Passersby stop and look at the latest trinkets on display on Telegraph Avenue.

Treasure hiding in plain sight

Vendors offer unique crafts

For many decades, the city of Berkeley has prided itself on promoting local, sustainable and equitable production and consumption. A stroll down Telegraph Avenue shows that numerous weekend street vendors are still trying to uphold those ideals. Although negative adjectives and references to the homeless population are usually used to Read More…

A study indicates students would prefer a cleaner and safer Telegraph Avenue.

Students may want change in Downtown, Telegraph areas

UC Berkeley students might frequent Telegraph Avenue and the Downtown area more often if the areas were safer, cleaner and more inviting and possessed fewer panhandlers and people sitting on the sidewalk, according to a recent survey. Conducted by the Graduate Assembly and other components of the ASUC, the online Read More…

Pappy’s Grill & Sports Bar will soon fill the site formerly occupied by Blake’s.

Sports bar to open on Telegraph Avenue

About three months ago, Larry Blake’s Restaurant and Bar was boarded up after 71 years of service to the Berkeley community. Now, a new posting stands out on the wooden facing that conceals what was once a vibrant dining establishment — a notice of proposed development by the site’s new Read More…