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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/photo-2-191-720x480.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-147836 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/photo-2-191-720x480-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"photo-2-191-720x480\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/photo-2-191-720x480-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/photo-2-191-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Male Zawadi is one of the many spotted hyenas that were part of a 30-year study in the Berkeley Hills. 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Within the sexes there are also specific social rankings, which determine who gets to eat when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“They start fighting for dominance within seconds of being born,” Weldele said, but the males inherit their mother’s rank until they reach sexual maturity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">When the scientists brought the initial newborn cubs to Berkeley, nobody knew if they’d develop the same kind of linear social system that occurs in the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“Here we had 10 hyenas who really hadn’t witnessed adults or knew what their social rank was,” Weldele said. “So what would happen when they came here? Well, when they reached puberty, everything fell into place. 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But the animals — all offspring of the original Kenyan cubs — are content to spend most of their time splashing around in pools of water or getting massaged by the wooden backscratchers that the researchers bought in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The most popular of erroneous hyena representations is, of course, in Disney’s \"The Lion King\" -- whose artists actually visited the Berkeley colony to sketch the hyenas. Ironically, it’s the scientists who can be credited for one of the biggest inaccuracies in the animations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“In the early days of the project, veterinary dentists thought it best to blunt their canines so that if they fought they couldn’t do much damage,” Weldele said. “Well, that was a terrible idea, and in fact it’s against the law now. And when the Disney people were here, we forgot to tell them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">So the immortalized cartoons lack the sharp front teeth found in real spotted hyenas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Frank jokes that \"The Lion King\" set back hyena conservation efforts. But the movie certainly sparked an interest in the animals, and the colony received many requests from zoos in the following years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Currently, there are five hyenas from the colony at the Oakland Zoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“They’ve done well,” and are popular with patrons, said Director of Animal Care, Conservation, and Research Colleen Kinzley. “Sometimes people even have a negative view of hyenas because of what they’ve seen in movies. But then they see these interesting animals that are very social. They have a lot of cool vocalizations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Those vocalizations include the famous “laugh,” documented in many anthropomorphic depictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Hyenas \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ6T-AWGCN4\" target=\"_blank\">do make a laughing sound\u003c/a>, but it’s an expression of excitement, not amusement, Weldele said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“You’re going to kill? You’re being chased? You’re going to giggle,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_170983\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca style=\"color: #0069a3\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-1-18.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-170983 size-large\" src=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-1-18-720x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research analyst Mary Weldele massages a hyena with a wooden backscratcher bought in Chinatown. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Over the years, researchers spanning the disciplines have studied the hyenas. Because it’s the only sizable captive colony of spotted hyenas -- at its largest there were 43 -- requests came from far afield, and the researchers granted permission to most projects that didn’t put too much stress on the animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“We picked up a lot of collaborators, many of them at the medical school at UCSF,” Glickman said. “They introduced us to the medical relevance of the hyena research. It took us in directions we’d never anticipated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The implications for human medicine are wide-reaching, he said. The research suggests, for example, that hyena genitalia are produced by a mechanism similar to that which exists in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. And the fact that female hyenas can reproduce despite their high concentration of androgens holds potential for women with polycystic ovaries, Glickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The study also exposed the strength of the androgen androstenedione, and its relation to aggressiveness in both hyenas and humans. Previously, the hormone was dismissed as weak, allowing baseball player Mark McGuire to purchase and use it the year he set a home run record, Glickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">In another long-term hormone study, the researchers gave pregnant females anti-androgen drugs to find out whether decreased circulation of male hormones resulted in female cubs with more typical anatomies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“There were some interesting results,” Weldele said. “It wasn’t like a female suddenly had a normal internal vagina. In fact her clitoris became even bigger. Those females were able to give birth without stillborns. And we noticed that the males’ penises were smaller and shaped the wrong way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">But many questions remain unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“It would be nice to figure out what’s going on,” Weldele said. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen again. Funding just has become extremely difficult for anyone to get, especially in behavior and with such unusual animals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">For years, the project was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and later survived on a grant from the National Science Foundation. That funding dried up in 2013, and UC Berkeley paid for the study until maintaining the colony became too pricey. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Particularly fascinating to the scientists is the female hyenas’ unusual anatomy. Due to exposure to androgens, including testosterone in the womb, females develop large external genitalia that look like the males’ and that similarly become erect when the animal is excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The organs are often referred to as “pseudo-penises,” but that’s not technically accurate, said Mary Weldele, research analyst and colony manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“I think there’s a hesitance for people to say clitoris,” she said. “But it’s on a female. That’s her clitoris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">But unlike any other mammalian clitoris, the organ is used for urinating, mating and — because the vagina is fused shut — giving birth. Because the clitoral opening is so small, firstborns often suffocate during labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The colony provided scientists with a rare opportunity to observe hyenas mating, a process that is quite an endeavor for the male, who has to mount the female and blindly attempt to insert his external genitalia into her similar organ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">And when copulation occurs, the female has her pick of mates. Females are always dominant over males in the strictly hierarchical hyena social system. Within the sexes there are also specific social rankings, which determine who gets to eat when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“They start fighting for dominance within seconds of being born,” Weldele said, but the males inherit their mother’s rank until they reach sexual maturity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">When the scientists brought the initial newborn cubs to Berkeley, nobody knew if they’d develop the same kind of linear social system that occurs in the wild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“Here we had 10 hyenas who really hadn’t witnessed adults or knew what their social rank was,” Weldele said. “So what would happen when they came here? Well, when they reached puberty, everything fell into place. The males went to the bottom, the females were on top.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The people who have been involved in the colony for all or some of the past 30 years are saying goodbye not just to the project, but to animals they named and got to know well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Hyenas tend to be portrayed as grungy and conniving creatures, but the researchers describe them as smart and often affectionate animals with highly distinct personalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“They’re just wonderful animals,” Weldele said. “They’re intelligent, they like to make eye contact, and they recognize you. On the other hand, if you do something they don’t like, they remember that, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Hyenas are born with full sets of teeth, which are notoriously capable of crunching through bone. It’s not uncommon for one hyena to seriously injure another. But the animals — all offspring of the original Kenyan cubs — are content to spend most of their time splashing around in pools of water or getting massaged by the wooden backscratchers that the researchers bought in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The most popular of erroneous hyena representations is, of course, in Disney’s \"The Lion King\" -- whose artists actually visited the Berkeley colony to sketch the hyenas. Ironically, it’s the scientists who can be credited for one of the biggest inaccuracies in the animations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“In the early days of the project, veterinary dentists thought it best to blunt their canines so that if they fought they couldn’t do much damage,” Weldele said. “Well, that was a terrible idea, and in fact it’s against the law now. And when the Disney people were here, we forgot to tell them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">So the immortalized cartoons lack the sharp front teeth found in real spotted hyenas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Frank jokes that \"The Lion King\" set back hyena conservation efforts. But the movie certainly sparked an interest in the animals, and the colony received many requests from zoos in the following years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Currently, there are five hyenas from the colony at the Oakland Zoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“They’ve done well,” and are popular with patrons, said Director of Animal Care, Conservation, and Research Colleen Kinzley. “Sometimes people even have a negative view of hyenas because of what they’ve seen in movies. But then they see these interesting animals that are very social. They have a lot of cool vocalizations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Those vocalizations include the famous “laugh,” documented in many anthropomorphic depictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Hyenas \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ6T-AWGCN4\" target=\"_blank\">do make a laughing sound\u003c/a>, but it’s an expression of excitement, not amusement, Weldele said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“You’re going to kill? You’re being chased? You’re going to giggle,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_170983\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca style=\"color: #0069a3\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-1-18.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-170983 size-large\" src=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-1-18-720x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research analyst Mary Weldele massages a hyena with a wooden backscratcher bought in Chinatown. (Natalie Orenstein/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Over the years, researchers spanning the disciplines have studied the hyenas. Because it’s the only sizable captive colony of spotted hyenas -- at its largest there were 43 -- requests came from far afield, and the researchers granted permission to most projects that didn’t put too much stress on the animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“We picked up a lot of collaborators, many of them at the medical school at UCSF,” Glickman said. “They introduced us to the medical relevance of the hyena research. It took us in directions we’d never anticipated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The implications for human medicine are wide-reaching, he said. The research suggests, for example, that hyena genitalia are produced by a mechanism similar to that which exists in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. And the fact that female hyenas can reproduce despite their high concentration of androgens holds potential for women with polycystic ovaries, Glickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The study also exposed the strength of the androgen androstenedione, and its relation to aggressiveness in both hyenas and humans. Previously, the hormone was dismissed as weak, allowing baseball player Mark McGuire to purchase and use it the year he set a home run record, Glickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">In another long-term hormone study, the researchers gave pregnant females anti-androgen drugs to find out whether decreased circulation of male hormones resulted in female cubs with more typical anatomies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“There were some interesting results,” Weldele said. “It wasn’t like a female suddenly had a normal internal vagina. In fact her clitoris became even bigger. Those females were able to give birth without stillborns. And we noticed that the males’ penises were smaller and shaped the wrong way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">But many questions remain unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“It would be nice to figure out what’s going on,” Weldele said. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen again. Funding just has become extremely difficult for anyone to get, especially in behavior and with such unusual animals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">For years, the project was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and later survived on a grant from the National Science Foundation. That funding dried up in 2013, and UC Berkeley paid for the study until maintaining the colony became too pricey. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/1130655563_bd35906972_o.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-147529 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/1130655563_bd35906972_o-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"1130655563_bd35906972_o\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/1130655563_bd35906972_o-640x426.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/1130655563_bd35906972_o-1028x685.jpg 1028w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/1130655563_bd35906972_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Berkeley is looking at expanding its permit parking program to ease the crush in residential neighborhoods. (Chris Makarsky/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/emilie/\" target=\"_blank\">Emilie Raguso \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to study whether permit parking might be needed in more residential neighborhoods throughout the city, and whether the cost to buy those permits should increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Parking in West Berkeley, particularly around Fourth Street and the city Corporation Yard on Allston Way, has been an area of concern for officials, as are blocks near Sacramento Street where many city staff reportedly park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The city hopes to learn — via a new environmental study — where it might make the most sense to expand the permit parking program. Berkeley currently has \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/RPP_R1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">14 permit (RPP) zones\u003c/a> in central Berkeley, most of which are near commercial areas. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-09-Item-50-Expansion-of-Residential1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Via the staff report\u003c/a> “The existing RPP zones are bounded roughly on the north by Rose, Hopkins and Eunice Streets; on the east by UC Berkeley; on the south by Woolsey and part of 62nd Street; and on the west by Sacramento and Chestnut Streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Residents would have to opt in to the program by garnering the support of at least 51% of homes per block face. In addition, a parking survey would need to show that at least 75% of available street parking is occupied at mid-morning and mid-afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Last year, the city launched a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/goberkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">pilot program called goBerkeley\u003c/a> to change its approach to metered parking in several commercial areas to improve the visitor experience and cut down on emissions caused by drivers circling for a spot. With the permit parking program, the city now plans to take a closer look at neighborhood parking in residential areas, which was not part of goBerkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Tuesday night, two speakers addressed council \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-09-Item-50-Expansion-of-Residential1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">about the proposal\u003c/a>, which was submitted by Public Works director Andrew Clough and prompted by “periodic interest” in permit parking expansion expressed by council members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">One local resident told council she wasn’t sure she wanted to have to pay more to park in her own neighborhood, or to host visitors who need to park on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/john-caner/\" target=\"_blank\">John Caner\u003c/a>, who runs the Downtown Berkeley Association, told council the city might want to consider protecting the ability of city staff to park in residential areas around Sacramento Street. He noted that downtown garages are already full, and that many city staff cannot afford to park in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">On the other hand, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/jesse-arreguin/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Jesse Arreguín\u003c/a> said he’s heard from many residents around California Street and Spaulding Avenue who are frustrated by the number of city staff who park in the neighborhood. He said there needs to be a balance in residential areas between “providing parking for people who work downtown” and “neighborhood character.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">As the program currently works, on roughly 1,600 “street segments,” parking for longer than two hours — in most areas — is reserved for permit holders from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Some blocks also require permits on Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The city hopes expanding the program might push more people who drive to use public transportation, which could decrease congestion and emissions. On the flip side, it may also lead to increased “rotation” as drivers who don’t opt for public transportation would need to move their vehicles more often to comply with the two-hour time limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The city estimates that 300 more blocks might be included in the program once the new environmental study is done. Expanding the program to those blocks would lead to additional costs, however, and the program already loses money, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-09-Item-50-Expansion-of-Residential1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the staff report\u003c/a>. (An exact amount was not specified.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Staff estimate that the expansion could cost more than $1 million to implement: nearly $800,000 to hire 7.6 parking enforcement officers; nearly $80,000 for 7.6 vehicles for them to drive; an estimated $150,000 for signage, at $500 per block; and $70,000 in program management costs for staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Additional costs related to permit renewals, printing and postage, citation processing and the adjudication of contested citations have not been determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Council said, as part of the process, the city should investigate the possibility of raising the annual permit fee so it covers more program costs. Currently, an annual permit costs $45. Officials said it might be wise to look at an escalating fee for households with numerous vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">City of Berkeley Transportation Division manager\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/farid-javandel/\" target=\"_blank\"> Farid Javandel\u003c/a> said Tuesday that he didn’t have an estimate for how much the environmental study will cost to complete, but noted that the expenses listed above, particularly for enforcement, would likely be of more significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Javandel said he hopes to return to council in February with a proposed timeline and estimated cost for the environmental study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/susan-wengraf/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilwoman Susan Wengraf\u003c/a> said Tuesday night that the city is going to need to think more broadly about parking going forward. She said there is an “inherent conflict we have about parking,” and that the city needs to build more parking structures downtown to help ease the tension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Wengraf said many people do use BART to get to the city, but that the transit system doesn’t serve all of the surrounding communities. She also noted that the city doesn’t have the staff “to do simple things,” and wondered how an increased workload would be handled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“We’re moving in one direction but we’re not doing anything to alleviate the whole problem,” she said. “I think we really do have a citywide problem with parking. And we’re not really addressing it in a comprehensive way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/max-anderson/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Max Anderson\u003c/a> said the situation is only going to get worse as the city increases in density. He said Berkeley’s population rose from 99,000 in 2000 to 114,000 now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“That increase in population alone adds to the problem and, as we build more structures that attract people and are destinations, we’re going to have even more people coming,” he said. “In a sense, there’s a problem that accompanies success, and we have to be able to address the increased demand.\u003cbr>\nI don’t think we’ve done that so far.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Residents would have to opt in to the program by garnering the support of at least 51% of homes per block face. In addition, a parking survey would need to show that at least 75% of available street parking is occupied at mid-morning and mid-afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Last year, the city launched a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/goberkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">pilot program called goBerkeley\u003c/a> to change its approach to metered parking in several commercial areas to improve the visitor experience and cut down on emissions caused by drivers circling for a spot. With the permit parking program, the city now plans to take a closer look at neighborhood parking in residential areas, which was not part of goBerkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Tuesday night, two speakers addressed council \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-09-Item-50-Expansion-of-Residential1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">about the proposal\u003c/a>, which was submitted by Public Works director Andrew Clough and prompted by “periodic interest” in permit parking expansion expressed by council members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">One local resident told council she wasn’t sure she wanted to have to pay more to park in her own neighborhood, or to host visitors who need to park on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/john-caner/\" target=\"_blank\">John Caner\u003c/a>, who runs the Downtown Berkeley Association, told council the city might want to consider protecting the ability of city staff to park in residential areas around Sacramento Street. He noted that downtown garages are already full, and that many city staff cannot afford to park in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">On the other hand, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/jesse-arreguin/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Jesse Arreguín\u003c/a> said he’s heard from many residents around California Street and Spaulding Avenue who are frustrated by the number of city staff who park in the neighborhood. He said there needs to be a balance in residential areas between “providing parking for people who work downtown” and “neighborhood character.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">As the program currently works, on roughly 1,600 “street segments,” parking for longer than two hours — in most areas — is reserved for permit holders from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Some blocks also require permits on Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The city hopes expanding the program might push more people who drive to use public transportation, which could decrease congestion and emissions. On the flip side, it may also lead to increased “rotation” as drivers who don’t opt for public transportation would need to move their vehicles more often to comply with the two-hour time limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The city estimates that 300 more blocks might be included in the program once the new environmental study is done. Expanding the program to those blocks would lead to additional costs, however, and the program already loses money, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-09-Item-50-Expansion-of-Residential1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the staff report\u003c/a>. (An exact amount was not specified.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Staff estimate that the expansion could cost more than $1 million to implement: nearly $800,000 to hire 7.6 parking enforcement officers; nearly $80,000 for 7.6 vehicles for them to drive; an estimated $150,000 for signage, at $500 per block; and $70,000 in program management costs for staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Additional costs related to permit renewals, printing and postage, citation processing and the adjudication of contested citations have not been determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Council said, as part of the process, the city should investigate the possibility of raising the annual permit fee so it covers more program costs. Currently, an annual permit costs $45. Officials said it might be wise to look at an escalating fee for households with numerous vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">City of Berkeley Transportation Division manager\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/farid-javandel/\" target=\"_blank\"> Farid Javandel\u003c/a> said Tuesday that he didn’t have an estimate for how much the environmental study will cost to complete, but noted that the expenses listed above, particularly for enforcement, would likely be of more significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Javandel said he hopes to return to council in February with a proposed timeline and estimated cost for the environmental study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/susan-wengraf/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilwoman Susan Wengraf\u003c/a> said Tuesday night that the city is going to need to think more broadly about parking going forward. She said there is an “inherent conflict we have about parking,” and that the city needs to build more parking structures downtown to help ease the tension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Wengraf said many people do use BART to get to the city, but that the transit system doesn’t serve all of the surrounding communities. She also noted that the city doesn’t have the staff “to do simple things,” and wondered how an increased workload would be handled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“We’re moving in one direction but we’re not doing anything to alleviate the whole problem,” she said. “I think we really do have a citywide problem with parking. And we’re not really addressing it in a comprehensive way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/max-anderson/\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Max Anderson\u003c/a> said the situation is only going to get worse as the city increases in density. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Tom Dalzell, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/09/04/how-quirky-is-berkeley-mark-oliviers-colusa-avenue-beach-trash-sculpture/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS11949_Cathy-ThirdBuddha1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146922 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS11949_Cathy-ThirdBuddha1-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"RS11949_Cathy-ThirdBuddha1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third Buddha and other sculpture at 1118 Colusa Ave. (Catherine MacNeal/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Colusa Avenue between Marin and Hopkins is not well-traveled, but people who have heard about Mark Olivier’s incredible — as in unbelievable — front yard at 1118 Colusa often make a point to go there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivier, a carpenter who found himself as a sculptor, has created a fantastical display from found objects. He walks the Albany Bulb and other beaches to collect trash, mostly plastic, that has washed up. He takes the trash home, sorts it in boxes and bins. And then the magic happens: unexpected animals and masks and figures and machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some pieces, Olivier sticks to one basic trash commodity. Baseball caps wash up on the beaches with some regularity, and one man’s washed-up baseball cap is another man’s material for sculpture:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Nike-of-Samothrace.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146943 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Nike-of-Samothrace-640x488.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike of Samothrace at 1118 Colusa Ave. (John Storey/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This sculpture is one of the few Olivier sculptures which is an allusion to classical sculpture. The \u003cem>Winged Victory of Samothrace\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Nike of Samothrace\u003c/em> is a second-century B.C. marble sculpture found in the Louvre. It is believed that Pythokritos of Rhodes was the sculptor and that it was erected by Macedonian general Demetrius I Poliocretes after a naval victory at Cyprus. That is quite a bit of heritage for a bunch of washed-up baseball caps in Berkeley.\u003cbr>\nOlivier has created a series of thunderbird sculptures, also made primarily from baseball caps:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Thunderbird-series.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146950 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Thunderbird-series-640x443.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Thunderbird Series at 1118 Colusa Ave. (John Storey/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The number of disposable butane lighters that Olivier has rescued and repurposed is staggering. The Zippo lighter was introduced in 1932. Great thought was put into its design and care was exercised in preserving and using a Zippo for years of smoking pleasure. Not so with the disposables. Beaches are littered with them, and Olivier is especially fond of their symmetry and bright colors. He has several intricate bridge sculptures made almost entirely with lighters, as well as this serpent:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Doubleheaded-Aztec-Serpent.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146956 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Doubleheaded-Aztec-Serpent-640x399.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Double-headed Aztec serpent at 1118 Colusa Ave. (Tom Dalzell/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Braided nylon rope, especially dynamic kernmantle rope, washes up by the mile on beaches. Olivier salvages the rope and builds around wooden frames. Margate, New Jersey may have Lucy the Elephant, but we have Mark Olivier’s Babu:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Sweet-Babu-Cathy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146961 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Sweet-Babu-Cathy-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet-Babu-Cathy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweet Babu at 1118 Colusa Ave.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Any one of Olivier’s sculptures is a marvel of color, form and reuse of trash. Seen as a whole in his front yard, the effect is overwhelming in a Dr. Seuss world kind of way. I visit every month or so, seeing old friends and making new ones. I am always amazed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a fuller treatment of Mark Olivier’s beach detritus sculpture, see \u003ca href=\"http://quirkyberkeley.com/major-quirky-9-beach-detritus-art-1118-colusa/\" target=\"_blank\">Quirky Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full article and see more photos \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/09/04/how-quirky-is-berkeley-mark-oliviers-colusa-avenue-beach-trash-sculpture/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Tom Dalzell, a labor lawyer, created a website, Quirky Berkeley, to share all the whimsical objects he has captured with his iPhone. The site now has more than 8,400 photographs of quirky objects around town as well as posts where the 30-year resident muses on what it all means. This is the eighth installment in the series.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Berkeleyside publishes many articles every day. To see all our stories in chronological order, and read ones you may have missed, check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/all-the-news/\" target=\"_blank\">All the News\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He walks the Albany Bulb and other beaches to collect trash, mostly plastic, that has washed up. He takes the trash home, sorts it in boxes and bins. And then the magic happens: unexpected animals and masks and figures and machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some pieces, Olivier sticks to one basic trash commodity. Baseball caps wash up on the beaches with some regularity, and one man’s washed-up baseball cap is another man’s material for sculpture:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Nike-of-Samothrace.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146943 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Nike-of-Samothrace-640x488.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike of Samothrace at 1118 Colusa Ave. (John Storey/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This sculpture is one of the few Olivier sculptures which is an allusion to classical sculpture. The \u003cem>Winged Victory of Samothrace\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Nike of Samothrace\u003c/em> is a second-century B.C. marble sculpture found in the Louvre. It is believed that Pythokritos of Rhodes was the sculptor and that it was erected by Macedonian general Demetrius I Poliocretes after a naval victory at Cyprus. That is quite a bit of heritage for a bunch of washed-up baseball caps in Berkeley.\u003cbr>\nOlivier has created a series of thunderbird sculptures, also made primarily from baseball caps:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Thunderbird-series.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146950 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Thunderbird-series-640x443.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Thunderbird Series at 1118 Colusa Ave. (John Storey/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The number of disposable butane lighters that Olivier has rescued and repurposed is staggering. The Zippo lighter was introduced in 1932. Great thought was put into its design and care was exercised in preserving and using a Zippo for years of smoking pleasure. Not so with the disposables. Beaches are littered with them, and Olivier is especially fond of their symmetry and bright colors. He has several intricate bridge sculptures made almost entirely with lighters, as well as this serpent:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Doubleheaded-Aztec-Serpent.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146956 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Doubleheaded-Aztec-Serpent-640x399.jpg\" alt=\"Quirky Berkeley\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Double-headed Aztec serpent at 1118 Colusa Ave. (Tom Dalzell/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Braided nylon rope, especially dynamic kernmantle rope, washes up by the mile on beaches. Olivier salvages the rope and builds around wooden frames. 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"content": "\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/natalie/\">Natalie Orenstein\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/09/02/epa-settlement-calls-for-repairs-to-east-bays-faulty-sewage-lines-berkeley-to-pay-133500-civil-penalty/\">Berkeleyside \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Smoke-testing-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Smoke-testing-1-640x487.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke-testing-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley tested the state of its sewer system in 2011 by smoke-testing some of the lines. 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The parties settled in July with a c\u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/enrd/ConsentDecrees/East_Bay_Consent_Decree.PDF\">onsent decree\u003c/a> that requires a series of repairs and replacements over the next 21 years. The goal is to entirely eliminate wastewater discharge by 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Berkeley, that means paying a civil penalty of $133,500, cleaning 51 miles of sewer mains per year, inspecting 15 miles per year and rehabbing 4 miles per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to city spokesman Matthai Chakko, over 80 percent of the \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">rehabbing of sewer mains and associated lower laterals in Berkeley has already been completed. He also said that the city cleaned 64.1 miles of sewer lines in 2013, and that Berkeley was achieving the annual 15 miles per year inspection \u003c/span>goal. Last year, the city inspected 17.4 miles, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay’s entire sewer infrastructure is 1,500 miles long and the estimated total cost of repair is $1.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeowners are responsible for nearly half of that cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When private property owners sell or renovate their properties, they are required to inspect and upgrade the sewer laterals that connect the property to the city’s sewer mains. The settlement’s wide timeframe of 21 years was chosen in part because many homes will be sold by 2035, said EPA spokeswoman Suzanne Skadowski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Personally, each homeowner is on the hook,” said EBMUD spokeswoman Andrea Pook. “The city’s part is to upgrade its sewer lines. 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"content": "\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/natalie/\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Orenstein\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_144772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cesarchavezpark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-144772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/cesarchavezpark-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley, with the memorial to the United Farm Workers founder in the foreground. (Cris Benton/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley, with the memorial to the United Farm Workers founder in the foreground. (Cris Benton/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The solar calendar installation at Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley is a homage to the famous activist, a peaceful waterfront vantage point and, lately, the target of multiple acts of vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeatedly over the last few months, stones from the installation’s retaining walls have been removed or thrown into nearby bushes, and signs with descriptions of the tribute have been smashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more annoying than anything else,” said Santiago Casal, director of the solar calendar project. “It’s consistent. Every two or three days, these stones are broken or disappear. I think we’re up to 125 stones missing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Casal and others think the vandalism may be linked to new markers delineating where dogs in the park can and cannot be off leash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, people have also vandalized the red and green boundary posts that the city installed earlier this year to mark the park’s off-leash dog territory, which borders the solar calendar to the east.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city waterfront manager installed the boundary posts without warning. That may have annoyed some people, even though “that was consistent with the mandate from the council,” said Jim McGrath, chair of the Parks and Waterfront Commission. “But it caused a lot of concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t help that the red and green signposts around the off-leash area boundary were initially placed in the wrong area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It effectively removed some acreage from the off-leash area,” Casal said. “It was corrected quickly, but not before it upset a lot of folks and triggered the vandalism of the posts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the City Council unanimously approved the 17-acre off-leash dog area in 1998, the city placed hay bales along the borders. They were effective for awhile but soon fell apart and weren’t replaced. There have been few signs since then clearly marking the border between on-leash and off-leash areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of bad habits have developed,” Casal said. “There’s no education that goes on for the park users, there’s no enforcement. That area, the northwest section of the park, is particularly an area of contention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very nebulous. It’s very difficult to find out if you’re new to the park,” agreed Claudia Kawczynska, one of the earliest advocates for the off-leash dog area and a former waterfront commissioner. She is also editor-in-chief of The Bark magazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the first instances of vandalism against the boundary posts, the waterfront commission held a series of meetings this spring to talk about what kind of signs to use in the park and where to place them. There was general consensus regarding the final design, McGrath said. City staff is in the process of manufacturing and installing the new signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the vandalism of the Chavez memorial coincided with the destruction of the boundary posts, Casal assumes the perpetrator is from the dog community, though he said most of them are allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never had that kind of vandalism on the site in the past,” Casal said. “That’s why it makes sense that it’s in connection with these other squabbles that have been going on in the park. I think it’s rogue members of the community acting out. Off-leash dog people are some of the best supporters we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, a dog owner “verbally assaulted” Casal at the solar calendar site, linking the memorial to clashes about the off-leash area boundaries, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kawczynska is less certain that the memorial vandalism is the doing of a dog person, but has posted notices on the community bulletin board and Facebook alerting her cohort to the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we didn’t do it, it reflects on us,” she said. “I hope to God it’s not a dog person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute about the boundaries comes in the midst of frustration in the dog community about dangerous foxtails in the park. The off-leash area advocates want the city to mow the foxtails, which can seriously injure dogs and are more prevalent than usual this year due to the drought. But a biological assessment of the area predating the establishment of the off-leash area advises the city against mowing, to protect other species that depend on the foxtails. The city only mows two of the off-leash area’s 17 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foxtails have deterred many dog owners from using the park lately, Kawczynska said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fewer people that go out there, the easier it is for any vandal to mess around with stuff there,” she said. “Ninety-nine percent of the dog people are wonderful people who wouldn’t think of doing something like that. They would protect it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kawczynska said she and Casal had spoken in the past about collaborating on a project — Chavez was a major dog lover — but have been sidetracked by the foxtails and vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The purpose of boundary signs is to make the park welcoming to its wide range of users — including dogs, Casal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I totally support the whole concept of the off-leash area, but not when it compromises the mixed-use character of the park,” he said. “There’s a lot of families and people with mobility issues who might not be comfortable around. And there’s off-leash dogs all over the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGrath said there is wide support for an off-leash area among the waterfront commissioners as well, as long as boundaries are defined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Casal has reported the destruction of the solar calendar to the police and the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said the beat officers are aware of the vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Casal continues to visit the site every couple of days to replace the damaged pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the police, he wrote, “I try to practice the four Chávez Virtues that we honor at the site. Hope, Determination, and Courage are not difficult in this case, but Tolerance is being taxed quite a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, people have also vandalized the red and green boundary posts that the city installed earlier this year to mark the park’s off-leash dog territory, which borders the solar calendar to the east.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city waterfront manager installed the boundary posts without warning. That may have annoyed some people, even though “that was consistent with the mandate from the council,” said Jim McGrath, chair of the Parks and Waterfront Commission. “But it caused a lot of concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t help that the red and green signposts around the off-leash area boundary were initially placed in the wrong area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It effectively removed some acreage from the off-leash area,” Casal said. “It was corrected quickly, but not before it upset a lot of folks and triggered the vandalism of the posts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the City Council unanimously approved the 17-acre off-leash dog area in 1998, the city placed hay bales along the borders. They were effective for awhile but soon fell apart and weren’t replaced. There have been few signs since then clearly marking the border between on-leash and off-leash areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of bad habits have developed,” Casal said. “There’s no education that goes on for the park users, there’s no enforcement. That area, the northwest section of the park, is particularly an area of contention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very nebulous. It’s very difficult to find out if you’re new to the park,” agreed Claudia Kawczynska, one of the earliest advocates for the off-leash dog area and a former waterfront commissioner. She is also editor-in-chief of The Bark magazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the first instances of vandalism against the boundary posts, the waterfront commission held a series of meetings this spring to talk about what kind of signs to use in the park and where to place them. There was general consensus regarding the final design, McGrath said. City staff is in the process of manufacturing and installing the new signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the vandalism of the Chavez memorial coincided with the destruction of the boundary posts, Casal assumes the perpetrator is from the dog community, though he said most of them are allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never had that kind of vandalism on the site in the past,” Casal said. “That’s why it makes sense that it’s in connection with these other squabbles that have been going on in the park. I think it’s rogue members of the community acting out. Off-leash dog people are some of the best supporters we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, a dog owner “verbally assaulted” Casal at the solar calendar site, linking the memorial to clashes about the off-leash area boundaries, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kawczynska is less certain that the memorial vandalism is the doing of a dog person, but has posted notices on the community bulletin board and Facebook alerting her cohort to the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we didn’t do it, it reflects on us,” she said. “I hope to God it’s not a dog person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute about the boundaries comes in the midst of frustration in the dog community about dangerous foxtails in the park. The off-leash area advocates want the city to mow the foxtails, which can seriously injure dogs and are more prevalent than usual this year due to the drought. But a biological assessment of the area predating the establishment of the off-leash area advises the city against mowing, to protect other species that depend on the foxtails. The city only mows two of the off-leash area’s 17 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foxtails have deterred many dog owners from using the park lately, Kawczynska said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fewer people that go out there, the easier it is for any vandal to mess around with stuff there,” she said. “Ninety-nine percent of the dog people are wonderful people who wouldn’t think of doing something like that. They would protect it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kawczynska said she and Casal had spoken in the past about collaborating on a project — Chavez was a major dog lover — but have been sidetracked by the foxtails and vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The purpose of boundary signs is to make the park welcoming to its wide range of users — including dogs, Casal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I totally support the whole concept of the off-leash area, but not when it compromises the mixed-use character of the park,” he said. “There’s a lot of families and people with mobility issues who might not be comfortable around. And there’s off-leash dogs all over the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGrath said there is wide support for an off-leash area among the waterfront commissioners as well, as long as boundaries are defined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Casal has reported the destruction of the solar calendar to the police and the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said the beat officers are aware of the vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Casal continues to visit the site every couple of days to replace the damaged pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the police, he wrote, “I try to practice the four Chávez Virtues that we honor at the site. Hope, Determination, and Courage are not difficult in this case, but Tolerance is being taxed quite a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "UC Berkeley Takes Steps to Curb Irrigation Runoff and Water Use",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Drew Jaffe,\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/08/05/cal-city-of-berkeley-take-steps-to-curb-water-use/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_144038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/water-runoff-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-144038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/water-runoff-640.jpg\" alt=\"Water runoff from one of Cal’s lawns is a relatively common occurrence on campus. (Patrick Hickey/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water runoff from one of Cal’s lawns is a relatively common occurrence on campus. (Patrick Hickey/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to the \u003ca href=\"http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">severe drought conditions\u003c/a> that plague most of the state, the University of California and the city of Berkeley have ramped up efforts to curb water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Runoff from several university lawns has been of particular concern to some local residents. Water from nearby sprinkler systems sometimes flows onto pathways and sidewalks around campus, but the runoff is unintentional and closely monitored, according to Sal Genito, associate director of Grounds, Custodial and Environmental Services for UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university has already cut back on watering by 10 percent, as per a mandate from the governor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an aging irrigation system -- built more than 50 years ago -- and a sloped campus make it difficult to evenly and sufficiently water all the vegetation on campus without some inefficiencies, Genito said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"0T7AWkm2hAX30gFlr30W8YoIThirW0bP\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted that staff members do their best to limit wasteful irrigation but cannot monitor all of the campus at once, so they appreciate help from members of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always looking for people to report and share with us what they’re seeing because we definitely don’t have enough eyes,\" Genito said. “And we rely a lot on the public to help us identify those areas [with runoff].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(In mid-July, Patrick Hickey sent Berkeleyside some \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyside/posts/10152562193062456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photos of water from a sprinkler running down a path \u003c/a>at UC Berkeley. When Berkeleyside posted the photos on Facebook, many people expressed dismay at the water runoff during such a severe drought.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts are currently underway to update Cal’s irrigation system, Genito said. New technology like a central control system, motion sensors and shut-off valves will help staff members control breaks and leaks more effectively than in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By using new equipment to measure \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evapotranspiration\u003c/a> -- the combination of evaporation from the Earth’s surface and transpiration from plants -- the university can also determine the appropriate amount of water needed for irrigation, Genito said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead, the school has allotted funds for a new landscaping initiative that would convert around six lawns throughout campus to meadows, which are equally pleasant to the eye but are more drought resistant, according to Genito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They look just as beautiful, people will appreciate them just as much, and they use tremendously less amounts of water,” Genito said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He estimated that Cal would save several thousand gallons of water per year due to the switch. And as more money becomes available, more grass will be converted to meadows, although lawns used for recreational purposes will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"We're always looking for people to report and share with us what they’re seeing because we definitely don’t have enough eyes.\" -- Sal Genito\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But simply reducing the amount of water used for irrigation is not enough, Genito said. Watering of plants and other vegetation is already fairly low, and cutting off too much water to larger trees with shallow root systems could cause them to die, destabilize and potentially fall over from strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The real savings come from water conservation fixtures that would allow the school to reclaim and repurpose water for irrigation, according to Genito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And to save even more, the school must also focus its conservation efforts on other areas of water use. UC Berkeley uses over 600 million gallons of water a year and irrigation comprises less than 10 percent of that total, said Lisa McNeilly, Cal's director of sustainability. Domestic uses, like showers and bathrooms, account for half of the total. Residence halls account for 25 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initiatives over the past few decades have already succeeded in reducing the university’s total water use by 17 percent since 1990, McNeilly said, even though the campus’s population and infrastructure has grown since then. In the past year alone, Mcneilly said the school has managed to curb water use by 5 percent to 9 percent, partially due to more efficient irrigation and toilet retrofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal’s sustainability team current goal is to reduce potable water levels to 10 percent below 2008 levels by 2020 and 20 percent below 2008 levels if adjusting for population increases, according to its \u003ca href=\"http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2013_UC%20Berkeley_Sustainability%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013 sustainability report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California and the city of Berkeley are also pursuing water conservation initiatives to complement local efforts. On the state level, new regulations imposed in late July could lead to fines of up to $500 for excessive water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, city officials have called for a 10 percent reduction in the city’s water consumption, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Level_3_-_General/Drought%20Response%20022814.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report by the city manager\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fixing leaks in aging infrastructure and using less water for certain parks and medians are two measures mentioned by the report. The Public Works Department is also looking into the use of reclaimed water for median watering and vactor trucks, which unclog storm drains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley has already reduced its total water use for several decades, according to the report. The city has curbed water consumption by 20 percent since 2000 and 36 percent since 1975.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual districts have joined in on the savings as well. Cleaners in downtown Berkeley have stopped pressure washing the sidewalks and streets, according to John Caner, CEO of the Downtown Berkeley Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, they use a vacuum surface cleaner, which also uses water, but reclaims and recycles it so there is no runoff. But while it’s more drought-friendly, the surface cleaner goes at about half the pace of normal pressure washing, Caner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleaners will still use pressure washing when there are health and safety concerns. In the case of animal and human feces, and sometimes garbage, the association will pressure wash the affected area to ensure it is completely clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caner said the association is looking into more sophisticated cleaning equipment, which would cost around $10,000. 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New technology like a central control system, motion sensors and shut-off valves will help staff members control breaks and leaks more effectively than in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By using new equipment to measure \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evapotranspiration\u003c/a> -- the combination of evaporation from the Earth’s surface and transpiration from plants -- the university can also determine the appropriate amount of water needed for irrigation, Genito said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead, the school has allotted funds for a new landscaping initiative that would convert around six lawns throughout campus to meadows, which are equally pleasant to the eye but are more drought resistant, according to Genito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They look just as beautiful, people will appreciate them just as much, and they use tremendously less amounts of water,” Genito said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He estimated that Cal would save several thousand gallons of water per year due to the switch. And as more money becomes available, more grass will be converted to meadows, although lawns used for recreational purposes will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"We're always looking for people to report and share with us what they’re seeing because we definitely don’t have enough eyes.\" -- Sal Genito\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But simply reducing the amount of water used for irrigation is not enough, Genito said. Watering of plants and other vegetation is already fairly low, and cutting off too much water to larger trees with shallow root systems could cause them to die, destabilize and potentially fall over from strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The real savings come from water conservation fixtures that would allow the school to reclaim and repurpose water for irrigation, according to Genito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And to save even more, the school must also focus its conservation efforts on other areas of water use. 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In the past year alone, Mcneilly said the school has managed to curb water use by 5 percent to 9 percent, partially due to more efficient irrigation and toilet retrofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal’s sustainability team current goal is to reduce potable water levels to 10 percent below 2008 levels by 2020 and 20 percent below 2008 levels if adjusting for population increases, according to its \u003ca href=\"http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2013_UC%20Berkeley_Sustainability%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013 sustainability report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California and the city of Berkeley are also pursuing water conservation initiatives to complement local efforts. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Berkeleyside Editors\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/31/west-berkeleys-pacific-steel-sold-to-equity-firm/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Berkeleyside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Pacific-Steel-Casting-Plant-by-Michael-Layefsky-720x460.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143569\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Pacific-Steel-Casting-Plant-by-Michael-Layefsky-720x460-640x408.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific Steel Casting Plant. (Michael Layefsky/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Steel Casting Plant (Michael Layefsky/Berkeleyside\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>West Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/pacific-steel-casting/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Steel Casting\u003c/a>, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/03/13/west-berkeleys-pacific-steel-files-for-bankruptcy/\" target=\"_blank\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a> earlier this year, is slated to be sold to a private equity firm for $11.3 million, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://imarketreports.com/investment-firm-offers-11-3-million-for-pacific-steel-casting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday, a judge in Oakland approved the offer from \u003ca href=\"http://speysideequity.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Speyside Equity\u003c/a> to purchase the steel parts manufacturing plant. A Pacific Steel spokeswoman told Berkeleyside on Thursday that there had been no other offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel attorney Julie Rome-Banks said in court papers that the company employs 410 people, Dow Jones reported. The company was up for auction earlier this month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation.\"\u003ccite>-- Elisabeth Jewel,\u003cbr>\nPacific Steel spokeswoman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel makes carbon, low-alloy and stainless steel castings for U.S. and international customers, largely for heavy-duty trucks and construction equipment. It has been run by the Genger family for four generations and opened in 1934.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel spokeswoman Elisabeth Jewel told Berkeleyside that, as far as she knows, Speyside plans to keep Pacific Steel open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation,” she said Thursday. No significant changes, related to staffing or otherwise, have been announced\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transfer of ownership is expected to take place in the next few months, she added. The deal had been in the works for a number of months, and no other offers had been expected — or were received — during the court proceeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speyside could not be reached for comment Thursday. The company is based in New York City and also owns an \u003ca href=\"http://speysideequity.com/#investment\" target=\"_blank\">aluminum foundry\u003c/a>, Stahl Specialty Co., in Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel, which started out in the 1930s as a military supplier, has faced one blow after another in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the company \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/19/200-undocumented-pacific-steel-workers-lose-their-jobs/\" target=\"_blank\">lost a third of its workforce in 2011\u003c/a> after a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement audit. Workers’ compensation insurance costs then skyrocketed after a flood of claims came in from departing workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January, the company settled a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/27/pacific-steel-accused-of-labor-violations-in-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit about the timing of worker lunch breaks\u003c/a> for around $5.4 million, which is owed to about 1,300 current and former employees. 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It’s a bittersweet moment, I’m sure, for this family that stuck it out for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/pacific-steel-casting/\" target=\"_blank\">past Berkeleyside coverage\u003c/a> regarding Pacific Steel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel spokeswoman Elisabeth Jewel told Berkeleyside that, as far as she knows, Speyside plans to keep Pacific Steel open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation,” she said Thursday. No significant changes, related to staffing or otherwise, have been announced\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transfer of ownership is expected to take place in the next few months, she added. The deal had been in the works for a number of months, and no other offers had been expected — or were received — during the court proceeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speyside could not be reached for comment Thursday. The company is based in New York City and also owns an \u003ca href=\"http://speysideequity.com/#investment\" target=\"_blank\">aluminum foundry\u003c/a>, Stahl Specialty Co., in Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel, which started out in the 1930s as a military supplier, has faced one blow after another in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the company \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/19/200-undocumented-pacific-steel-workers-lose-their-jobs/\" target=\"_blank\">lost a third of its workforce in 2011\u003c/a> after a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement audit. Workers’ compensation insurance costs then skyrocketed after a flood of claims came in from departing workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January, the company settled a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/27/pacific-steel-accused-of-labor-violations-in-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit about the timing of worker lunch breaks\u003c/a> for around $5.4 million, which is owed to about 1,300 current and former employees. According to the bankruptcy filing, the company “was not in a financial position to immediately fund the settlement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jewel said in March that business continued to be good, despite the challenges, but said the settlement had put a definite strain on the company and its prospects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a cavalcade of unfortunate circumstances,” she said Thursday. “All those factors happening within a fairly short period of time just strained the company to the point of breaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added: “This company has been in the Genger family for 75 years. It’s a bittersweet moment, I’m sure, for this family that stuck it out for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/pacific-steel-casting/\" target=\"_blank\">past Berkeleyside coverage\u003c/a> regarding Pacific Steel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Natalie Orenstein\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/30/homeless-relocate-to-railroad-tracks-after-gilman-clean-up/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-homeless.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143302\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-homeless-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"The eviction of the Albany Bulb and the clean-up of the Gilman underpass have prompted homeless to sleep along the West Berkeley train tracks. (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The eviction at the Albany Bulb and the cleanup of the Gilman underpass have prompted homeless to sleep along the West Berkeley train tracks. (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Homeless individuals — many relocating from Albany or other parts of West Berkeley — have set up camp along the train tracks south of Gilman Street in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a few people have lived near the tracks for years, the population expanded after the residents at the Albany Bulb were evicted in May, neighbors say. Several new encampments have appeared following a city of Berkeley \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/18/rodents-trash-prompt-city-of-berkeley-clean-up-of-homeless-camp-on-gilman-residents-scattered/\" target=\"_blank\">cleanup of the Gilman-Interstate 80 underpass earlier this month\u003c/a>, which prompted people living there to disperse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Union Pacific spokesman said the company has talked to the people living along the tracks and is working to clean up the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have already addressed the issue directly with the folks populating the encampments and are working this week to clean up the illegal dumping and squatting,” said Union Pacific spokesman Aaron Hunt via email. “We have been in touch with the city regarding the issue as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the new encampments are protected by fencing, but a few people are sleeping just feet from the tracks. The stretch of railroad has been the site of multiple fatal accidents. Most recently, a Union Pacific freight train \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/03/17/breaking-person-hit-killed-by-freight-train-in-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 28-year-old man\u003c/a> in March. Hunt said Union Pacific is constantly working to prevent trespassing on the tracks, where fast passenger trains like those on the Capitol Corridor route pose a particular threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rena Slaughter, owner of RAS Metals on Cedar Street by the tracks, said she worries about the people in the encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being on the side of the tracks there is not the safest place,” she said. Slaughter called Union Pacific a few weeks ago about the initial influx of homeless people, and the company made the individuals who were there at the time leave, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be nice if they have somewhere to go,” she said. “I have customers who are homeless. It's kind of sad that when they had them moved out, they didn’t think of where to tell them to go or what to do with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the Albany Bulb eviction, large piles of trash — torn mattresses, empty bottles, miscellaneous broken electronics, plastic bags and wrappers — appeared throughout the railroad area as well. A Berkeleyside reader who asked not to be named took these photos of the encampments and trash between June 16 and July 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143303\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash2-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"What looks like trash has accumulated in large piles along the railway in West Berkeley. (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What looks like trash has accumulated in large piles along the railroad tracks in West Berkeley. (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143304\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"Some homeless have found places behind fences, but many are staying just feet from the rails. (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some homeless have found places to stay behind fences, but many are sleeping just feet from the rails. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the new encampments are protected by fencing, but a few people are sleeping just feet from the tracks. The stretch of railroad has been the site of multiple fatal accidents. Most recently, a Union Pacific freight train \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/03/17/breaking-person-hit-killed-by-freight-train-in-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 28-year-old man\u003c/a> in March. Hunt said Union Pacific is constantly working to prevent trespassing on the tracks, where fast passenger trains like those on the Capitol Corridor route pose a particular threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rena Slaughter, owner of RAS Metals on Cedar Street by the tracks, said she worries about the people in the encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being on the side of the tracks there is not the safest place,” she said. Slaughter called Union Pacific a few weeks ago about the initial influx of homeless people, and the company made the individuals who were there at the time leave, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be nice if they have somewhere to go,” she said. “I have customers who are homeless. It's kind of sad that when they had them moved out, they didn’t think of where to tell them to go or what to do with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the Albany Bulb eviction, large piles of trash — torn mattresses, empty bottles, miscellaneous broken electronics, plastic bags and wrappers — appeared throughout the railroad area as well. A Berkeleyside reader who asked not to be named took these photos of the encampments and trash between June 16 and July 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143303\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash2-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"What looks like trash has accumulated in large piles along the railway in West Berkeley. (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What looks like trash has accumulated in large piles along the railroad tracks in West Berkeley. (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143304\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/rail-trash-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"Some homeless have found places behind fences, but many are staying just feet from the rails. (Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some homeless have found places to stay behind fences, but many are sleeping just feet from the rails. (Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/catherine-rauch/\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Darby Rauch\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 701px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Spengers-parking-lot-by-Emilie.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143095\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Spengers-parking-lot-by-Emilie.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of dirt on the parking lot across from Spenger’s in February, where the archeological dig happened. Photo: Emilie Raguso\" width=\"701\" height=\"526\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pile of dirt on the parking lot across from Spenger’s in February, where the archaeological dig happened. Photo: Emilie Raguso\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After months of poking, prodding, sifting and examining soil, an \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/03/a-dig-in-a-berkeley-parking-lot-seeks-shellmound-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">archaeological dig\u003c/a> beneath the parking lot across from Spenger’s restaurant on Fourth Street found no evidence it had ever been home to a Native American shellmound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings that the site was not historically important mean the owners will seek to develop it.\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-98199\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/berkeleyside-logo1.png\" alt=\"berkeleyside-logo\" width=\"231\" height=\"43\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Investigators found \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/findings.php\" target=\"_blank\">no historically significant remnants\u003c/a> of the West Berkeley Shellmound within the parking lot grounds and have concluded to near certainty that none exist within the property,” says a \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/pressroom.php\" target=\"_blank\">report on the findings\u003c/a> by archaeologist Allen Pastron and his team from \u003ca href=\"http://www.archeo-tec.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Archeo-Tec Inc\u003c/a>., an Oakland-based firm. The dig team included an Ohlone Indian observer, Andrew Galvan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Read the 1900 Fourth St. archaeological \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">project website here\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the sincere hope of the researchers and sponsors of this study that the findings and conclusions advance general understanding of the history of the site and its surroundings, and contribute to fact-based land-use decisions and policy-making going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143091\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/west-berkeley-mound.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143091\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/west-berkeley-mound.jpg\" alt=\"The West Berkeley Mound. (date unknown). Photo courtesy of the Nels Nelson Archive, American Museum of Natural History/UC Berkeley.\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Berkeley Mound. (date unknown). Photo courtesy of the Nels Nelson Archive, American Museum of Natural History/UC Berkeley.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sponsors of the study were property owner Dana Ellsworth and her family firm, \u003ca href=\"http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Berkeley/ruegg-ellsworth/64526028.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Ruegg and Ellsworth\u003c/a>, a real estate group that co-owns the parking lot with the Spenger family. Ellsworth’s father, Robert Ellsworth, a Berkeley native, is co-owner of Ruegg and Ellsworth. Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto was sold years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property owners have long challenged the assertion that the lot was home to the well-documented Berkeley shellmound. While the owners don’t deny the mound existed or that the area was home to Ohlone activity, they’ve argued that the actual mound, \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/background.php\" target=\"_blank\">once a hill-size midden of shells, bones, tools\u003c/a> and even skeletons, lay west of their property. The actual area of the shellmound is covered now by railroad tracks and freeway, said Ellsworth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/shellmound.html\" target=\"_blank\">contentious debate\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley in 2000 designated the parking lot a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berkeley_Landmarks,_Structures_of_Merit,_and_Historic_Districts\" target=\"_blank\">landmark known as the West Berkeley Shellmound\u003c/a>. That status prohibited development without approval from the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Planning_and_Development/Home/Landmarks_Preservation_Commission.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Landmark Preservation Commission\u003c/a>, an added step to the usual development process. It’s also a state registered archaeological site of prehistoric significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site is bordered by Fourth Street, Hearst Avenue, University Avenue and the railroad tracks east of Interstate 80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historical records place the mound alongside Strawberry Creek, which once meandered freely to the bay near what today is Hearst Avenue and Interstate 80. But its exact boundaries have been hotly and litigiously debated, with the initial area proposed for landmarking larger than the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really just did not expect to find anything,” said Ellsworth of the recent results, explaining that she has done extensive historical research. “I would have been surprised to [find] something. It was time to find out: Let’s know, let’s go take a look. Let’s find out in the most appropriate way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.43.09-PM-720x472.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-143094 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.43.09-PM-720x472.png\" alt=\"Allen Pastron, the archaeologist who oversaw the dig, at the site. Photo: Archeo-Tec\" width=\"720\" height=\"472\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allen Pastron, the archaeologist who oversaw the dig, at the site. Photo: Archeo-Tec\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143093\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 714px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.39.37-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143093\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.39.37-PM.png\" alt=\"Archeologists from Archeo-Tec of Oakland excavated a site at 1900 Fourth St. in the winter of 2014 to look for evidence of the Berkeley shellmound’s existence. Photo: Archeo-Tec\" width=\"714\" height=\"436\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeologists from Archeo-Tec of Oakland excavated a site at 1900 Fourth St. in the winter of 2014 to look for evidence of the Berkeley shellmound’s existence. Photo: Archeo-Tec\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The recent archaeological examination, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/03/a-dig-in-a-berkeley-parking-lot-seeks-shellmound-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">which began earlier this year\u003c/a>, found “no intact shellmound, only secondary material moved to its location, most likely by 20th century excavation and redistribution as agricultural soil enhancement or road-base-fill associated with industrial development of the area,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archaeologists uncovered signs of late 19th and early 20th century activity including glassware, ceramic and brick, but “no cultural artifacts or materials of definitive pre-contact origin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellsworth said she has shared the results with members of the city’s preservation commission. Berkeleyside reached out to the commission for comment and hasn’t heard back yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property owners, who have tried to develop the site in the past, will try again, with more confidence the landmark status won’t be a prohibitive obstacle, Ellsworth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like some sort of development will be possible. In the past there was a lot of conjuncture (about the exact location of the mound); now we have more information,” she said. The archaeological report recommends that any construction digging below 4 feet, “the historic fill layer,” be monitored by an archaeologist and Ohlone observer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellsworth said they’ll look at the kinds of projects being built in the area to guide their plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we had found something there, what a wonderful discovery to help contribute to the research of the shellmound. But I didn’t expect to.”\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nRead more about local shellmounds, and view historical maps, on the \u003ca href=\"http://ipocshellmoundwalk.homestead.com/shellmound.html\" target=\"_blank\">Indian People Organizing for Change website\u003c/a>. Explore the 1900 Fourth St. archaeological \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">project website here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Related:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/03/a-dig-in-a-berkeley-parking-lot-seeks-shellmound-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">A dig in a Berkeley parking lot seeks shellmound answers\u003c/a> (02.03.14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Follow Berkeleyside on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u003c/a>. Email us at tips@berkeleyside.com. Get the latest Berkeley news in your inbox with \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside’s free Daily Briefing\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the sincere hope of the researchers and sponsors of this study that the findings and conclusions advance general understanding of the history of the site and its surroundings, and contribute to fact-based land-use decisions and policy-making going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143091\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/west-berkeley-mound.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143091\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/west-berkeley-mound.jpg\" alt=\"The West Berkeley Mound. (date unknown). Photo courtesy of the Nels Nelson Archive, American Museum of Natural History/UC Berkeley.\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Berkeley Mound. (date unknown). Photo courtesy of the Nels Nelson Archive, American Museum of Natural History/UC Berkeley.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sponsors of the study were property owner Dana Ellsworth and her family firm, \u003ca href=\"http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Berkeley/ruegg-ellsworth/64526028.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Ruegg and Ellsworth\u003c/a>, a real estate group that co-owns the parking lot with the Spenger family. Ellsworth’s father, Robert Ellsworth, a Berkeley native, is co-owner of Ruegg and Ellsworth. Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto was sold years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property owners have long challenged the assertion that the lot was home to the well-documented Berkeley shellmound. While the owners don’t deny the mound existed or that the area was home to Ohlone activity, they’ve argued that the actual mound, \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/background.php\" target=\"_blank\">once a hill-size midden of shells, bones, tools\u003c/a> and even skeletons, lay west of their property. The actual area of the shellmound is covered now by railroad tracks and freeway, said Ellsworth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/shellmound.html\" target=\"_blank\">contentious debate\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley in 2000 designated the parking lot a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berkeley_Landmarks,_Structures_of_Merit,_and_Historic_Districts\" target=\"_blank\">landmark known as the West Berkeley Shellmound\u003c/a>. That status prohibited development without approval from the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Planning_and_Development/Home/Landmarks_Preservation_Commission.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Landmark Preservation Commission\u003c/a>, an added step to the usual development process. It’s also a state registered archaeological site of prehistoric significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site is bordered by Fourth Street, Hearst Avenue, University Avenue and the railroad tracks east of Interstate 80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historical records place the mound alongside Strawberry Creek, which once meandered freely to the bay near what today is Hearst Avenue and Interstate 80. But its exact boundaries have been hotly and litigiously debated, with the initial area proposed for landmarking larger than the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really just did not expect to find anything,” said Ellsworth of the recent results, explaining that she has done extensive historical research. “I would have been surprised to [find] something. It was time to find out: Let’s know, let’s go take a look. Let’s find out in the most appropriate way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.43.09-PM-720x472.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-143094 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.43.09-PM-720x472.png\" alt=\"Allen Pastron, the archaeologist who oversaw the dig, at the site. Photo: Archeo-Tec\" width=\"720\" height=\"472\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allen Pastron, the archaeologist who oversaw the dig, at the site. Photo: Archeo-Tec\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143093\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 714px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.39.37-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143093\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-4.39.37-PM.png\" alt=\"Archeologists from Archeo-Tec of Oakland excavated a site at 1900 Fourth St. in the winter of 2014 to look for evidence of the Berkeley shellmound’s existence. Photo: Archeo-Tec\" width=\"714\" height=\"436\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeologists from Archeo-Tec of Oakland excavated a site at 1900 Fourth St. in the winter of 2014 to look for evidence of the Berkeley shellmound’s existence. Photo: Archeo-Tec\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The recent archaeological examination, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/03/a-dig-in-a-berkeley-parking-lot-seeks-shellmound-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">which began earlier this year\u003c/a>, found “no intact shellmound, only secondary material moved to its location, most likely by 20th century excavation and redistribution as agricultural soil enhancement or road-base-fill associated with industrial development of the area,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archaeologists uncovered signs of late 19th and early 20th century activity including glassware, ceramic and brick, but “no cultural artifacts or materials of definitive pre-contact origin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellsworth said she has shared the results with members of the city’s preservation commission. Berkeleyside reached out to the commission for comment and hasn’t heard back yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property owners, who have tried to develop the site in the past, will try again, with more confidence the landmark status won’t be a prohibitive obstacle, Ellsworth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like some sort of development will be possible. In the past there was a lot of conjuncture (about the exact location of the mound); now we have more information,” she said. The archaeological report recommends that any construction digging below 4 feet, “the historic fill layer,” be monitored by an archaeologist and Ohlone observer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellsworth said they’ll look at the kinds of projects being built in the area to guide their plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we had found something there, what a wonderful discovery to help contribute to the research of the shellmound. But I didn’t expect to.”\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nRead more about local shellmounds, and view historical maps, on the \u003ca href=\"http://ipocshellmoundwalk.homestead.com/shellmound.html\" target=\"_blank\">Indian People Organizing for Change website\u003c/a>. Explore the 1900 Fourth St. archaeological \u003ca href=\"http://www.1900fourth.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">project website here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Related:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/03/a-dig-in-a-berkeley-parking-lot-seeks-shellmound-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">A dig in a Berkeley parking lot seeks shellmound answers\u003c/a> (02.03.14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Follow Berkeleyside on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u003c/a>. Email us at tips@berkeleyside.com. Get the latest Berkeley news in your inbox with \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside’s free Daily Briefing\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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