Pharmaca closing all its stores after Walgreens buys pharmacy chain
Closures include the pharmacy on Solano Avenue in Berkeley as well as the branch in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood.
See estimated emissions footprints for your Berkeley neighborhood
A map using data from UC Berkeley researchers looks at which parts of Berkeley tend to generate more of the greenhouse gasses behind climate change.
Popular Oakland baker fights for life following Uptown robbery
Angel Cakes founder Jen Angel is in “grave condition” after she was dragged 50 feet down an Oakland street during a mid-day robbery attempt.
Remembering Susan Felix, bold ceramicist who served as Berkeley’s art ambassador
A Berkeley resident since 1967, she helped found the Jewish Arts Community of the Bay and the Berkeley Cultural Trust. She hosted Bay Area ArtBeat on local cable TV.
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Bay Area residents can get money to pay for recent storm damage. Here’s how
FEMA will open disaster recovery centers in Oakland and Dublin on Feb. 10 for Alameda County residents to apply for storm funds in person.
Berkeley to close all COVID-19 testing sites this month
The city’s last testing site, at San Pablo Park, will close Feb. 23. BUSD’s testing site at the Berkeley Adult School will close Feb. 17.
Oakland Theater Project’s ‘Exodus to Eden’ imagines a post-apocalyptic trudge from East Bay to Oklahoma
A ‘Grapes of Wrath’ journey in reverse, the new play is surreal and ambitious, though the production’s 25 songs are a bit excessive.
Cult-fave dumpling spot lands in Rockridge
A running list of new restaurants opening in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
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Opinion: Vision Zero in the era of reimagining policing
The Vision Zero framework commits to leading with engineering solutions first and using enforcement as a last resort after engineering and education efforts have been exhausted.
Most Berkeley residents displaced by mudslides have returned home
The Middlefield Road home where mud pushed down a wall and entered the kitchen is still yellow-tagged. Residents have returned to the other seven homes evacuated Jan. 16.
Fire temporarily shutters Oakland brunch destination
A running list of restaurants that have closed in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond.
Remembering Mary Ellen Fine, music patron, tennis player, graphic designer
Fine, 85, lived in Berkeley for more than half a century. She played competitive doubles at the Berkeley Tennis Club and helped restore the Berkeley Piano Club’s building.
Montessori Family School will close its preschool in Berkeley
Closing after 36 years, the last day for students of the Northside preschool will be June 9.
Aurora Theatre’s ‘Paradise Blue’ is richly imagined
Following the habitués of a jazz joint called Paradise in 1940s Detroit, Dominique Morisseau’s play has finely honed dialogue, realistic characters and a dazzling and dramatic second act.
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