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Berkeley Half Marathon will bring road closures Sunday
The annual Berkeley Half Marathon is back Sunday, and the city has announced road closures for race day. There will be parking restrictions along the main 13.1-mile race course and shorter 5- and 10-kilometer courses, according to an announcement posted Tuesday. The city will shut down several blocks around the...
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Bay Area rain causes flooded roads, crashes and collapsed ceiling
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Berkeley Marina hotel suffers loan delinquency as foreclosure looms
BERKELEY — A big hotel next to the Berkeley Marina has suffered a default on its real estate loan and now could face foreclosure if the owner fails to cure the delinquency. The 378-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Berkeley is in default on a $52.5 million loan it received in 2017, documents filed on Nov. 12 in Alameda County show.
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Lao Garden goes dark, and more East Bay restaurant closures
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Salt & Straw opens first location in Oakland
(KRON) — Popular ice cream chain, Salt & Straw is now open in Oakland. To celebrate the Grand Opening of Oakland’s first Salt & Straw, the shop featured two exclusive flavors you can only get at the Oakland location. “Calabrese with Honey Butter Rolls” which is a Calabrese spiced ice cream with whipped honey butter […]
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Oakland’s Tiniest Bakery Gears Up for a Big Thanksgiving
One of the Bay Area’s tiniest and most beloved bakeries is hidden away, literally underground, in an Oakland basement. If it weren’t for the customers who routinely line up on the sidewalk outside, most people wouldn’t ever guess that Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts even exists. “Only two persons inside at a time,” the sign taped to the door stipulates. Once you step inside, the reason for the rule becomes self-evident: The bakery can’t hold much more than that. Not “so much a store as it is a storage nook,” as I wrote after my first visit back in 2014.
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Oakland Chamber of Commerce faces $42,000 ethics fine for improper campaign spending
Oakland’s biggest business lobbying group is facing a big fine due to its activities during the 2018 election. The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce funneled money from over a dozen big companies and wealthy individuals into an independent expenditure committee called “Oaklanders for Responsible Leadership,” which was used to campaign against then-Councilmember Desley Brooks during the 2018 election, according to investigators with the Public Ethics Commission.
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We were a small part of his life, but he was a big part of THS’
Kurt Terry Krause was born in Portland, the second of three children, and moved to Durham while still in elementary school. While still in high school, Kurt began commuting into downtown Portland to work as a busboy at the Heathman Hotel, bringing dining-room leftovers home to the family while saving up to buy a car.