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arlene

Carr Jones Chalet-Style Rustic Treasure in North Berkeley

The floors need refinishing, it has an awkward floor plan with a minimal kitchen and only one full bathroom. It’s ...
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Help put this group out of Business!

The Alameda County Community Food Bank, started in 1985, is today one the busiest and most efficient emergency food helplines in California. Forty nine thousand people weekly--one out of every six county residents-- receives food through their services.
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Make “Green” Upgrades and Cash in on Rebates

All local homeowners are encouraged to sign up for a FREE seminar to learn how to make your home more ...
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Carbon Monoxide Alarm Law Goes into Effect

The July 1 deadline for single-family homeowners to install carbon monoxide detectors in their houses is here! A California law, ...
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New Energy Upgrade Program brings Rebates to Alameda County Homeowners

A rare alliance of Federal, state and local utility resources is providing “one stop shopping” for home owners wishing to ...
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FREE E-Cycling Earth Days Event in Berkeley, CA

All residents of the Berkeley, CA area are invited to bring their lifeless laptops, sick cellphones, tired TVs and moribund ...
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Distressed Properties in the Berkeley Area

We’ve all heard about the “shadow inventory” of distressed homes, that large number of properties that may dump into our ...
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Privately presenting a Wonderful Arts & Crafts Home in Upper Rockridge

It is rare that I would have a wonderful listing and not want to show it to as many people ...
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Rain, rain, REALLY go away!

When my last listing, a bungalow in El Cerrito on Richmond Street, debuted I lamenting all of the rain and ...
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Rain, rain, go away. . .

We know we need rain, at least in some global sense of “need.” But today, right now, I do not ...
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