Gift-card protest

May 18th, 2013

A protest against gift cards.

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Pool vs. Berkeley Town House et al.: documents

May 2nd, 2013

Public records of a 2012 lawsuit in Alameda County, California, involving senior housing cooperative Berkeley Town House.

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Contractor sues fellow contractor in Berkeley co-op case

May 2nd, 2013

A contractor being sued by a Berkeley housing cooperative has filed a complaint against other contractors he had worked with, while also seeming to drop his request for a separate trial.

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Mediation fails again in Berkeley co-op lawsuit

April 18th, 2013

A second attempt at mediation of a complex lawsuit involving a Berkeley senior housing cooperative collapsed on Monday, and today the attorneys in the case appeared in court to plan for a trial.

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Berkeley co-op manager ratchets up attack on free speech

April 1st, 2013

Bay Area Property Services, manager of a senior housing cooperative in Berkeley, has issued another declaration in its war of words on co-op members who wish to meet and talk.

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Parties to mediate again in Berkeley co-op suit

March 27th, 2013

Parties in a lawsuit filed a year ago over alleged abuses at a Berkeley senior housing cooperative have announced that they will try again to reach a settlement through mediation on 15 April.

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Manager to Berkeley co-op: You’re broke!

February 21st, 2013

The USA’s oldest senior housing cooperative was told yesterday that it’s out of money and can no longer pay all its bills. Its board of directors, in response, adopted an expense-slashing budget, eliminating a staff position. Acrimonious arguments surrounded this decision.

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Big One to hit Berkeley in April

February 7th, 2013

The City of Berkeley has designated 27 April as the date of the next major earthquake. It is now planning its response and asking everybody to participate.

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Berkeley co-op litigants agree on mediation

January 28th, 2013

Parties on both sides of a lawsuit involving a Berkeley senior housing cooperative have agreed that more mediation, involving not only them but also contractors and the co-op’s insurance company, would be worth a try. The judge in the case also agreed to let the co-op add more defendants to its cross-complaint.

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Contractor seeks jury trial in Berkeley co-op suit

January 19th, 2013

Danville contractor Garry Secrest has asked for a jury trial in a lawsuit filed against him by a Berkeley senior housing cooperative.

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