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Berkeley Oaks Theatre efforts stall in negotiations
[Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1:15 p.m. with additional information from Councilman Laurie Capitelli.] A local consortium’s attempts to come to an agreement to use North Berkeley’s Oaks...
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Comal owners get OK for new Berkeley restaurant
A group of neighbors have failed to stop a new restaurant from the owners of Comal opening in Berkeley's Elmwood neighborhood.
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Suit filed to stop Comal owners’ new restaurant
A group calling itself the Elmwood Neighborhood Association has filed suit against a restaurant that has been approved by the city.
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New paint on Berkeley Oaks Theatre: What does it mean?
We’ve heard from some curious readers asking about the new paint job underway in North Berkeley on the façade of the Oaks Theatre, as well as the building it is part of, so Berkeleyside checked in with...
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2 historic Southside Berkeley homes on the move, literally
A complex tripod of moving history is about to take place in South Berkeley. In a unique and probably first-ever-in-Berkeley arrangement, two historical houses, one a city designated landmark, and the...
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Historic house trucked across People’s Park to new home
After decades of painstaking planning, a historic south Berkeley house was moved this weekend, trucked across People’s Park to its new home. Saturday morning at the crack of dawn, the 138-year-old John...
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Solano Avenue: The pressure is on for North Berkeley shopping district to up...
By Gill South When French-style bakery La Farine abruptly closed up shop on Berkeley’s Solano Avenue this summer, there was an outcry from local residents. Its departure also created another empty...
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
BOOKISH REINVENTION Bookish, that small, stylish bookstore at 1816 Euclid Ave., has shut its doors after just one year in operation. Gina Davidson, its owner, whose sense of whimsy permeated the store,...
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Community effort may see Berkeley’s Oaks Theatre reopen with Bakesale Betty...
By Gill South The Oaks Theatre on Solano Avenue may have a future after all, after five years of sitting vacant. Jim Whitty, a Berkeley local and his non-profit group, From Little Acorns Grow, is...
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Open house displays plans for Shattuck Square facelift
Berkeley residents got their first look at the city’s plan to redesign traffic patterns around Shattuck Square on Tuesday night at an open house in the Aurora Theater. The room was lined with...
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Two historic Berkeley homes get a makeover
Two historic Berkeley homes with a combined age of 263 years have been given a complete makeover, and their doors were opened Tuesday to show off their shiny new parts. The John Woolley House, first...
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John Gordon, one of Berkeley’s largest real-estate players, puts Oaks Theatre...
The Oaks Theatre, once a central hubbub of Solano Avenue, is one of several properties owned by developer and realtor John Gordon.
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