# home highlights (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover home highlights. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Claremont’s luxury spa is no more](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/21/claremont-hotel-resort-club-spa-shuttered-oakland-berkeley) _2026-08-21 · Azucena Rasilla · Berkeleyside_ Hot stone massages and eucalyptus steams have come to an end as the storied hotel closes its 25-year-old wellness center. ## [Home of Chicken and Waffles, Alma y Sazon shuttering at the end of August, and Coffee Mill appears gone for good](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/21/home-chicken-waffles-alma-sazon-coffee-mill-chong-qing-closed) _2026-08-21 · Momo Chang · Berkeleyside_ A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. ## [What does it mean to grow old in Berkeley?](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/21/seniors-acvive-life-loneliness-berkeley) _2026-08-21 · Daniel Ekonde · Berkeleyside_ One in five Berkeley adults will be 65 or older by 2030. Amid talk of a loneliness epidemic nationally, we asked five local seniors how they navigate life and about their concerns for the future. ## [How does California’s new $3,500 EV rebate work?](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/21/california-electric-vehicle-rebate-program-myfirstev) _2026-08-21 · Carlos Cabrera Lomelí and Ella Jackson | KQED · Berkeleyside_ First-time EV buyers can qualify for a $3,500 discount when buying or leasing a new electric vehicle under a new state program. ## [The Wire: Developer who wants to build Berkeley’s tallest building defaults on loan](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/the-wire-developer-who-wants-to-build-berkeleys-tallest-building-defaults-on-loan) _2026-08-21 · Berkeleyside Staff · Berkeleyside_ Also: Look inside a stunning modernist home in the Berkeley Hills that just hit the market. ## [Berkeley mail theft suspect had USPS key, police say](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/berkeley-mail-theft-usps-master-key) _2026-08-20 · Alex N. Gecan · Berkeleyside_ Police allege the man stole mail and packages from several Berkeley apartment buildings last year. ## [Introducing BreakFest, Nosh’s big morning bash with a shot of spice](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/nosh-breakfast-event-hammerling-east-bay) _2026-08-20 · Tovin Lapan · Berkeleyside_ Come out to Hammerling Wines in West Berkeley Sept. 12 for great food, local makers and Nosh's inaugural Hot Sauce Competition. ## [Berkeley Unified appoints former board member Beatriz Leyva‑Cutler to fill vacant seat](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/beatriz-leyva-cutler-appointed-to-busd-school-board) _2026-08-20 · Vanessa Arredondo · Berkeleyside_ The BUSD board had been without a fifth member since July, when Ana Vasudeo stepped down to join the county. Leyva-Cutler will serve out the remainder of her term, until November 2028. ## [How a Berkeley middle school cooking program shaped a rising East Bay chef](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/daffodil-projects-natchez-lee-growing-leaders-willard) _2026-08-20 · Alon Yoeli · Berkeleyside_ Natchez Lee, the chef behind the pop-up and supper club Daffodil Projects, was struggling in school when they joined Growing Leaders. ## [Opinion: A park for the next generation of Berkeley, and beyond](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/golden-gate-fields-park-opinion-adena-ishii) _2026-08-20 · Adena Ishii · Berkeleyside_ Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii says state leaders should approve Gavin Newsom's plan to provide $125 million for the Golden Gate Fields property. ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KAkz2hio8qwV) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Around Berkeley: Shakespeare in the park, mural art talk, Canto mahjong](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/20/events-berkeley-california-august-2026) _2026-08-20 · Karen Nguyen Vo and Andrew Gilbert · Berkeleyside_ Other events include a murder mystery show at Hammerling Wines, a discussion of reporting on AI and a night market on Fourth Street. ## [In a tight budget year, BUSD’s superintendent joined teachers in getting a pay raise](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/berkeley-unified-executive-salaries-bay-area-superintendents) _2026-08-19 · Vanessa Arredondo · Berkeleyside_ Berkeley Unified and other districts are increasingly using “me too” contract clauses tying executive salaries to staff pay raises, as a way to retain top talent. ## [Election 2026: Who’s running for Berkeley City Council, school board and more](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/berkeley-election-candidates-city-council-rent-board-school-board) _2026-08-19 · Nico Savidge · Berkeleyside_ Update: One of the candidates vying to represent City Council District 8 has dropped out of the race. ## [From green apple cucumber to red kuri squash, here’s what Berkeley residents are growing in their gardens](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/from-green-apple-cucumber-to-red-kuri-squash-heres-what-berkeley-residents-are-growing-in-their-gardens) _2026-08-19 · Myron Caringal · Berkeleyside_ After a reader sent Berkeleyside photos of his front yard corn, we put a call out to see what else is being grown around town this summer. You all produced. ## [Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/studio-estepan-west-oakland-bread-pastries) _2026-08-19 · Skylla Mumana · Berkeleyside_ At Studio Estepan, owner Estevan Silva brings Michelin technique and global flavors to his part-time West Oakland bakery. ## [Berkeley author maps out an ‘ecocivilization’ to avert climate and economic catastrophe](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/08/19/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-reckonings-thomas-farber-my-deepest-desire-tamiki-hara-groundbreaking-clare-cooper-marcus-smolder-colleen-morton-busch) _2026-08-19 · Joanne Furio · Berkeleyside_ Jeremy Lent describes the consequences of a society stretched to its limits and what can replace it. Also: “Reckonings” by Thomas Farber, and a posthumous memoir of LSD and erotic encounters at Esalen by Cal professor Clare Cooper Marcus.