Imagine a new Telegraph Avenue, vibrant and welcoming at all hours, where students can enjoy Southside businesses 24/7. Such a vision may become a reality in the not-so-distant future now that Berkeley City Council has given the green light to create a 24/7 commercial district in the Telegraph area south Read More…
Berkeley City Council has approved a zoning amendment that will allow businesses on Telegraph between Bancroft and the north side of Dwight to stay open 24/7. Those between south Dwight and Parker can operate between 7 a.m. and midnight seven days a week. There are, of course, restrictions — establishments Read More…
By next month, commercial businesses on Telegraph Avenue north of Dwight Way will have the option of staying open for 24 hours. Read More…
The benefits of being homeless As an alumnus and an occasional Telegraph Avenue and park bum, I would like to commend Jay Scherf for his kind and sensible words (“Homelessness and Telegraph Avenue,” March 15) with regard to the ‘Ave, in response to a column from Ms. Yu, which I Read More…
Homelessness and Telegraph Avenue Lynn Yu’s column (“Talking on Telegraph. Stop,” March 7) came from a place of such privilege that it rendered the whole article ridiculous. The piece uses the same rhetoric as 19th century British imperial policy. To assume that Telegraph’s ‘potential’ is to gentrify it into some Read More…
Reasons I love Southside collide with reasons my parents hate Berkeley, and that’s pretty dope, man. Read More…
The mobile payment and discount app Moocho has gone too far in its latest ad campaign. Spotted in Dwinelle, their latest flyer not only makes us want to gouge our eyes out, but also takes advantage of a poor innocent squirrel. This little guy was clearly just minding his own business, Read More…
Half of politics is talking, and the other half is talking about talking. Unfortunately, discussions about Telegraph Avenue usually fall into the latter category. Mayor Tom Bates hosted a forum last Thursday concerning the revitalization of Telegraph. According to Berkeleyside, plans have been put forth to construct new projects on Read More…
Oakland’s First Friday and Art Murmur returned this past week after February’s street festival ended in tragedy when 18-year-old Kiante Campbell was shot and killed at 20th Street and Telegraph Avenue. That First Friday could have been the city’s last. The monthly night gathering attracts thousands for its food, music Read More…
More than a year since two beloved eateries and dozens of apartment units near campus burned to the ground, feasible plans to rebuild finally seem to be progressing. Recently, the owners of the building that formerly stood on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue submitted a proposal that Read More…
