Protesters at Arnieville on Adeline Street. Photo: Bob Patterson. By Jane Stillwater If you walk or drive down Adeline Street in south Berkeley right now, you will see dozens of disabled people camping out on the median strip in the middle of the street. “We call this place Arnieville,” I was told. That, however, is […]
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Man shot and killed in South Berkeley
The Berkeley police report that a man was found dead near the corner of 62nd and King last night, the victim of a shooting. The man, whose details have not yet been released, was found at 6:30 p.m. There have been no arrests in the shooting. The incident occurred only a block away from the […]
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Stealth knitting on public sculpture deemed illegal
The result of a yarn bombing: a knitted cozy on sculpture's "T". A stealth knitting project which involved creating a cozy cover for a piece of public sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border has come to the attention of the authorities who have asked that it be taken down. We reported last week on the covert […]
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Police seek man who shot 2 in South Berkeley
Berkeley police are looking for a 27-year old Oakland man they believe is responsible for shooting two people in south Berkeley last week. Doran Williams, Jr. allegedly shot and critically wounded a 57-year old woman and a 39-year old male who were sitting in a car near King and 63rd Streets around 11:03 am on […]
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Arnie Ville demonstrators set up camp in Berkeley
A group of demonstrators has set up camp on Adeline Street near Russell Street in Berkeley to protest state budget cuts — and they are calling their encampment “Arnie Ville.” One sign reads “We’re all crippled by the Gov. Terminator’s state budget cuts.” Another calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to put a halt to cuts to in-home support […]
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Neighborhood revival: Kick-starting the Lorin district
May 1 marks the re-launching of a neighborhood — and a chance to celebrate lots of new happenings in the Lorin district, Berkeley’s lowest income, most economically depressed neighborhood, where over 30% of residents live below the poverty line. The Adeline Street Merchants Association is setting up shop again. Soon to open is the Ed Roberts […]