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Text • Vanessa Arredondo

Closure of dedicated classroom for hospitalized BUSD students called a ‘painful loss’

Inpatient teens at Alta Bates Medical Center are now getting instruction in a multipurpose room, after the classroom — which had a large library, desks and whiteboard — was quietly shut down late last school year due to safety concerns.

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Text • Momo Chang

Drink Thicc’s move almost complete, Upstairs ready to reopen, and a new jerk chicken option arrives

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

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Text • Hope Muñoz

Berkeley’s trailblazing adaptive sports nonprofit BORP turns 50

Long the “only game in town” for physically disabled athletes, it launched the country’s first power soccer program in the ’80s. Today, it offers everything from kayaking to birding — plus, since the pandemic, an array of online classes.

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Text • Daniel Ekonde

The Berkeley Daily Planet has written its last headline

The 27-year-old publication has been online-only since 2010. Co-owner Becky O'Malley says health issues now make it too difficult to publish the unpaid opinion pieces that have been keeping it going.

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Text • Alex N. Gecan

Police: Shoplifter attacked Berkeley CVS clerk with bear spray

An employee kicked the woman out of the pharmacy after catching her stealing items for a second time. She came back with bear spray, police said.

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Text • Momo Chang

A Berkeley restaurant closes after 6 months, Jerusalem Coffee House breaks to prep legal defense, and a fire shuts down Walnut Creek lunch spot

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

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Text • Family of Susanna Schevill

Remembering Susanna Schevill, trusted real estate agent and supporter of Berkeley schools

The third-generation Berkeley resident helped hundreds of families find homes and founded the Berkeley High School Development Group.

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Text • Nathan Dalton

Berkeley Outlet, a ‘hoarder’s delight,’ is closing after 48 years

A gray warehouse with a large open door
The West Berkeley warehouse has been the go-to place for second-hand furniture and other used items since 1978.

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Text • Berkeleyside Staff

The Wire: UC Berkeley opens revamped Moffitt Library, complete with nap pods

Also: David Byrne rocks the Greek Theatre and Berkeley Hillel celebrates its centennial.

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Text • Daniel Ekonde

After Berkeley mural depicting immigrants was vandalized, artist seeks support to restore it

Mokhtar Paki said the artwork on Dwight Way, which depicts immigrant voyages, can likely be repaired after someone threw white paint on it — though it may take weeks of work.

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Text • Andrew Gilbert

Everything (but the Oscars) must go! Legendary Berkeley special-effects studio holding fire sale this weekend

Studio model of the Star Wars AT-AT Imperial Walker
After four decades of cinematic magic, working on movies like ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Jurassic Park,’ Tippett Studio is holding a huge film memorabilia sale this weekend, part of its bankruptcy proceedings.

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Text • Skylla Mumana and Associated Press

Facing largest hike in grocery prices in 50 years, East Bay shoppers get creative — and food banks get busier

With some of the highest food costs in the country, East Bay consumers are stretching meals, swapping staples and watching every dollar.

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Text • Karen Nguyen Vo and Andrew Gilbert

Around Berkeley: California’s largest adoption event and the first ever Berkeley Frog Fest

Other events include old-time square dancing, a symposium on fighting authoritarianism and a book launch of "Under Story" by Chloe Benjamin.

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Text • Alex N. Gecan

Gaps in Berkeley policy could allow for conflicts of interest and nepotism, auditors warn

Unlike other cities, Berkeley doesn’t require managers to disclose romantic relationships with their subordinates unless they’re married. Auditors say that should change.

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Text • Jana Kadah

How Dolly Parton helped bring 27K free books to East Bay children

Dolly Parton, whose father was illiterate, founded Imagination Library in 1995. She has given away more than 300 million books.

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Text • Vanessa Arredondo

Did a Berkeley High yearbook photo violate civil rights law?

Berkeley Unified opened an investigation after receiving complaints that the image of a student's protest sign rationalized Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Others say the yearbook’s critics are shutting down debate.

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Text • Skylla Mumana

Dish & Tell: The story behind Noor’s chicken changezi

Nity Jaiswal, owner of the Berkeley Indian restaurant dishes on her restaurant's popular chicken changezi.

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Text • Nico Savidge

How the punks of 924 Gilman beat the odds and built a DIY institution

People hold their hands up to vote as they sit on chairs and tables in a room with graffiti-covered walls
The volunteer-run, all-ages Berkeley music venue that helped launch Green Day and Operation Ivy turns 40 this year, and is working to buy its building.

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Text • Tracey Taylor

14 dog-friendly hiking trails in the East Bay

Close up of a black and gray dog with its tongue hanging out on a hill trail with yellow wildflowers that overlooks a city
From splashing spots to off-leash fun with bay views, National Dog Day inspired us to share some of our favorite places to hike with dogs.

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Text • Alastair Boone

Remembering Kevin Aikens, East Bay local who was a fixture of the South Berkeley Farmer’s Market

An older man faces the camera for a portrait, holding up a stack of Street Spirit newspapers and a paper grocery bag from the Berkeley Bowl
Aikens grew up in Berkeley and North Oakland. For years, he could be found at the market every Tuesday protecting shoppers from traffic and selling copies of Street Spirit.

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Text • Local sponsor

How Berkeley’s hottest stove stays cool to the touch

Hundreds of East Bay families have swapped gas for induction with a battery-equipped range made by Berkeley's own Copper.

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Text • Alex N. Gecan

Should Berkeley fund a public bank for the East Bay? Voters will decide in November

Proponents say Measure Z, a parcel tax to fund a regional public bank, will invest in progressive causes. Critics say Berkeley will carry too much of the cost for the rest of the East Bay.

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Text • Momo Chang

Berkeley Bagels debuts downtown location, plus new Asian fusion, coffee and takeout Chinese options

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

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Text • Iris Kwok

Affordable things to do in Berkeley any day of the week

Kite swirling in the sky somewhat like the spiral in the golden ratio
From farmers markets to trivia nights, we put together a roundup of events and activities held regularly in Berkeley.

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Text • Nico Savidge

Berkeley gets $850,000 for new Ashby BART plaza design

A group of people stand behind a speaker at a podium with the seal of the U.S. House. Next to the podium is a novelty check for $850,000
The plaza along Adeline Street, planned as developers work to build 600 homes atop the BART station’s parking lot, will host the Berkeley Flea Market.

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Text • Skylla Mumana

Egg Pals are trading pop-ups for a permanent home in Oakland

After four years, the owners of the popular East Bay breakfast pop-up are opening their first restaurant in the former TrueBurger space in Temescal, expanding to serve grits, cocktails and thick beef burgers.

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Text • Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida

A ‘super’ El Niño is here. What does it mean for the Bay Area?

Two young children and an adult stand next to a street that has partially flooded, all of them are holding umbrellas
Experts are bracing for big storm surges and king tides, flooding, and a host of impacts on wildlife and ecosystems. But more rainfall isn’t guaranteed.

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Text • Hope Muñoz

Want to try cricket? A new South Berkeley club welcomes beginners

Since March, Redwood Cricket Club has been hosting free Sunday cricket games at Grove Park. They’re open to all, with lessons for newbies held monthly.

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Text • Azucena Rasilla

The Claremont’s luxury spa is no more

Hot stone massages and eucalyptus steams have come to an end as the storied hotel closes its 25-year-old wellness center.

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Text • Momo Chang

Home of Chicken and Waffles, Alma y Sazon shuttering at the end of August, and Coffee Mill appears gone for good

A white plate is loaded with a buttered waffle and multiple pieces of fried chicken.
A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.