Shattuck Avenue

Commuters planning to use Berkeley roads from Saturday evening to midday Sunday should be prepared for street closures, detours, parking restrictions and rerouted buses due to the Berkeley Half Marathon.

Between 30 and 50 high school students were involved a fight at the 2200 block of Shattuck Ave on Tuesday.

Berkeley residents roller-skated down to Shattuck Avenue and Center Street for Downtown Berkeley’s second annual Roller Boogie.

Berkeley’s Los Cilantros reopened its Shattuck Avenue location last Wednesday after a three-year closure.

Earlier this month, the city of Berkeley implemented a new Outdoor Warning System, or OWS, which will be tested on Sept. 17. The testing date has been strategically placed on the 100th anniversary of the 1923 Berkeley fires, also known as the Great Fire of 1923.

Plaintiffs have sued the City of Berkeley for dangerous condition of property after veteran Williams Evans was hit and killed by a truck driver. Construction Materials Trucking Inc. and Rojas Trucking have also been sued for negligence.

From May 6 to 7, the ninth annual Bay Area Book Festival was celebrated in Downtown Berkeley at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park and along Shattuck Avenue.

Councilmember Rigel Robinson has introduced an Intersection Daylighting Plan, which would paint intersections red to restrict parking in order to open up space, increase visibility and reduce traffic injuries and deaths.

Walgreens has bought the assets and pharmaceutical records of Medly Health, the parent company of Pharmaca, for $19.35 million, according to court documents. As a result, all 22 Pharmaca stores nationwide are set to close by Feb. 25, including locations at Berkeley and Rockridge. 

A developer plans to build some 280 units of student housing in Berkeley beginning in 2024 — fielding support from some and criticism from others who believe that the planned units are not affordable enough.