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Berkeleyside
12 Aug 16:36 • Felicia Mello

UC Berkeley wants to demolish mansion that long housed UC presidents

Cal says the century-old villa at the center of Kensington’s Blake Garden has fallen into disrepair and is too costly to fix.

Berkeleyside
12 Aug 00:15 • Nathan Dalton

Artist studios pop up at Berkeley’s empty Half Price Books

A company that works to temporarily fill vacant retail with creative space has gotten a discounted six-month lease to build 24 studios where artists can make and sell in downtown.

Berkeleyside
11 Aug 19:48 • Momo Chang

New Latin Market lands in Richmond, and the East Bay gets fresh cafe and Thai options

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

Berkeleyside
11 Aug 19:18 • Daniel Ekonde

Sculptures that double as bird nests: Weigh in on 3 public art proposals for new Southwest Berkeley park

The city is soliciting input from residents through Aug. 24 on sculpture proposals for the new park being built on a stretch of the old Santa Fe railroad line.

Berkeleyside
11 Aug 16:12 • Berkeleyside Staff

Berkeleyside’s guidelines for opinion pieces for the Nov. 3 election

This year we will be accepting op-eds for ballot measures only. The deadline to submit them is Sept. 14.

Berkeleyside
10 Aug 22:06 • Hope Muñoz

The first new path in 5 years is being built in the Berkeley Hills

For the first time since 2021, volunteers with the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association were hard at work forging a new path.

Berkeleyside
10 Aug 16:03 • Momo Chang

July restaurant closures include pair of taprooms, 2 popular pop-ups, and Peruvian and Mexican options

Line 51, Match Point Brewing, Kathiew House, Pour Manners, Ace Seafood, Pucquio and Gallego's are among the East Bay establishments to recently close.

Berkeleyside
10 Aug 14:12 • Nathan Dalton

Pickleball in the sky: A new Berkeley club plays 6 stories above downtown

Since May, members have been swatting pickleballs on three courts atop a parking garage.

Berkeleyside
07 Aug 20:03 • Skylla Mumana

Matt Horn closes last Horn Barbecue location amid wage theft accusations

The coals lost their glow at Horn's Oakland restaurant as the renowned pitmaster deals with accusations of wage theft across his crumbled barbecue empire

Berkeleyside
07 Aug 19:03 • Momo Chang

Cafe Santana shuttering original cafe, Ben’s bows out after 40 years, plus two Montclair restaurants close

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

Berkeleyside
07 Aug 14:21 • Nico Savidge

What new owners have planned for Berkeley’s legendary Fantasy Studios building

An office building rises above a garden of trees and flowers under a clear blue sky.

Steve Meckfessel said his firm hopes to attract tech companies to the West Berkeley building, while still supporting its community of independent filmmakers.

Berkeleyside
07 Aug 00:21 • Berkeleyside Staff

The Wire: What Trump admin’s student visa limits could mean for research at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley students study outside McLaughlin Hall, with Sather Tower, aka the Campanile, in the background. March 2022.

Also: Cal is close to an agreement to host the first big concert at Memorial Stadium since Paul McCartney played there in 1990.

Berkeleyside
07 Aug 00:03 • Vanessa Arredondo

Beatriz Leyva‑Cutler, Reichi Lee among 6 finalists for vacant Berkeley school board seat

The board will interview all finalists publicly on Aug. 19 and may make a selection immediately afterward.

Berkeleyside
06 Aug 23:33 • Eli Wolfe

$30 minimum wage won’t appear on November ballot after Alameda County leaders call for study

Organizers are undeterred and say they have also submitted a separate initiative to create a $30 minimum wage in Oakland.

Berkeleyside
06 Aug 19:33 • Momo Chang

Pinkies up! Afternoon tea’s having a moment in the East Bay

Tea services are booming in the Bay, with multiple new options added in the past year and a variety of styles, including vegan, Filipino, Thai and Malaysian.

Berkeleyside
06 Aug 15:24 • Joanne Furio

Married 70 years, writing partners for over 40: Their latest novel is likely their swan song

Berkeley couple Richard and Phyllis Kluger are publishing their third jointly written novel next week — “The Swiss Account,” a literary thriller about the moral dilemma of inheriting a tax dodger’s hidden fortune.

Berkeleyside
06 Aug 12:39 • Karen Nguyen Vo and Andrew Gilbert

Around Berkeley: Hike to Grizzly Peak, women in tattooing, learn Irish dancing

Other events include a picnic for World Breastfeeding Day, an exhibition of unfinished artwork and a late-night vinyl hangout.

Berkeleyside
05 Aug 21:33 • Hope Muñoz

The rebuild of Tilden Park’s Environmental Education Center is on hold

Replacing the 1974 visitor center that’s near the Little Farm is paused indefinitely due to lack of funds, according to the EBRPD.

Berkeleyside
05 Aug 19:03 • Skylla Mumana

Little Hill Lounge, an iconic, decades-old East Bay music venue, is up for sale

The owners cite debt and rising costs as reasons for listing, raising concerns among musicians and longtime patrons about the future of the cherished El Cerrito bar.

Berkeleyside
05 Aug 18:33 • Family of Donald Watkins

Remembering Donald Watkins, who co-wrote book helping Vietnam vets tell if they’d been exposed to Agent Orange

He went on to work for many decades at the Social Security Administration and was a longtime volunteer at the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland.

Berkeleyside
05 Aug 15:33 • Local sponsor

BAMPFA goes behind the scenes to recognize the art handlers

"Las frutas del labor" pays homage to the people who do the heavy lifting in the art world.

Berkeleyside
05 Aug 13:12 • Jose Fermoso

June election went ‘smoothly’ for Alameda County, says new registrar

The next big test is the Nov. 3 general election, including five Berkeley City Council seats and three school board seats.

Berkeleyside
04 Aug 19:06 • Momo Chang

2 restaurants specializing in Vietnamese broken rice opening, plus Kat’s in Berkeley wants to say hi

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

Berkeleyside
04 Aug 18:36 • Daniel Ekonde

As new Berkeley park emerges, those who fought for it for decades are ‘ecstatic’

Once toxic land in Southwest Berkeley will by next summer be community gardens and a dog park. Meet the activists who long lobbied to transform this former Santa Fe railroad line into green space.

Berkeleyside
04 Aug 18:36 • Local sponsor

‘Iphigenia in Splott’ — based on the Greek tragedy — plays at Shotgun Players’ Ashby Stage

The one-woman show is set in working-class Wales.

Berkeleyside
04 Aug 13:15 • Lasherica Thornton

What Berkeley families need to know about Trump Accounts for babies, kids

A law change means California families won’t owe taxes on money in Trump Accounts. Families in two Berkeley zip codes may be eligible for $250 from Dell.

Berkeleyside
04 Aug 00:03 • Alex N. Gecan

Former Berkeley student says 4th grade teacher molested him in 1990s

The 39-year-old is suing Berkeley Unified for negligence, alleging a computer teacher groomed and then abused him at what was then LeConte Elementary School in 1996 and 1997.

Berkeleyside
03 Aug 19:18 • Momo Chang

Berkeley’s July openings marked by new dessert and cafe options

Recent restaurant openings include Popbar, Qualcomm cafe, Sana'a, Palmetto Superfoods, Cold Stone Creamery and Milk Cloud Bakery.

Berkeleyside
31 Jul 22:33 • Hope Muñoz

South Berkeley church breaks ground on affordable housing

A woman dressed in blue holds billowing sheets of gold fabric as she dances in front of renderings of a new apartment building

The project on Ashby Avenue is one of two affordable housing developments planned at properties owned by historically Black churches in South Berkeley.

Berkeleyside
31 Jul 19:06 • Lance Knobel

Dessert N Spice on the move, plus Pucquio announces abrupt closure

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