5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (414+ words) Ask any real estate agent working the Elmwood, Westbrae or the Berkeley Hills what today’s home buyers are looking for, and the answer is nearly unanimous: turnkey — that is, ready to move into. Homes with visible deferred maintenance, dated systems…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1262+ words) Find out which stores have opened, closed or moved and what’s new in Berkeley’s nonprofit, retail and small-business communities. If you have updates to share, send an email to [email protected]. Ledger’s Liquors, the unassuming University Avenue bottle shop that sold…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (991+ words) With students back in class, many parents are seeking new ways to help their kids thrive at school. Two innovative Berkeley businesses — one longstanding, the other new — help students learn to learn using vastly different techniques. Before the business was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (890+ words) On a winding street in the Berkeley Hills, north of the UC Berkeley campus, a brown-shingled home has spent nearly a century looking out across the San Francisco Bay. From its hillside perch, 1514 La Loma Ave. (near Buena Vista Way)…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (710+ words) This story was originally published by Street Spirit. It would have been easy to assume that Kevin Aikens was employed by the South Berkeley Farmers’ Market. He has been present at the Tuesday market nearly every week for years, protecting…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (411+ words) Changes are coming to the Claremont Resort & Club. The century-old luxury hotel announced this week that it had closed its luxury spa, which had been in operation for 25 years. The 25,000-square-foot spa included a eucalyptus steam room and dipping pools…...