Police will ticket drivers to curb rampant double-parking on Durant
The street has grown increasingly clogged with motorists double-parking on both sides of the one-way street just east of Telegraph Avenue.
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Berkeley police: Robber fires gun on Telegraph while taking driver’s necklace
The robber shot through the driver’s windshield and took his necklace when he resisted, according to police.
Telegraph Avenue redesign gets green light from Berkeley City Council
Plans call for a new bus lane along four blocks of Telegraph near UC Berkeley, plus a new curbless, plaza-style design for the avenue.
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Telegraph chess players ‘dismayed’ after gun altercation stops games
The chess club organizer said a man who is not affiliated with the group repeatedly threatened players with a gun.
City backs bus lane for Telegraph Avenue, but merchants aren’t on board
Dramatic changes at the northern end of Telegraph Avenue would be part of an $8.3 million redesign of streets near UC Berkeley.
‘It’s a godsend’: A seat for everyone to play chess on Telegraph Avenue
Grandmasters, students, children, passersby and local workers are all welcome at the Telegraph tables, organized by a community activist.
New push for Telegraph bus lane seen as step toward car-free future
Officials are considering plans to redesign four busy streets near UC Berkeley. City leaders rejected an effort to add bus lanes to Telegraph more than a decade ago.
Telegraph Avenue will finally get a 24-hour toilet, but it may block the ‘people’s history’ mural
A creator of the 45-year-old People’s History of Telegraph Avenue mural says one of two proposed sites for a toilet near People’s Park would obscure an important landmark.
The end of the 1960s? Regents vote to put housing in People’s Park.
About 1,100 students will be housed in two buildings in the long-contested park.
Police: Man charged with making threats after grabbing boy on Telegraph Avenue
The mother and child took refuge in Whole Foods after the man grabbed the child, BPD said, and “made a threat to bash the child’s head in.”
Berkeley police offer $50,000 reward to help find driver from fatal hit-and-run
The vehicle was a “lowered, dark-color, mid 90’s sedan, with tinted windows (possibly a Nissan Altima),” police said.
He sought help for years for mental illness. It ultimately killed him.
Chuck Feezel had struggled since childhood with a constellation of physical and mental challenges that required serious psychiatric treatment.
