Image: City of Berkeley Those interested in the future of Adeline Street in South Berkeley are invited to a meeting Saturday morning at the senior center on Ellis Street. The city of Berkeley received a $750,000 planning grant last year to look at transit improvements and other development issues along the Adeline Corridor, and Saturday […]
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$750K grant may bring big changes to South Berkeley
The Ashby BART station has been identified by the city as one possible place for more housing in Berkeley. Image: Google Maps The Ashby BART station has been identified by the city as one possible place for more housing in Berkeley. Image: Google Maps The city of Berkeley is hoping to dramatically rethink many elements of South […]
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Domino’s wins approval to open in South Berkeley
A new Domino’s Pizza shop won approval from the Berkeley City Council to open in South Berkeley after a lengthy battle with some neighbors.
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Berkeley woman sprayed by liquid, struck, robbed
Image: Google Maps A woman walking in South Berkeley near Malcolm X Elementary School on Saturday night was assaulted and robbed, police said Monday, after being sprayed with an unknown liquid. The woman was walking at 9:45 p.m. near Prince and Ellis streets, not far from the Ashby BART station, when two people approached her, […]
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Berkeley kicks off Adeline Corridor improvements push
The city hopes to get a grant to look at improvements on Adeline Street from Ward Street to the Oakland border. Image: Google Maps Coming up later this year, the city of Berkeley has pledged to focus some of its resources on the Adeline Street corridor in South Berkeley to address chronic problems and try […]
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Sacramento Street clean-up efforts continue in Berkeley
This photo simulation shows plans for Creekwood, a new restaurant in development on Sacramento Street, which has experienced a spate of growth over the past year. Restaurant owners say they hope to be open by summer “if at all possible.” Image: The Kastrop Group, Inc. This photo simulation shows plans for Creekwood, a new restaurant […]
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Easy Creole: Fun, über-casual Cajun joint in Berkeley
Recently opened Berkeley spot Easy Creole says it’s “Creole, Cajun, Kind of.” We pick the dishes to order off their chalkboard menu.
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South Berkeley robberies on the rise near Ashby BART
There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. Image: CrimeMapping Armed robbers have been targeting the […]
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Police join forces on Berkeley-Oakland robbery series
Three recent Berkeley robberies, two of them confirmed to involve guns, at the points indicated on the map above, are believed to be related. Several similar ones in Oakland could also be related. Image: Berkeleyside/Google Earth Berkeley Police Department has started a joint patrol with BART Police and is collaborating with the Oakland Police Department […]
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Berkeley’s Sacramento Street corridor on the rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAGuiQ1sro Berkeley city staff are taking aim at a South Berkeley neighborhood that has struggled economically in recent years by teaming up with residents, as well as business and property owners, to make improvements hoped to make a difference in the near-term along Sacramento Street. Last week, some 30 people attended a meeting at San […]
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Duo to open Creekwood restaurant in South Berkeley
Two pre-school friends have teamed up to buy and renovate a former bike repair shop in South Berkeley to create a new neighborhood restaurant.
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Black Panther son opening Rasa Caffe in Berkeley
Rasa Sun Mott has a wealth of food experience under his belt,. He plans to put it to good use by opening his own place in Berkeley’s Lorin District.