After being homeless for over five years, I am no longer surprised by shabby treatment at shelters. The Berkeley Community Resource Center is a happy exception.
Neighbors are pleased a Finnish tech entrepreneur-turned-artist is improving the site, but some are worried about continued public access.
Mendonca sits on the Housing Advisory Commission, has been homeless herself and currently resides in Section 8 housing.
Logan Park, an eight-story, 204-unit mixed-use housing project slated for downtown Berkeley, is one step closer to breaking ground after the zoning board approved its use permit Thursday night.
The sale transfers 314 units around downtown that mostly house students and could bring over $4 million in transfer taxes to the city.
City officials say there is no definite connection between the smell, the pollution in Aquatic Park, and feces making their way from RV dwellers to the water. The author disagrees.
Prospective tenants have through Sunday to apply to live at The Panoramic.
[Sponsored] To fully understand East Bay home prices — and to participate in the market effectively — we need to understand the unique way real estate agents and sellers price their homes here.
Berkeley should revise the Adeline Plan and Draft EIR to include a two-lane option on Adeline Street and more housing along the corridor and at Ashby BART.
On a recent Saturday, neighbors heard a commotion. Police had arrived, there was shouting and two brothers who'd lived all their lives in a small stucco house on Evelyn Ave. were being forcibly evicted to the street.
The numbers behind the people living on Berkeley's streets.
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