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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Berkeleyside covers the latest news, events and issues in Berkeley, California. Find out about encampment sweeps, radiation testing, election candidates, crime, housing, arts and more.
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The Berkeley Country Club marks a century of great golf, great …
WEBJun 1, 2021 · The Berkeley Country Club along Arlington Boulevard was founded at the start of the Roaring ‘20s during the Golden Age of Golf – the Jazz Age era of Prohibition and of “radical” new politics that gave women the right to vote. San Francisco had just hosted the notorious, booze-fueled 1920 Democratic National Convention.
Growing pains, as Berkeley launches online parking permit system
WEBOct 7, 2019 · According to the city, there were 9,500 accounts with residential parking permits in 2019. Of those, 66% had one vehicle, 25% had two, 8% had three and just over 1% had four or more. Parking permits for community-serving facilities and merchants are set to increase by 30%, to $108 and $241, respectively, in July 2020.
Omicron is surging, but experts say Berkeley has the tools to stay …
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Marvin Reed after getting a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Golden Gate Fields in March 10, 2021. Photo: Kelly Sullivan. The omicron variant of COVID-19 is rapidly spreading in the Bay Area as residents face their second holiday season in the pandemic, but local health experts say the region is much better equipped to handle this surge than previous ones.
How much does your Berkeley neighbor pay in property taxes?
WEBOct 27, 2020 · Walk the leafy streets near UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus and you’ll come across a three-bedroom, three-bathroom home whose value Redfin puts at $2.34 million. Its owners are paying $28,000 a year in property taxes. Go farther on the same block and you’ll see another three-bathroom, three-bedroom home with a …
Tokyo Central coming to Bay Street Emeryville in 2025 - Berkeleyside
WEBAug 19, 2024 · The store will include a restaurant, and will be Tokyo Central’s first location in the East Bay. Bay Street Emeryville will welcome Japan-based grocery and retailer Tokyo Central as a new anchor tenant in 2025, the commercial center’s owner, CentralCal Properties, announced last week. Tokyo Central will fill a new 40,635-square-foot ...
Redlining: The history of Berkeley’s segregated neighborhoods
WEBSep 20, 2018 · Betty Reid Soskin, a 96-year-old Berkeley community member and the nation’s oldest park ranger, remembers those times.In the 1940s and 1950s, racial housing discrimination was just a fact of life, she said. “We knew that we could not buy property above Grove Street [now known as Martin Luther …
University Avenue route to Berkeley Marina slated to be smooth …
WEBOct 29, 2021 · The roadway, which was built on a causeway, has deteriorated so much that it has been reviled as one of the worst in the city. Learn about the $6.2 million project to smooth out the bumps and improve safety and accessibility by March 2022.
30 farmers markets in Alameda County - Berkeleyside
WEBMay 20, 2022 · This market is intended to support Black and Brown farmers, makers and vendors, with a variety of produce stands, food trucks and catering operations. Freedom Farmers’ Market. Shattuck Avenue and 46th Street. Second Saturdays 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Dec. 11 through June 11. Every Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m. June 11 through Nov. 12.
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