BERKELEY
Homeowners of older, wood-framed houses in Berkeley can apply on-line to qualify for grants to strengthen their houses’ readiness for main earthquakes.
For these wood-framed houses constructed earlier than 1980 with raised foundations or crawl areas underneath them, house owners may obtain as much as $3,000 for retrofitting. Households making lower than $89,040 per yr may obtain $7,000 extra. Rental property house owners of houses with 4 items or much less may also qualify. These house owners, who don’t must dwell in one of many items to qualify, can apply to retrofit as much as 5 qualifying rental properties.
These grants can be used to “bolt” the muse to the body of home, and partitions known as “cripple walls” in crawl areas underneath homes are braced with plywood. These eligible can apply by Oct. 1 to enter the lottery and might be positioned on a waitlist if they don’t seem to be instantly accepted into this system.
Many Berkeleyans have obtained grants after first being positioned on the lottery. For extra data on-line, go to bit.ly/3JI4hYt.
— metropolis of Berkeley
EL CERRITO
Opening reception Friday for works by Artistic ReUse artists
El Cerrito metropolis officers space excited to host a gap reception for an exhibit of works by the town’s 2024-25 El Cerrito Artistic ReUse (ECCRU) artists in residence, Zona Sage and Lisa Zimmer-Chu, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday on the gallery house in El Cerrito Metropolis Corridor at 10890 San Pablo Ave.
With their exhibition on show till Oct. 9, these gifted artists have spent their tenure creating distinctive items from recycled supplies, embodying the spirit of sustainability and creativity. After’s Friday’s opening reception, a closing reception might be held on the identical time and place Oct. 3.
For these taken with changing into the town of El Cerrito’s subsequent ECCRU artist in residence, the town’s Arts & Tradition Fee anticipates releasing a name for artists this month to pick out subsequent yr’s artist. Discover the decision for artists when it’s posted and study extra on-line at elcerrito.gov/eccru.
— metropolis of El Cerrito
ALBANY
Marin Avenue pavement rehabilitation work to proceed
Building work for Part 2 of the Marin Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Challenge is scheduled to start this month, with undertaking limits alongside Marin Avenue between Key Route Boulevard and Tulare Avenue.
Being completed by contractor Ghilotti Bros. Inc., the work typically consists of pavement rehabilitation, sidewalk and curb ramp enhancements, storm drain enhancements, new site visitors striping, enhancements at current site visitors alerts, a brand new rectangular fast flashing beacon on the Ventura Avenue crosswalk and intersection road lighting enhancements.
The deliberate completion for this undertaking is tentatively October 2026, and building will include a number of phases, beginning with curb ramp and stormwater enhancements. Pavement rehabilitation and site visitors striping might be carried out in the course of the ultimate stage subsequent yr. For additional particulars, go to bit.ly/47sUm2Y on-line.
— metropolis of Albany
Initially Printed: September 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM PDT
