Sue Britson launched the Step One School on Spruce Street in 1981 as a place for young Berkeley kids to learn through play. Now generations of families are saying goodbye.
Laura Casey
Laura Casey is a freelance writer covering Berkeley and the East Bay. A lifelong journalist, she has written for a number of local publications. She is also a full-time investigator at an East Bay law firm. Her hobbies include diving deep into the visual and performing arts scene and hiking. You can reach her at laura.news.berkeley@gmail.com
Posted inArts
Illicit concert series goes legit, but secret maps and moonlit merriment are here to stay
A Berkeley composer has been organizing hike-in covert concerts since 2018. Last weekend, blessed with city funding, he hosted Moonstruck’s first legal performance.
Posted inNature
Brickyard Cove, Berkeley’s new park with a view of the Bay, opens to the public
A park with sweeping views, wildflowers and wildlife has opened near the Berkeley Marina along University Avenue.
Posted inCity
Codornices Creek daylighting activists celebrate $1M restoration project
A ribbon-cutting was held Saturday for the new Kains Avenue Park, but the park’s opening to the public is still a ways off.
Posted inArts
Taller than 1 inch? You won’t fit into this Berkeley art gallery.
Andrea Scharff’s Art & Lit Gallery, opened in April 2021, rotates its selection every few weeks, showing miniature photographs, hand drawings, a Frida Kahlo exhibit and more.
Posted inCommunity
What to do about Jewel Lake? Leave it, dredge it or route the creek around it?
With sediment building up, the future of the Tilden Park lake is now being decided.
Posted inArts
New BAMPFA chief curator returns to Berkeley
Christina Yang returns to the city, where she found her love for the arts as an intern at the museum in the ’80s.
Posted inCity
How NFTs funded Berkeley’s new dog park
The $30,000 donation will go a long way to pay for not just the park borders and benches the volunteers had hoped for but the entire park.
Posted inHousing & Development
Berkeley home owned for generations up for sale
The house was built in 1896, according to city historical records, and has been home to four generations of Nielsens.
Posted inBusiness
Candles, cookies and clothes: Pop-up featuring Black women entrepreneurs coming to Fourth Street
Cathy Harris’ Mary B. Poppin pop-up shop featuring 16 vendors will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Posted inCity
After parking lots turn into housing, how will you get to BART?
BART is seeking input on its plan to help Berkeley residents get to the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations once housing is built on the parking lots.
Posted inCommunity
Berkeley community members are stars of new sidewalk mosaic
The installation is like an elegantly written book that sheds light on the faces of Berkeley community members in the mural above.