Berkeleyside contributors (l to r): Alix Wall, Kim Aronson and Anna Mindess. In the background: Berkeleyside co-founders Lance Knobel and Tracey Taylor. Photo: Nancy Rubin Thank you to all of you who came to Berkeleyside’s latest Open Office on Wednesday evening at WeWork Berkeley, where Berkeleyside has its HQ. It was lovely to see so […]
Paul Rauber
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The unsolved mystery of the Berkeley boom
The #BerkeleyBoom has been startling residents — mostly in South Berkeley — for more than a month. The map above shows approximate locations from where people said they could hear the sound. Image: Google Maps/Berkeleyside For more than a month, residents around Berkeley have wondered online about a recurring nighttime boom that has woken babies, […]
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Berkeley 911: Pedestrian taken to Highland after crash; callers report loud boom, too
Image: Google maps A pedestrian was taken to Highland Hospital after a vehicle struck her in Berkeley at about 7:45 p.m., according to a scanner audio recording reviewed by Berkeleyside. Authorities received a call that a female, who was unconscious with a possible head and leg injury, had been hit by a vehicle at Ashby […]
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Where in Berkeley?
Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the Comments. Photo: Paul Rauber. Send your submissions for “Where in Berkeley?” photo contest to tips@berkeleyside.com. The more obscure the better — just as long as the photos are taken in Berkeley. Thanks in advance.
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Berkeleyside Blotter: Crime in Berkeley, April 3-9
Selected calls for service to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. (Scroll down for maps of burglaries, auto burglaries and auto thefts.) Click the map for the full list. See the map key here. This is a partial list of recent crime in Berkeley, compiled by Berkeleyside, and based on reports to the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. […]
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Berkeley Bowl regular remembered for his kindness
The makeshift memorial for Peter, who was a fixture outside the original Berkeley Bowl in Berkeley. Photo: Peter Moore By Julia Hannafin A makeshift memorial was erected on the sidewalk near the Berkeley Bowl on Oregon Street last week to mark the passing of Peter, also known as “Pee Wee,” a 78-year-old man who locals remember […]
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A map details Berkeley’s gulf between rich and poor
Source: Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks It’s no secret there is a huge income disparity in Berkeley. Data from the 2010 Census Bureau’s Gini Index showed that Berkeley had the widest gap in the Bay Area between rich and poor, according to a 2011 Bay Citizen article. Now a man named Chris Persuad has mapped out […]
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Parents sue cycling website for complicity in son’s death
Kim Flint: died riding his bike in Tilden Park in June 2010 The parents of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle in Tilden Park in 2010 is suing Strava, the social media cycling organization they believe contributed to his death. William and Kathleen Flint filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Strava in […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Trips Out out VIRTUAL VOYAGE Trips Out Travel, which has been operating for 42 years from a storefront at 2987 College Ave. in the Elmwood, is taking its business online. Owner Ellen Thatcher, who started at Trips Out in 1970, says the service will remain the same, just without the store. The space, which, among other […]
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Berkeley artist captures mood of Wall Street protesters
Berkeley artist Eric Drooker drew this New Yorker cover The artist Eric Drooker, a New York native and Berkeley resident, has been following the Occupy Wall Street protests closely, posting numerous updates on his Facebook page and even designing posters that can be used by participants. This week The New Yorker is featuring one of […]
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Notorious Berkeley drug house now a real estate gem
1610 Oregon Street, once a notorious drug house, has been remodeled and is for sale. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel Almost two years after a notorious drug house that spawned shootings and drug dealing was shut down, the Oregon Street home has been extensively remodeled and is on the market. Passersby of 1610 Oregon Street in south […]
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Notorious Berkeley drug house sold
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 […]
