Berkeley held 37 meetings about a downtown housing project that was never built. A new plan for the block has been approved after only five.
February 3, 2023
Posted inBusiness
Shop Talk: Beloved Berkeley pet food store loses dogged battle to internet retailers; Modena Salon is moving
Animal Farm Discount Pet Foods was a mainstay on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cedar Street for 35 years. Even the owner’s parrot felt it was time to go.
Posted inCommunity
Anti-Zionist Jewish activists claim credit for billboard defacement
Three billboards in Berkeley and Oakland defining anti-Zionism as antisemitism were defaced by a group of Jewish activists who say Zionism is racist against Palestinians.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Michael Terry, mechanical engineer, woodworker, poet, artist
Terry, 76, was a mechanical engineer for Lockheed Martin, Ericsson and other Bay Area electronics companies. He loved photography and watercolors.