Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said he is “very hopeful” about solving the homicide case of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, 35, who was killed on Adeline Street near Emerson on Sunday, Sept. 12, while walking home from a party with his fiancée, Amber Nelson. Speaking at […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Amber Nelson and Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of […]
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Berkeley man shot and killed while walking home
A 35-year old man who had moved to Berkeley just seven months ago was shot and killed Sunday morning while walking on Adeline Street with his fiancee. Two men confronted the couple on Adeline near Emerson as they were coming home from a party around 3:41 am, according to Berkeley police. The men attempted to […]
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San Pablo Park marks its 103rd birthday
Councimember Darryl Moore unveils a new sign at San Pablo Park. Photo: Ryan Lau. Berkeley’s oldest park, San Pablo Park, marks its 103rd birthday this year. Councilmember Darryl Moore marked one of the recent improvements to the park — new signs — with an unveiling ceremony yesterday afternoon. Eager children from the after-school program at […]
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Arnieville protesters arrested in Sacramento
Details are sketchy, but police in Sacramento have started to arrest members of Arnieville, the group of disabled activists who set up a camp on a median along Adeline Street this summer. The group went up to the Capitol today to protest against proposed budget cuts to programs that send assistants into the homes of […]
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South branch library demolition opposed
Historic photo of reading room of South Branch libray The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association is opposing the city’s plan to tear down and rebuild the South Berkeley Branch and Tool Lending Library. BAHA sent a letter to the planning department on July 16 protesting the proposed demolition because the existing building on Russell Street, designed […]
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Comment: Arnieville is making news in its own way
Protesters at Arnieville on Adeline Street. Photo: Bob Patterson. By Jane Stillwater If you walk or drive down Adeline Street in south Berkeley right now, you will see dozens of disabled people camping out on the median strip in the middle of the street. “We call this place Arnieville,” I was told. That, however, is […]
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Man shot and killed in South Berkeley
The Berkeley police report that a man was found dead near the corner of 62nd and King last night, the victim of a shooting. The man, whose details have not yet been released, was found at 6:30 p.m. There have been no arrests in the shooting. The incident occurred only a block away from the […]
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Stealth knitting on public sculpture deemed illegal
The result of a yarn bombing: a knitted cozy on sculpture's "T". A stealth knitting project which involved creating a cozy cover for a piece of public sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border has come to the attention of the authorities who have asked that it be taken down. We reported last week on the covert […]
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Police seek man who shot 2 in South Berkeley
Berkeley police are looking for a 27-year old Oakland man they believe is responsible for shooting two people in south Berkeley last week. Doran Williams, Jr. allegedly shot and critically wounded a 57-year old woman and a 39-year old male who were sitting in a car near King and 63rd Streets around 11:03 am on […]
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Arnie Ville demonstrators set up camp in Berkeley
A group of demonstrators has set up camp on Adeline Street near Russell Street in Berkeley to protest state budget cuts — and they are calling their encampment “Arnie Ville.” One sign reads “We’re all crippled by the Gov. Terminator’s state budget cuts.” Another calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to put a halt to cuts to in-home support […]
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Neighborhood revival: Kick-starting the Lorin district
May 1 marks the re-launching of a neighborhood — and a chance to celebrate lots of new happenings in the Lorin district, Berkeley’s lowest income, most economically depressed neighborhood, where over 30% of residents live below the poverty line. The Adeline Street Merchants Association is setting up shop again. Soon to open is the Ed Roberts […]
