Group circulates ballot measure to preserve ice rink
Save Berkeley Iceland is circulating a petition for the November 2012 ballot to force the city to consider continuing to use the ice rink building as a community recreation space.
View ArticleSports Basement to take over historic Berkeley ice rink
Mayor Tom Bates fell on his butt there. Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak fondly recalled children’s parties there. There was a wave of nostalgia for Berkeley Iceland at last night’s City Council...
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ALPHA DESIGN A new custom upholstery store has opened at 2001 San Pablo Ave., on the corner of University Avenue). Alpha Design has over 250 frame styles for chairs and sofas and over 1,000 types of...
View ArticleSports Basement to open Nov. 1 at Berkeley Iceland site
There are mounds of dirt where once there was ice, and construction crews where there used to be skaters. If work continues on schedule, Sports Basement will open on Nov. 1 at 2727 Milvia Street, the...
View ArticlePhotos: Sports Basement preparing to open Nov. 11
Sports Basement will open in the former Berkeley Iceland location on Tuesday next week, 10 days later than originally forecast. It will follow with a “Grandish Snowpening” on Saturday, Nov.15, when...
View ArticleShop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
COMING SOON: MSC CUSTOMS Manhattan’s MSC Customs bicycle and apparel company has opened its first West Coast shop at 2422 Telegraph Ave. The company assembles and sells made-to-order single-speed track...
View ArticleMillennium on for Rockridge, Vampire Penguin
Vampire Penguin begins build out, Teazzert opens in Alameda, Oakland Juice and Co. makes cocktails, and much more in this week's Bites.
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