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Posted inNature

Watch the UC Berkeley peregrine falcon hatchlings live

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff May 25, 2023, 9:15 a.m.May 31, 2023

Annie. Lou. Their three hungry hatchlings. Stay tuned to all the action atop the UC Berkeley Campanile via the Cal webcam.

Posted inBusiness

Shop Talk: Siamese Dream and Molly b. won’t close after all; Telegraph vendor suffers stroke

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio May 05, 2023, 12:00 p.m.May 5, 2023

Customers who read about the closing sale on Berkeleyside helped Siamese Dream stay in business. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.

The Bancroft Hotel, a three-story Craftsman-style yellow building with green trim, looks out onto Bancroft Avenue under a cloudy sky.
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Bancroft Hotel could become housing, with promise of ‘light touch’ renovation

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 04, 2023, 12:49 p.m.May 5, 2023

The owner wants to convert the hotel near UC Berkeley into apartments, and build more housing on the parking lot next door.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Update: Charges filed in UC Berkeley sexual battery spree

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan May 01, 2023, 8:00 p.m.May 2, 2023

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged the suspect with three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, one each from incidents on April 5, 8 and 9, according to court records.

Posted inCity

Major Berkeley streets could get bus lanes in coming years

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge April 14, 2023, 4:40 p.m.April 17, 2023

City officials are taking early steps toward building transit lanes along University, Telegraph and Shattuck avenues — though the plans are a long way from reality.

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City Council votes to support UC Berkeley appeal against People’s Park ruling

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli March 21, 2023, 4:23 p.m.March 22, 2023

The city has backed the university’s plans to build student housing at People’s Park following a $82.6M settlement in 2021.

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Michael Delacour, People’s Park co-founder, dies at 85

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli March 10, 2023, 4:31 p.m.March 10, 2023

Delacour hosted the first meetings to organize and build People’s Park at his Berkeley home in the 1960s.

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UC Berkeley will close 3 libraries amid shrinking budget

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 03, 2023, 4:15 p.m.March 7, 2023

The closures and cuts will save the university about $1 million per year, but critics say the cost to research and community life is higher.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Cal student charged with raping ex-girlfriend inside her sorority

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Feb. 22, 2023, 5:00 p.m.February 22, 2023

The woman’s housemates heard her scream, and held the man down until police arrived, according to authorities.

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Construction equipment removed from People’s Park

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff Jan. 09, 2023, 1:58 p.m.January 9, 2023

Tow trucks arrived at the park around 7 a.m. and started loading the heavy equipment onto the flatbeds.

Pedestrians walk past a construction site in downtown Berkeley
Posted inCity

Why Berkeley could see housing construction drop in 2023

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Jan. 08, 2023, 8:00 a.m.January 6, 2023

Berkeley is seeing more new housing than other Bay Area cities, but could still feel a nationwide construction slump.

Posted inCity

Court ruling could upend Cal’s plan to build on People’s Park

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli Jan. 06, 2023, 4:30 p.m.January 9, 2023

The draft opinion says the UC didn’t adequately explain why other sites weren’t considered for the student housing project.

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