.

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