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Posted inTransportation

Berkeley gets $5.1M to plan for ferry service

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 26, 2023, 1:35 p.m.May 28, 2023

The grant will pay for design and environmental review work on the project building a ferry terminal at the Berkeley Marina.

A couple of electric scooters are tied to the railing of a forlorn-looking sidewalk on the overpass above a busy freeway.
Posted inCity

A freeway has long separated Berkeley from its waterfront. Is it time to rethink I-80?

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 25, 2023, 3:15 p.m.May 28, 2023

From a freeway-covering park to miles of tunnels, Berkeley could seek federal funds to study changes to one of the Bay Area’s most congested roadways.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering David Rowinski, a ‘garden fairy’ and the yenta of West Berkeley

by Cameron Woo, Renate Tiner, Aaron Ojalvo and Jared Rothenberg May 05, 2023, 6:00 a.m.May 5, 2023

A creative force and a voracious gossip — a curmudgeon who inspired great loyalty — Rowinski, 86, worked as a photographer, river guide, gardener, and plantsman.

Gilman roundabouts
Posted inCity

Update: 7-week closure of Gilman Street approach to I-80 starts Tuesday

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 01, 2023, 11:21 a.m.May 5, 2023

Gilman Street will be closed between Fourth and Second streets from Tuesday until June 21.

A rendering of 2403-07 San Pablo Avenue, the site of future Moshav Berkeley co-housing.
Posted inCity

With permit in hand, West Berkeley co-housing seeking residents

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli April 24, 2023, 4:30 p.m.April 27, 2023

The group hopes the co-housing model can be a “force for good” in the West Berkeley neighborhood.

Mural
Posted inCommunity

Berkeley’s Gilman District is launching its first street fair this Sunday

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok April 21, 2023, 11:30 a.m.April 24, 2023

The kid-friendly street fair will offer art, shopping and food trucks on three closed-down blocks of Fifth and Camelia streets.

ac transit bus
Posted inCity

After pandemic pause, bus service to return to Ashby Avenue

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok April 20, 2023, 10:00 a.m.April 21, 2023

Starting in August, Line 7 will be extended to Emeryville and run on the weekends.

Posted inBusiness

Update: Urban Ore union vote certified without challenge from owners

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok April 19, 2023, 3:45 p.m.April 20, 2023

Workers at the iconic salvage store voted 14-7 to join IWW Union 670. The store’s owners said the election was unfair but did not file an objection.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Update: Woman found dead near Berkeley Marina is identified

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan April 18, 2023, 2:00 p.m.April 18, 2023

The cause and manner of the woman’s death remained pending as of April 18. She was discovered the evening of April 10.

Two people at work screenprinting
Posted inArts

Hot off the press: New printmaking festival debuts in West Berkeley this weekend

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.April 17, 2023

See artists at work, tour the art space that’s in an old ketchup factory, bring a tote or tee and screen-print it at the West Berkeley Community Print Festival on Saturday.

Posted inCity

Big changes are coming to San Pablo Avenue. Here’s what residents have to say

by Jose Fermoso April 03, 2023, 8:00 a.m.April 5, 2023

At a community meeting Thursday night, locals chimed in about new bike lanes, parking, bus stops, pedestrian crossings and more.

Posted inBusiness

Quilts, corsets and yarn bombs: 8 Berkeley needlecraft shops catering to the crafty

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio April 02, 2023, 7:00 a.m.April 4, 2023

Stores serving sewers, crocheters, dressmakers and other needleworkers form a tightly knit community in Berkeley.

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