The North Berkeley landmark has been on the receiving end of soap and colored dye multiple times in the past year, and it is no easy feat to clean up the messes.
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2 juveniles tied to North Berkeley vandalism spree
Two juveniles were arrested early Wednesday morning on suspicion of vandalizing dozens of windows on Solano Avenue. Photo: Lance Knobel Two juveniles were arrested early Wednesday morning on suspicion of vandalizing dozens of windows on Solano Avenue. Photo: Lance Knobel Nearly 30 businesses on the north side of Solano Avenue were vandalized early Wednesday morning by two youths who […]
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Reward offered for identification of Berkeley park vandal
The solar calendar installation at César Chávez Park has been the target of recurring vandalism over the past few months. Photo: Chris Benton The city of Berkeley is offering a $1,000 reward for the identification of the person or people responsible for the recurring vandalism of the solar calendar installation at César Chávez Park. Since […]
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Berkeley mail disrupted after human waste put in mailbox
Two mailboxes outside the South Berkeley Post Office, at 3175 Adeline St., were vandalized in September. Photo: Emilie Raguso South Berkeley U.S. Postal Service users may have noticed the removal and subsequent return of an outdoor mailbox on Adeline Street in mid-September. According to Augustine Ruiz Jr., postal service spokesman, two boxes outside the station […]
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Cal campus reels from power outage caused by thieves
Unit 1 power came back on at 10:17 p.m. on Monday Sept. 30 on the UC Berkeley campus. Photo: Marty Takimoto Update, 6:45 a.m. Power has been restored to most of the buildings on campus and most classes will meet as scheduled. But 11 buildings remain closed, including Doe Library, the Bancroft Library, California Hall, […]
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Live blog: Cal explosion sends 1 to hospital, clears campus
Emergency personnel respond to an explosion and fire on the UC Berkeley campus Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The explosion apparently occurred in an electrical generator. Photo: David Yee [Editor’s Note: Monday afternoon, a power outage and subsequent explosion rocked the UC Berkeley campus and sent one student to the hospital. Scroll down to view Berkeleyside’s […]
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Berkeley home of liberal rabbi vandalized
Rabbi Michael Lerner The north Berkeley home of the editor of the liberal Jewish magazine Tikkun was vandalized early Monday morning after the magazine announced it would present an award to Judge Richard Goldstone, the controversial South African magistrate who oversaw a report that accused Israel of human rights violations during its winter 2009 incursion […]
