Berkeley police have cordoned off Acton Street near Oregon to search for evidence in connection with a shooting that happened around 5 pm, according to the police scanner, and Berkeleyside tipsters. Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies are talking to a man who went to Highland Hospital with possible gunshot wounds, according to the scanner. Berkeley police […]
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One man wounded in shooting from car in South Berkeley
The shooting occurred near the intersection of Ashby and California in south Berkeley on Saturday afternoon The shooting occurred near the intersection of Ashby and California in south Berkeley on Saturday afternoon One man was taken to Highland Hospital this afternoon with a non-life threatening gunshot wound after he was shot from a car that was in the vicinity […]
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Berkeley Tuesday farmers’ market moving to Lorin District
The Tuesday Berkeley Farmers’ Market — which has called Derby Street at MLK Way home for 25 years — is moving to the Lorin District next month.
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Mothers come together, create Berkeley ‘hacker’ space
The women in Mothership Hacker Moms gather together in their space on Berkeley’s Adeline Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The women in Mothership Hacker Moms gather together in their space on Berkeley’s Adeline Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel They call themselves the Mothership HackerMoms, but they are not referring to breaking into distant computers and tinkering with […]
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Southside residents contend with spate of shootings
Seal Lolis prepares his barbecues Friday morning for The Bootstrapper’s lunch crowd on Sacramento Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Seal Lolis prepares his barbecues Friday morning for The Bootstrapper’s lunch crowd on Sacramento Street. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel It was a normal-seeming morning on Sacramento Street on Friday, 14 hours after a man had been murdered on […]
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Breaking: Man shot and killed in South Berkeley
The homicide took place in south Berkeley close to the intersection of Ashby and Adeline A man was shot and killed in the 3000 block of Shattuck Avenue around 6:50 p.m., according to Berkeley police. The man, who has not yet been identified but is a younger man, was found near 3020 Shattuck Ave., according […]
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A latchkey kid roams Berkeley ghost town full of promise
Aged 11, Greg Fuson wandered the hallways of the old School for the Deaf and Blind “in idle search of who knows what”. Photo: Jason Holmberg By Greg Fuson Nostalgia, like politics and real estate, is local. Which helps explain how a 40-something man returns to the Berkeley California School for the Deaf and Blind […]
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Marmot Mountain Works to close after 36 years
Marmot Mountain Works will close its doors in March after 36 years in Berkeley. Photos: Tracey Taylor Specialist wilderness equipment store Marmot Mountain Works, which opened on Adeline Street in Berkeley in 1976, will close its doors permanently in March. Founder and owner Lock Miller said changes in consumer buying habits and the state of […]
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Berkeley police investigate drive-by shooting
The shooting took place on Ashby near Harper in south Berkeley Berkeley police are investigating a drive-by shooting that took place on Ashby Avenue on Jan. 2. A man was driving eastbound on Ashby near Harper Street around 3:10 pm when a red car pulled alongside him. Someone in that car fired shots and then […]
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BioFuel Oasis: 8 years on, and still powered by idealism
Jon and Val, customers at BioFuel Oasis, which is celebrating its eighth anniversary in Berkeley. Photo: Melissa Hardy By Nathan Pensky Even in a community as amenable to progressive values as Berkeley, there are few small businesses so powered by idealism as BioFuel Oasis, which this month is celebrating its eighth birthday. An environmentalist mainstay since 2003, […]
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Murder victim’s family visits Berkeley looking for answers
One year after Fito Celedón’s brutal murder in Berkeley, his family hopes for new information that could lead to an arrest.
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The humble grilled cheese sandwich takes center stage
Michael Davidson, 29, is a man with many skills: a scientist by day, he’s the guru of the grilled cheese sandwich by night — and on weekends too. Davidson works in medical diagnostic development, he’s currently gathering data on women’s health for research studies for his employer, the pharmaceutical giant Roche. Away from his 9 […]
