A report released Monday confirmed that the fire that destroyed the historic Sequoia building on Telegraph Avenue started accidently in the building’s elevator room. The five-alarm fire that broke out Nov. 18 burned down most of 2441 Haste St., including a multistory apartment complex, Raleigh’s Bar & Grill and Cafe Read More…
After being reduced to rubble in November’s Haste Street fire, Raleigh’s Bar & Grill and Cafe Intermezzo are projected to reopen by May. A building application submitted to the city of Berkeley in late January by architect Kirk Peterson calls for the construction of “temporary tent and shipping container structures” Read More…
A UC Berkeley student was taken to the hospital after being the victim of an aggravated assault Sunday, police say. The 19-year-old male student was walking south on Piedmont Avenue near the intersection with Haste Street when he was approached by three males, according to a UCPD crime alert released Wednesday. Read More…
Piles of debris and a partial facade along Telegraph Avenue are all that remain of the historic building once located at 2441 Haste St. The 39-unit apartment building burned down in November, leaving nearly 70 tenants homeless and destroying two beloved Telegraph eateries. Now tenants — many of whom are Read More…
A robbery was attempted Thursday near the intersection of Haste and Dana streets. The Berkeley Police Department responded to the incident at about 6:10 p.m., according to a UCPD Crime Alert. According to the alert, the suspect is described as a teenage male wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and black Read More…
Those affected by the Nov. 18 fire that destroyed a building on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue are eligible for low-interest federal disaster loans after the area was deemed a disaster zone Wednesday. The area was declared a disaster zone by the U.S. Small Business Administration, meaning Read More…
When UC Berkeley graduate student Hongxu Liu received a call from his roommate about the fire in his Haste Street apartment building, his first worry was the safety of his dog. Liu immediately asked his roommate Corey Meadows — who was in the building at the time — to break Read More…
The Nov. 18 fire that destroyed a Haste Street apartment building most likely started in the elevator machine room in the basement of the building. According to an update from 3 p.m. Wednesday on the city of Berkeley’s website, Berkeley Fire Department investigators are concluding their investigation of the fire Read More…
About 30 spectators gathered at the intersection of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue Tuesday morning with smartphones and cameras at the ready as a demolition crane ripped the roof off of the apartment building that was destroyed in the Nov. 18 fire. Over the next two weeks, the building will undergo a Read More…
For some dozens of evacuated residents whose Haste Street apartment was destroyed on Nov. 18, the first step in moving forward is moving into a new place. In the aftermath of the biggest fire since the 1991 East Bay Hills fire, displaced Berkeley residents — many of whom are UC Read More…