Ashby BART

Officials from the city of Berkeley and BART listened as community members voiced their concerns about building housing around the Ashby BART station during a public meeting at Longfellow Middle School on Thursday.

Mable Howard, as described by her daughter Mildred Howard, was a leading community organiser who successfully launched a lawsuit against BART in 1968. An above-ground train would have disrupted many small local businesses — “banks, hardware stores, a shoe store, an appliance store” — and divided white communities and communities of color across the tracks.

Berkeley police arrested a man who allegedly struck a business owner and his son at a South Berkeley liquor store Wednesday afternoon, according to Berkeleyside.

Oscar Castaneda, a cook at Downtown Berkeley restaurant Comal, was attacked, shot and robbed Aug. 11 near the Ashby BART station.

The five-floor project — to be called The Blake — will be located at 2035 Blake Street and will include 67 bike-parking spaces, electronic voltage-ready parking stalls and rooftop solar panels.

On Thursday evening the Zoning Adjustments Board convened to discuss a potential development project near the intersection of Adeline and Ashby. The project would involve the demolition of Flacos, a popular vegan Mexican restaurant.

At the Starry Plough Pub on Saturday afternoon, Mayor Jesse Arreguín and District 3 City Councilmember Ben Bartlett hosted a meeting to address increased crime in South Berkeley.

An alleged carjacking late at night Oct. 6 ended with the Berkeley Police Department arresting two of three suspects, according to a BPD crime alert.

With a new city bike share program rolling out this spring, Bay Area Bike Share held a public workshop Monday evening to ask for community feedback and present information on the proposed locations for bike stations around Berkeley.