The playground at Ohlone Park in 2017. The two play areas on the eastern edge of the park will be renovated with funding from Measure T1. Photo: Emilie Raguso
Public will has shaped the long, narrow strip of Ohlone Park since its creation in 1969 when activists pushed for the land being cleared for underground BART tracks to be turned into a community space.
Now, the city is planning a facelift for the easternmost portion of the park, and neighbors near and far have a chance until April 9 to weigh in on the future of the block.
Residents can comment on the Ohlone Park improvements until April 9 by emailing Jesus Espinoza, Berkeley’s Parks’ assistant civil engineer.
Front of Live Oak Community Center on day it reopened after renovations. Photo: Tracey Taylor
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín and District 5 Councilmember Sophie Hahn today cut a ribbon to unveil the newly renovated Live Oak Community Center in North Berkeley.
With a fresh coat of teal paint on the exterior and bright orange front doors, the center, which houses the Live Oak Theatre among other amenities, certainly looked smartened-up on Saturday afternoon.
See a “story map” with information about all T1 projects.
Work at the site, which was carried out over the course of 2020, included a seismic retrofit and maintenance upgrades, as well as other improvements.
Patients wait in line at the COVID-19 vaccination site at Ed Roberts Campus set up by the Center for Independent Living and Alameda County in partnership with FEMA, with support from Berkeley and AmeriCorps to improve equity. Feb. 25, 2021. Photo: Pete Rosos
A quiet COVID-19 vaccine rollout at the Ed Roberts campus this week was one of Berkeley’s first forays into an equity-based distribution for community members who can’t easily make appointments online or access local mass vaccination sites.
The Center for Independent Living set up the mobile site on Sunday in partnership with the state office of emergency services (CalOES), as well as Alameda County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and AmeriCorps. It’s located in the back parking lot of the Ed Roberts campus, across from Ashby BART, and was open for the duration of this week through Friday afternoon. It will close and return in the same spot for second doses of the Pfizer vaccine in three weeks.
A line at the Berkeley mass vaccination site in Albany’s Golden Gate Fields, which is being run by Berkeley in partnership with Curative. Photo: Supriya Yelimeli
After several weeks of calling doctors, waiting on endless holds and researching the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California, hundreds of senior Berkeleyans woke up Thursday morning to unexpected news the Berkeley mass vaccination site was open one day ahead of schedule, and local residents 75 and above could book an appointment the same day.
Check the Curative site for open appointments if you’re 75 or older, or in tier 1A. Read our vaccine guide for updated information.
Reflections on a Recent Berkeley Tragedy
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By KAREN KIYO LOWHURST
One of the reasons I jumped at the opportunity to become a board member, and later, a co-president, of the Berkeley Chapter of the JACL is that I wanted to find a way to support our Nisei and greater elder community.
This desire has been rewarded on many fronts: I learned about and now support J-Sei, I have met and spent time with some residents of the Wagaya living community, and I have observed our board direct funds to various worthy senior support organizations both in and outside the Japanese American community.