You have until Tuesday to tell the city what improvements you’d like to see with Berkeley’s parks, streets and other infrastructure.
Seismic safety
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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.
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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.
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Earthquake drills save lives, but embarrassment, mobility issues hinder participation, study finds
Registration in Thursday’s Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill is up slightly — but experts look to increase participation.
Posted inSchools
Oxford Elementary at risk of major earthquake damage, report finds. BUSD weighs school’s future
Engineers found that the North Berkeley school could sustain major structural damage during an earthquake.
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Berkeley considers installing city-wide wildfire and earthquake siren system
Unlike San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond and UC Berkeley, the city of Berkeley does not have a warning siren. Its Disaster and Fire Safety Commission believes it’s time that it did.
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North Berkeley Senior Center set to close for construction in January
Renovations, which includes a major seismic retrofit, are expected to take 12-18 months.
Posted inBusiness
Lasher’s Electronics may be forced to close after 56 years
Ellen and Bob Lasher’s father Al opened his electronics store in 1960. Photo: Natalie Orenstein Ellen and Bob Lasher’s father Al opened his electronics store in 1960. Photo: Natalie Orenstein Al Lasher’s Electronics may be on the brink of closing after 56 years at 1734 University Ave. The city of Berkeley deemed the building, near […]
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View from the water: New span of Bay Bridge takes shape
A good way to get up close to the new east span of the Bay Bridge is to take to the water.
Posted inSchools
Thousands of schools at risk during earthquake
Berkeley Unified School District Headquarters A team of California Watch reporters and researchers spent the last 19 months investigating how the state enforces the Field Act, a strict seismic safety law that is supposed to protect school children at public schools. California Watch is partnering with dozens of California newspapers, television stations, radio outlets, and […]
Posted inCrime & Safety, Nature, Schools
Cal building rated very seismically hazardous
An extensive report by California Watch has highlighted the work that still needs to be done by the University of California to make many of its building seismically sound. In Berkeley, one occupied building stands out as being particularly unsafe: 2111 Bancroft Way, a five-story, steel-framed building with reinforced masonry bearing walls (above), has been […]
