A fiery blaze engulfed an apartment building at the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue on the night of Nov. 18, sending up in smoke the homes of 68 tenants, several businesses as well as the confidence of some residents in their building’s management. Soon after the fire, UC Berkeley Read More…
Despite tenant complaints of landlord neglect at last Monday night’s Rent Stabilization Board meeting, the city of Berkeley is not currently requiring the landlord of the apartment building at 2441 Haste St. to financially assist those displaced by the Nov. 18 fire. Some tenants — many of whom expressed difficulty Read More…
A partial demolition of the Haste Street apartment building destroyed by a fire last Friday could begin as soon as this week. After the fire, the building — located at 2441 Haste St. on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue — was deemed structurally unsound and at risk Read More…
A five-alarm fire destroyed a five-story historic building at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street on Nov. 18. The fire, which was contained about six hours after Berkeley firefighters responded to the scene, led to the collapse of the roof and the destruction of most of the building’s Read More…
Berkeley City Council members could vote next month on a proposal to allow the two businesses shut down by the Nov. 18 fire to relocate without having to pay permit fees. The recommendation, authored by Councilmember Kriss Worthington, would not only waive permit fees for Raleigh’s Bar and Grill and Read More…
UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor Harry Le Grande sent out an email Tuesday afternoon detailing UC Berkeley’s efforts to assist those displaced by the apartment building fire that broke out this weekend. Read the full message here: Soumya Karlamangla is the assistant city news editor.
On Telegraph Avenue between Haste Street and Channing Way, a row of traffic barricades and a sidewalk dusted with ash mark the site of two popular restaurants destroyed by a building fire that broke out this weekend. Cafe Intermezzo and Raleigh’s Bar and Grill, the two eateries occupying the sidewalk Read More…
The ASUC is hosting a donation drive on Sproul Plaza this week to benefit students displaced by Saturday’s apartment building fire on Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street. The drive began Monday and will run until Wednesday this week, according to Student Action Senator Connor Landgraf, one of the organizers of Read More…
Flames engulfed a building on Haste Street Friday night, destroying the structure in what is being called the biggest fire in Berkeley since the disastrous East Bay Hills Fire in 1991. Though there have been no reports of injuries as a result of the fire, it has displaced all the Read More…
I’m used to smelling a variety of scents when I get out of the elevator to the fourth floor of my building at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Channing Way — food cooking in the kitchen, just washed hair from someone who had rushed from the communal bathroom to Read More…