SoDoI Coffee’s new “tasting house” is now open in Berkeley’s Telegraph Channing Mall. Owner Jae Chung has built the company on a vision of community and positivity.
Telegraph Channing Mall
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Revolution Books: Berkeley’s radical bookstore relocating
Larry Everest (left) and Reiko Redmonde, have volunteered at Revolution Books for decades. Photo: Emily Dugdale Storied progressive Berkeley bookstore Revolution Books hopes to relocate this summer and has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to cover the moving costs. The 27-year-old bookstore has been described as a “Berkeley institution” by celebrated local poet Robert Hass. With its all-volunteer staff, and calendar of panel discussions […]
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Rec Room, Octopus Literary Salon opening
The Octopus Literary Salon and The Rec Room are close to opening, Juhu Beach Club turns two, and much more in this week’s Bites.
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Berkeley merchants locked in dispute with city
Merchants in the Telegraph Channing Mall have asked the city, their landlord, to offer help due to the tough economy. Photo: Emilie Raguso Longtime merchants in the city-owned Telegraph Channing parking garage mall have been locked in a dispute with the city for several months over what the merchants say are unfair rents and poor […]
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Telegraph Channing Mall merchants ask city for relief
Telegraph Channing Mall merchants asked the city for financial help on Tuesday night. Photo: Emilie Raguso More than a dozen merchants from the city-owned Telegraph Channing Mall came before the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday night to ask for management improvements and financial help following a surprise property tax bill that was delivered to them […]
