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1922 Martin Luther King Jr. (at Berkeley Way), suite B, Berkeley Tucked among a small row of businesses on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley is a modern, cozy shop selling pastries, cakes and snacks inspired by the Hawaiian islands. Ono Bakehouse opened during the pandemic, and has already found a following, being the only dedicated bakery in the East Bay to offer many of these treats. “’Ono” means delicious in Hawaiian, and the bakery does not disappoint. Owner and chef Desiree Valencia said that she wanted to bring flavors and treats that she grew up eating to people in the Bay A...

BERKELEY — The city of Berkeley is hosting a special meeting next week so that residents can discuss big housing projects in the pipeline for UC Berkeley, with two projects bringing more than 1,500 new housing units to campus. UC Berkeley houses fewer undergraduate and graduate students than any of the other UC campuses, and an estimated 40% of undergraduate students are unable to live on, or even near, campus, according to the university. With a fall enrollment of 30,800 undergraduate students, that’s more than 12,300 students not living on campus or nearby. It’s because of UC...

Pedro Chisem’s Mexican adventures | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History Ross Eric Gibson © Provided by Santa Cruz Sentinel Piedmont Court on High and Highland streets was the masterpiece of Pedro B. Chisem’s stay in Santa Cruz. (Contributed) It was a chance meeting in a far-away place, that would bring Santa Cruz one of its landmarks. About 1906, American Warren Garret arrived in Guaymas, Mexico, with his wife Euphemia, in search of Indigenous Mexicans to interview. The Garrett’s admired the dusty little town for its natural setting, on the West Coast of the Sonora deser...

THERE are no new names on the list of Worcester food businesses that have received a five star food hygiene ratings from health inspectors.

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma released data indicating “impressive” increases in affordable housing production around the state in 2020.