Corrina Gould

A state appellate court ruled April 20 that a proposed housing and retail complex can be built in the parking lot on a sacred Ohlone shellmound and historic village in West Berkeley.

On Saturday, Ohlone supporters held a candlelight vigil to protest the fencing of the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village site. About 100 supporters gathered to dance, sing and recite poetry.

The West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site was named one of the 11 most endangered historic places of 2020 in the United States by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, or NTHP, as announced at a press conference yesterday. 

Berkeley City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to hold a special City Council meeting on Ohlone tribal history and culture, as well as to further discuss the placement of signs acknowledging the land of the Ohlone peoples.

A judge denied a streamlined approval process for the construction of a mixed-use housing complex on the West Berkeley Shellmound.

On Friday, a group of protesters gathered on Sproul Plaza to rally against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, on Mauna Kea, a mountain that is held sacred by the Native Hawaiian people, who are also known as Kanaka Maoli.

The city of Berkeley installed new signs Feb. 7 throughout the city deeming Berkeley as “Ohlone Territory” in homage to the city’s Ohlone roots.

Ruegg & Ellsworth and the Frank Spenger Company are suing the city of Berkeley and the city's department of planning and development for rejecting their project at 1900 Fourth St. on the grounds that the city's decision allegedly goes against SB 35.

In January 2018, Councilmember Cheryl Davila put forth an item to change the welcome signs in Berkeley to include the phrases “Welcome to Berkeley,” “Ohlone Territory,” “Sanctuary City” and Oakland’s motto, “LOVE LIFE!”

Sounds of bells jingling and leaves rustling in the wind welcomed hundreds of community members to the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Pow Wow on Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.