Moving beyond Vision Zero to protect the public

Whether that means more stop signs or better pedestrian walkways, the city has to do something. Nobody should feel unsafe crossing the street.
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Whether that means more stop signs or better pedestrian walkways, the city has to do something. Nobody should feel unsafe crossing the street.
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The housing crisis in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area is not an unfamiliar narrative to most. Many residents agree that there is a problem, but they disagree on how to solve it. Last month, Berkeley City Council approved Shattuck Green Terrace Apartments, an 18-story, 274-unit apartment building in Downtown
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Here are five Berkeley restaurant to impress your parents’ palates and prove to them that you’ve been eating well since you left the nest.
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Roxie Delicatessen, located at 2999 Shattuck Ave., has been owned and operated by the same person for the last 30 years, who has now decided to retire and sell the store, according to new property owner Diana Days.
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Theaters aren’t going anywhere, at least for Berkeley. The city’s cinema scene has managed to exist outside the typical film industry narrative.
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Amid growing divisions in American society, there is a unifying light: love of pizza. On Feb. 1, Pizza Lovers Month begins in Berkeley.
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Every day, at least twice a day, I walk the strip of Shattuck Avenue that connects the UC Berkeley campus to my apartment, which is conveniently located behind the Safeway Community Markets. Most of this stretch is known to locals as the “Gourmet Ghetto”, although the restaurants that give the
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After weeks of protests by animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere, or DXE, since April, The Local Butcher Shop on Shattuck Avenue ceded to demands of DXE protesters, namely by posting a sign on the business’s window reading, “Attention: Animals’ lives are their right. Killing them is violent and unjust, no matter how it’s done.”
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the era of frat parties, it was the era of late night library sessions. It was the season of football, it was the season of finals. Charles Dickens didn’t know the half of it. It would
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After approximately five and a half hours of presentation, public comment and debate at Tuesday’s special Berkeley City Council meeting, a motion to overturn the approval of Berkeley Honda’s new dealership location on Shattuck Avenue fell one vote short of passing.
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