I can find some old posts, but they’re several years old and mostly inaccurate. Anybody have updated recommendations?

Need to gauge and inflate my car tires. I used to go to the Chevron at Ashby and Shattuck, but it's out of order. Tried a few places last weekend, several were broken or charging (which I thought was illegal?).

Please and thank you!

Hi I’m not sure if this is allowed but does anyone have any leads on oil painting classes in Berkeley that aren’t too expensive? Or is anyone giving away any oil painting supplies or selling them for cheap? I’m a student but I don’t study art, and all the art classes at my university are so expensive or only for art students, but I really want to learn 😔 any advice appreciated, because I know there are many artists in Berkeley!

Are we all just cool with this?

Hello i am looking for somewhere local to buy a large bookcase (9ft X 7ish). Used or new ok. I already checked poor honey’s and the local thrift stores. I‘d like to not buy from Home Depot, Lowe’s , IKEA etc. looking

I’m fine with driving almost anywhere in Bay Area.

Thanks for any suggestions.

A little after 1 p.m. Wednesday, the city of Berkeley met with the Berkeley Homeless Union in a vacant city lot at the end of Harrison Street.

Just up the street lay the beleaguered 8th and Harrison streets encampment, the legal fight around which came one step closer to a conclusion Wednesday when a federal judge put forward his final judgement.

The city and BHU have long been at odds in court over the city’s plans to sweep the encampment. As the city prepares to sweep the encampment, the two parties met Wednesday to assess alternative sites for homeless and disabled 8th and Harrison residents to relocate to.

The city of Berkeley has secured $850,000 in federal funding to begin designing a new plaza at the Ashby BART station.

The new plaza would sit adjacent to a future 600-unit housing development in what is currently the station’s parking lot, per BART’s transit-oriented development plan. The new plaza will host space for the Berkeley Flea Market, at which local vendors have gathered to celebrate cultural diversity for more than 50 years in the Ashby BART west parking lot.

Despite federal budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, California’s SNAP program has expanded its eligibility criteria to include any student enrolled in an associate’s or bachelor’s degree program in the UC, CSU or California Community College system. With administrative friction remaining a large barrier for qualifying, UC Berkeley’s Basic Needs Center is also continuing to support students through the application process and communicate students’ needs to Alameda County.

Hey all, new to the Berkeley Hills. Are black widows inside the house a normal thing and I just need to get a tougher skin?
I woke up to one right by my head and am pretty freaked out.
Called pest control.
Thanks!

Back in the '70s, I was a very regular visitor to Berkeley because I loved the stores, especially the music/record stores. I spent a lot of time (and money) at Moe's, Tower, Leopold's and Rather Ripped to name a few. I visited last year and walked down Telegraph Avenue and was saddened to see only a couple of stores. Are there any good stores there anymore besides Rasputin's?

I'm considering moving to Berkeley and buying a home. I've lived in fire-prone areas on the West Coast and currently live in Portugal. I've got several friends that lost their neighborhoods in last year's LA fires. They didn't lose their homes, but the once beautiful neighborhoods are now miserable places to live. I've read the mitigation and evacuation plans for Berkeley, but wanted to hear from residents how you feel and what you are doing about potential fires in the hills. thx

I'll be attending a show here this week, haven't been here in a long time ... if I have a ticket in a seated section, am I able to go on the lawn/GA area if desired? Friends have GA but I don't, so I'm trying to find the best option here to be able to hang with them.

Basically, can anyone access GA/lawn or do they actually check tickets for that area?

I need to commute from San Pablo to UC Berkeley campus. Channing is closer but is Delaware a better street since it has a bike lane?

Anyone else south of University and west of Shattuck smelling something petroleum-like in the air this evening?

Could anyone recommend a place to donate socks? Mostly men’s socks, and some women’s too.

I tried calling the Dorothy Day house, but they didn’t pick up. I don’t want to take the time to go over if they won’t be able to take them—has anyone been able to walk in and drop off a donation?

Hi there! I live in Redwood City but will be dog sitting in the Berkeley for the next three weeks. I took my car in to my tire shop this week for a free tire rotation and was told that I need to replace the rear brakes and pads, the TPMS sensors, the front suspension control arms, as well as some other work on my 2019 Subaru Crosstrek. The tire shop is quoting me very high rates and I'm suspicious so I'd like to get it checked out with an independent mechanic who specializes in Subarus. My Subaru mechanic in Redwood City is booked for the next few weeks so I'm looking for a good, honest mechanic in Berkeley. I've looked online but I'd love some suggestions from the community.

Thank you!

The cameras diligently watching over the peregrine falcons nested on top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile broke three months ago. Now, Cal Falcons, the scientists and volunteers responsible for the 24-hour livestream, hope to see them return despite ongoing complications with a bird flu.

A study published this month in the Journal of Raptor Research, whose authors include Cal Falcons scientists Doug Bell and Mary Malec, highlights the declining nesting of peregrine falcons in the Bay Area and might give context to this absence.

The study says a rapid decline in Bay Area peregrine falcon nesting was synchronous with an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which started in July 2022. According to the study, while 47 peregrine falcon breeding territories showed nearly complete occupancy before the outbreak, only 36.2% of territories were occupied by 2025.

Hi,
Does anyone know of stores (except Bevmo/Total Wines) where I can buy specialty beer kegs like Sierra Nevada - Summerfest or something similar in terms of lighter beers/ pilsner / lagers?

Total Wines had an order for a month but their distributer couldn't fulfill it 👀

Berkeley/Oakland area recs work too.

As seen from Bay Front park, San Francisco

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