She is the oldest person in California and is still doing “pretty well,” her son told Berkeleyside on Monday.
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Surveillance footage, getaway car helped ID repeat armed robber, police say
Detectives say they found a stolen handgun with a high-capacity magazine during Eddie Nute’s arrest. He has been charged with six robberies.
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Mrs. Dalloway’s bookstore in The Elmwood has new owners
The new owners, who have experience in sales and the publishing world, will take over on Nov. 1.
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Remembering Peggy Love, mother of the ’60s who broke race barriers while struggling with family secrets
Peggy Love opened one of the first unsegregated coffee houses in downtown Atlanta, and turned her Berkeley home on Elmwood Avenue into an oasis of poetry readings, sunbathing, pot smoking, political meetings, and “hookups” of all sorts.
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Man, 28, faces felony sex crime charges after Berkeley assault
Christopher Szabo has a long list of arrests in Alameda County dating back to 2015, according to records online.
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Police: Man arrested in the Elmwood after chasing girl, 8
The man had recently been arrested, police said, after entering a secure playground area at an Elmwood neighborhood church “and threatening to take the children.”
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Police: Man arrested after following Berkeley teens; no charges filed
The man also followed women in several other cities, police said. He is no longer in custody and police are seeking additional witnesses.
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Mrs. Dalloway’s, Berkeley’s 17-year-old bookstore of ‘literary and garden arts,’ is for sale
The two owners are hoping to find buyers who love books and the community as much as they do.
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Sex offender charged with exposing himself to kids at Berkeley park
One parent who witnessed the incident told police it was “super disturbing” and that Herbert Blue’s behavior was sexually motivated.
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Berkeley residents are a generous bunch: The city ranked 7th in GoFundMe’s list of most-giving cities
Three campaigns raised the most money in 2020: for Moe’s Books, Rialto Theaters and a West Berkeley metal shop making plastic face shields for health workers.
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The vaccine ‘will not mean back to normal.’ How 3 businesses rose to the challenge of COVID-19
These business owners switched from building phone booths to sneeze guards, designed a user-friendly testing kiosk and created a “cleanroom” for customers.
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Longtime Berkeleyan Mila Mangold celebrates 113th birthday
Mila Mangold, who raised her family on Magnolia Street in the Elmwood, is now reportedly one of the 30 oldest people in the entire world.