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.”
North Berkeley
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Berkeley’s top transportation official is out of his job
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
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’.
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North Berkeley BART elevator closed for weeks, frustrating riders who rely on it
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.
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Berkeley Hills residents use electric cars more than almost anywhere else in state
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
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.
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Remembering David Tabb, political science professor who lived in Berkeley for 50 years
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
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.
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Remembering Elder Sanders, Air Force trainer, auto worker, pub owner, artist
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.
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Shop Talk: Beloved Berkeley pet food store loses dogged battle to internet retailers; Modena Salon is moving
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
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.
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Berkeley approves housing plan, with pledge to upzone wealthy neighborhoods
College, Solano and North Shattuck would be zoned for greater density under the eight-year housing plan adopted by the Berkeley City Council.
