Hate the Gilman interchange? Safer routes are on the way
Caltrans will begin work in May to install two new roundabouts and a new pedestrian/bike bridge at what some call the “most dysfunctional intersection in the country.”
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Driver crashes into Berkeley homeless camp, pins man under car
The driver may have lost control and struck a fence, trapping the man under her white Toyota sedan, first responders said over the radio.
Driver struck Berkeley bike safety advocate hours after she met with the city to discuss bike safety
In another ironic twist, the collision happened on one of the “Healthy Streets” Berkeley has set aside for walkers and bicyclists.
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Caltrans is installing curb cuts along parts of Ashby Avenue
The project will bring curb ramps into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Man sustains head injury in hit-and-run crash in Berkeley
“It was a pretty hectic scene,” police said.
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Gilman roundabouts construction set to begin in late 2020
A project to build two huge roundabouts to replace the chaotic intersections on Gilman Street at Interstate 80 in West Berkeley is set to begin by the end of the year.
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Berkeley police ticket 32 drivers who failed to stop for pedestrians
Earlier this week, Berkeley police ticketed dozens of drivers who blew through crosswalks where pedestrians were trying to walk, the department reports.
Racist neighbors pushed this South Asian woman out of her home. Now Berkeley is poised to name a street after her.
Kala Bagai arrived in the U.S. with her family in 1915. Like many other Asians in Berkeley, she was discriminated against.
BUSD Board President Judy Appel will not run for re-election
Appel is stepping down, partly, she says, to focus on healing after a car crash in January 2019 that left her and her wife in critical condition.
Police: Cyclist who struck woman may not recover; woman is going home
The cyclist who reportedly struck a female pedestrian waiting at a Berkeley stoplight earlier this month, causing serious injuries to himself and the woman, may not ever recover from the crash, authorities said Tuesday.
Police: Cyclist hit pedestrian in crash Northside; both are seriously injured
As of Monday, the cyclist and pedestrian — a 60-year-old Berkeley woman — were still in the ICU, BPD said.
Update: Police search concludes after southwest Berkeley hit-and-run
Officers in Berkeley were unable to find a man who fled from a hit-and-run car crash Wednesday morning, authorities report.
