Berkeleyside

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

These three plush fellows have won top honors in the Berkeley Public Library’s fiber mascot contest.

It was saved from closure in 1999 by a Wall Street Journal callout that led to a surge in sales for its line of Gefilte fish, Viagra fish and other godless car emblem parodies inspired by the Darwin fish.

I don't like seafood. But a visit to an Oakland crawfish boil may have changed my mind. Maybe.

The first quake hit at 8:30 a.m., and two smaller ones were registered seconds apart shortly after 9 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.