Protected bike lanes, bus lanes, parking, and more. East Bay residents have until late May to let transportation planners know what they think.
San Pablo Avenue
Paper Plus, the party store where spirits soar high as balloons, is set to deflate
Open for 40 years, the West Berkeley institution “touched people’s lives way more than just a party.”
‘Parallel bikeways’ are coming to San Pablo Avenue. Here’s what that will look like
The latest road redesign shows where the “parallel bikeways” splitting off San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley will go.
Shop Talk: Big new car wash opens on San Pablo; florist retires after 37 years
Solar Express Car Wash is partially powered by a 67-kilowatt solar array and uses its plentiful greywater to irrigate the property. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Babette’s back patio is West Berkeley’s newest music venue
The restaurant, moved from BAMPFA to San Pablo Avenue last year, is now dishing up music during a Wednesday night concert series.
Jacuzzi brothers’ whirlpool invention bubbled up from their Berkeley machine shop in early 1900s
The bath that started the hot tub craze was created in a shop opened on San Pablo Avenue in 1915 by a family of Italian immigrants.
Remembering Earl Scheelar, jazz cornetist and Berkeley bandleader for nearly 6 decades
Scheelar had an eloquent and distinctive style inspired by the city of New Orleans. He played cornet, clarinet, banjo, sax, tuba, baritone horn and country fiddle, and he sang.
With permit in hand, West Berkeley co-housing seeking residents
The group hopes the co-housing model can be a “force for good” in the West Berkeley neighborhood.
Update: After another crash on San Pablo, traffic signal finally turned on
The pedestrian signal was installed at Virginia Street and San Pablo Avenue last fall. Two people were hit by drivers and injured as it sat dark.
Big changes are coming to San Pablo Avenue. Here’s what residents have to say
At a community meeting Thursday night, locals chimed in about new bike lanes, parking, bus stops, pedestrian crossings and more.
What a court ruling on Bay Area transportation funding could mean for Berkeley
A proposed ferry terminal at the Berkeley Marina and bus service on San Pablo Avenue could be candidates for funding from a 2018 bridge toll hike.
West Berkeley safe RV parking site to expire when shelter moves to Berkeley Inn
RV residents at the Grayson Street safe parking site are worried they’ll have to move back to the streets by the end of the year.