Recommending
Services Recommended by LOCCNA Members
[for additions or corrections, contact Alan Gould <adgould[@]comcast.net>]
Alarms
Denelect - http://denalect.com/ [From Monica Barry]
Appliances
Repair
Accurate Refrigeration (formerly Rod Pierce Appliance, 510/786-9596 [from Darleen Dhillon]
Bay Area Appliance Guy, (510) 502-7181, www.BayAreaApplianceGuy.com. Owner: Victor [from Petra Liljestrand]
Bay Stoves, 510-917-5315 [from Martha Rabkin]
Hi Tech Appliance -Majid (925) 207-8088; Tony 925-348-3480, harappliance@gmail.com [from Brett Mendel]
Scott Flint - Scottthefixitguy@yahoo.com
Sears Home Services for in-home appliance repairs. 877-211-7777 [from Sharon Ryals]
Attic Insulation
Advanced home energy 415.577.9050 [from Oren Leiman]
Attorneys
Wills & Trusts:
Julie Ross <julie@julieross.net> on LOCCNA Yahoo Group [from Mary Barlow]
Michael W. Perna, <michael@mpernalaw.com> 1 Kaiser Plaza, Suite 750, Oakland, CA 94612, tel: 510-834-2822, Fax: 510-836-2595 [from Mary Ann Brewin]
Auto Body Shops
Allied Body (on San Pablo south of Gilman)
Classic Auto Body http://www.classic-autobody.com - 1239 Fifth St., Berkeley, 510.526.0310, approved shop for Allstate Insurance [from Alan Gould]
Gilman Collision
Bob Motter -- on Shattuck just before Alcatraz [from Daniel Caraco]
T.K.Auto Body in El Cerrito
Berkeley Wrights on San Pablo
Auto Mechanics
Berkeley Minicar at the corner of San Pablo and Dwight [from Suzanne Del Banco]
Campus Auto, Francisco and Shattuck. [from Sally Sommer]
Dan Chin's at 2558 Shattuck between Dwight and Blake [from Rita Maran, Alice Medrich, Dawn]
Pat's Auto Service (Patrick) MLK @ Hearst [from catemft]
Patti's on San Pablo at Bancroft Way. [from Mary Ann Brewin]
Bed & Breakfast; Accommodations
North Berkeley Cottage - Milvia St between Cedar and Vine (510) 647-9059 [from Mary Ann Brewin]
North Berkeley Hills Homestay - http://www.hillshomestay.com [from Terry Mandel]
Carpentry
Cabinetmaker - Michael Wiest <mwiest@mac.com> (510) 601-1810 (since 1983). [from Jayne]
Jason Granger <Grangerbuilt@yahoo.com> [from Margot Smith]
Oren Leiman (LOCCNA member) - http://www.myworkshed.net
Carpeting
Quality Carpeting and Flooring, 5436 MLK Jr. Way in Oakland, Haddish Youhannes, 510-547-7377. local small business. [from Ruth Wittman]
Car Wash
Kaady car wash at 400 San Pablo Ave, Albany, $6.00, and “special” for $10. [from Sophie Hahn, Mary Ann Brewin]
Solar Car Wash at 1198 University; self-service; recycle the water. $4 for wash cycle, $2 for vacuum. [from "Margit Roos-Collins]
see also, washing "by hand."
Caterers
Amiee D’maris Events: http://www.amieedmarisevents.com/home
Naila Francies, email <Naila_kitchenette@yahoo.com>
California Rose Catering http://californiarose.com 0, 1012 Grayson St, Berkeley, family owned in Berkeley for 25 years
Shoshana Klein, of Shoshana's Kitchen - http://www.shoshanaskitchen.com/ 0
Greenleaf Platters, http://www.greenleafplatters.com, 2170 Dwight Way, Berkeley
Hugh Groman Catering - http://www.hughgromancatering.com/ San Rafael
The Arlingtion http://269thearlington.com/
Standard Fare, 2701 8th Street #118, Berkeley - http://standardfareberkeley.com/
Two French sisters from South of France: http://www.lescookettessf.com/
Los Cilantros, La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Margaret Riesen at The Vegetarian Gourmet - Margaret@VegetarianWeddings.com 510-865-2935, 2145 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Chimney Sweeps
Irish Sweep http://www.theirishsweep.com/ [from Julie Dempster]
Cleaning Service - see House Keeper
Computers
Computer tech help
Ari Laquidara teacher/trainer/repair for Mac computer or iphone www.bayareatechhero.com [from Priscilla Rice]
Becky Waring <becky@waring.org> [from John Bear]
Howard Mullinack (877) 987-0012 [from Stella Sowle]
Mac Repair
Cookie Segelstein, the macmama ACSP, Personalized Support for Apple Computer, 510.520.7760, cookie@themacmama.com, www.themacmama.com, themacmama.blogspot.com (also 1/3 of the klezmer band, Veretski Pass)
Fix That Mac in downtown Berkeley [from Anna Liao..also "upgrade the ram" & http://www.cnet.com/how-to/five-tips-to-speed-up-your-mac/]
Genius Bar" at the Apple Store on 4th street. ...make an appointment online first. Take the machine. They may fix for free. [Margaret O'Connor]
M.A.C. store on Shattuck near University [from Eve Kushner]
Howard Mullinack (917) 331-6731. [from Noel Plummer]
Ideas:
Do a full backup (Time Machine is probably easiest). Then do a clean install of your operating system. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904.... That will solve it in about 70% of situations. [from Linda Berland]
...how full is your hard drive? Click on the Hard Drive Icon on your desktop. Press Command-I ...It will tell you the capacity of your drive, and how much space is available. Mac gurus recommend about 20% of the drive should be available... If your drive is getting full ... move large files - Movies (.mov), Photos (.jpg, .dng) and Disk Images (.dmg) files off it to a removable drive. [from Ira Serkes]
Contractors
Crow Works - Crowworksdesign@gmail.com [from Ben Shemuel]
FMS Projects - Frank Silver - 510-547-6115 [from Allen Romano]
Homtelligent - Silvio Dobrovat - http://hometelligentinc.com [from Annie Burke]
Cooking Classes
http://www.learnfromneighbor.com/cooking-class/ [from Clara Koh]
CPAs
Beall and Weil on Solano Ave., Albany. Jim Weil, Peter Beall (510) 524-4820; 415.577.9050 [from Oren Leiman]
Joe Chan in San Bruno (650) 589-6998
joechancpa@hotmail.com [from Howard Barkan]
Tony Winspear – (510) 558-1040, 828 San Pablo Avenue, Albany. [from Catherine Bussinger] We got his name off Yelp 3 years ago and have been using him since. Casual, friendly, but very knowledgeable & professional.
Dogs
Grooming:
Cuts for Muts--San Pablo just south of Solano [from Daniel Caraco]
Spa dog - http://spagodog.com [from Dorothée Mitrani-Bell]
Dog Trainers
Alice Tong <alice@cpdogtraining.com> [from Sherry Glassman]
Allyssa - http://www.dancingtailsdogtraining.com/ [from Scott Wheeler]
Amy Cook - http://fullcircledogtraining.com/ [from Christina Tarr]
Rayel (dog whisperer) <barkknightdogtraining@yahoo.com> [from Cat McBride]
Dancing
Ashkenaz - http://www.ashkenaz.com/ - Salsa dancing lessons on Thursday nights. [from Lesla Lehtonen]
Berkeley Folk Dancers! (berkeleyfolkdancers.org) [from Cammeron Girvin]
Salsa - http://www.salsabythebay.com/salsa-event [from Inna Gerlovina]
Allegro in Emeryville (Sun, Thur)
Berkeley Underground (Wed)
Salsa Rueda workshops
YMCA Downtown Berkeley [from Jenny Wenk]
Deer — what to do about them eating your garden.
Electrician
Advanced Electrical. Valary Gores (510) 548-0588 [from Tara Baker]
A&G Energy Source, Art Gonzalez, agenergysource@gmail.com, 925.305.7434 [from Maryl Gearhart]
Amber Electric, Chris Davis. http://amberelectricberkeley.com/ [from Betsy Livak]
Brian Bourke 703.0402
Christman Electrical Contracting - http://christmanelectricalcontracting.com [Phil Price]
Din Abdullah <abdullahelectric@gmail.com> [from Daniel Caraco, Alan Gould]
Earthstar Electric, Daniel Sinotte [from David Taylor]
Emmett Zediker 510 410 1977 [from Kristin Gross]
Fred Saraj, 925-324-2455 [from Jenny Wenk]
Garcia & Son Electric - Ed Garcia 510-239-8245 [from Tara Baker]
Geoff Williams <geoffwilliamselectric@gmail.com> - http://www.yelp.com/biz/williams-electric-oakland-2 - (510) 339-5601 [from Todd Andrew]
Fighting Amish Electric. No joke. Daan and his brother (510) 847-5577 [from Mike Dove]
Guerreros Electric. http://www.yelp.com/biz/guerreros-electric-berkeley; email for Carlos: guerreroselectric@att.net [from Caitlin Collins]
Jeremy Ansen 540-1915 [from Jan Lord]
Jerry Pokorny (925) 708-7738 [from Erica Binnewies]
Joe Branch Electric out of Vallejo [from Bill George]
John Cazden (Cazden@lmi.net, 510-676-6659) [from Mardawn Wendt, Vijay Bhandari]
Julian the Electric Handyman; 510 928 7040 http://theelectrichandyman.net [from Ana Forest]
Kevin Purcell. 510-866-5953 [from Chuck Cornwall]
LAP Electric, Luis Pincilotti at 415-748-0758. [from Mykael Moss]
Mitch Fearing, 720-635-8133 [from Judy Freeman]
Rob Sohmer. 510-459-2396 [from Maya Novelli]
Roberts Electric Company (RECO) - https://robertselectric.com [Phil Price]
Sergio Diaz Zamora - Diaz Zamora Electric <diazzamoras@yahoo.com> (415) 240-3567 [from Priscilla Rice]
Victor Electric (925) 785-8600, Harley Constantine [from Nila Nichols]
Walter Liebe http://www.walterliebe.com, 868-4770, 510 508-4095 walter@walterliebe.com [from Georgette Delvaux, Emily Hancock]
Zalman Sher, Berkeley Electric, 510-812-9878 [Hana Levin]
Fences
Matt Hornby - http://www.matthornbygardendesign.com/Home.html [from Suzanne Delbanco]
Floor Refinishers (hardwood)
Amber Flooring in Emeryville - http://www.amberflooring.com [from from Eric Broque]
Andy Le - Le's Hardwood flooring 510-409-0911 [from Dan McDunn]
Brice Williams 510-652-8121 [from Tara Baker]
Craftsmen Floor Co. in El Cerrito http://www.craftsmenfloor.com [from Richard Laden]
David Vu 415-385-5088 [from Allen Myers]
Tulip Hardwood Floors http://www.tulipfloors.com [from Richard Laden]
Foundation Work, Drainage, Seismic Retrofit, Retaining Walls, Structural Engineering
Alameda Structural [from David Taylor]
Bay Area Retrofit, Dave Ford (http://www.eastbayretrofit.com/) [from Anna Bellomo]
Carty Construction - http://www.cartyconstruction.com/ - drainage
Duenas Durnas Inc. phone# is 510-774-2611 [from Tsering Wangmo Bhutia]
Duval Construction http://www.duvalconstructioninc.com [from Kara Vuicich]
Gatterman Construction (Gary Gatterman) - Drainage, foundations and seismic work. (510) 427-2465. [from Tara Baker, Nayer Khazeni]
Ned Clyde Construction in Concord. [from Karen Flynn]
Paradigm http://www.paradigmconcrete.com/project [from Dana Tillson]
Richard Schuchert. 849-2949. [from David Kojan]
Luis Ruano (510) 289-9168 [from Chris Negoro]
Setchko Construction. (510) 812-5077. [from Chris Nappo]
Tim Sculley 510-418-2180 [from Emily Wexler]
Ward Construction Inc - http://www.wardconstruction.com/ - drainage, retaining walls (510) 215-3636
Frames for Artwork
Bennett Hall, Oakland for large scale & business - http://www.businessimagegroup.com[from Yvonne Burgess]
Framer's Worklshop on Channing http://www.framersworkshop.com/ [from Yvonne Burgess]
Galleria Scola on Grand Avenue, [from Jo Ann Driscoll]
Nielsen Arts Gallery on Solano Ave. Patrick Mercer [from Mary Robinson]
North Berkeley Frame at Shattuck & Delaware, Lars [from Nancy Levin, Michael Kiparsky, Alan Kay, and 6 others.]
Storey Framing 1645 Hopkins St, (510) 524-3422 [from Debra Sabah Press, Tara Baker, Jenny Wenk]
Studio Frame Works, 2121 Peralta, Oakland, Suite 146 (510) 836-2787 Aletha Worrell [from J. Pearce Hurley]
Furnace
Aarvaks 848-5010 Jeff Geier; http://www.aarvaks.com/ [by Joan Barbero; Julie Dempster]
Anchor [from Semantha Cook]
Berkeley Plumbing
BOSS Mechanical, Bob Sloat owner/proprietor. mobile: (510) 812-4051 [from Witt Monts]
Ehret in Berkeley [from Kate Sharp]
Hassler Heating
Kruse
Nahman's Plumbing [from Juliet Lamont]
Atlas Heating - 893-1343. http://www.atlasheating.com [from J. Pearce Hurley]
Raynard's Appliances in Richmond (510) 233-8677 [from Ruth Wittman]
Gardening
Amigos Gardening - Antonio Seguas 510-724-4039 [from Margot Smith]
Bill at 510-525-9215 (and handyman, too). [from Vivian Nelson and Bill Roller]
Claremont Landscaping—(510) 524-0500 [from Jamie Keller]
David Flores - (510) 520-6462 [from Suzanne Jones]
Ellice Richmond <patogroupie@gmail.com> [from Jon Stewart]
Food Forest Farm, West http://fffwest.blogspot.com/ 510-403-1344 [from Bakari Kafele]
Frank Graetch, 510-528-6242, for pruning, irrigation. Lives in North Berkeley. [from Brenda Ogburn]
Mario Vazques 510.575.1717 [from Debra Sabah Press]
Matthew Hughes 510-316-8490 [from Sue Lynn Thomas]
Pablo Sanchez 510-260-4626/cell [from Brenda Ogburn]
Garden designer/Landscape architect
Arborealis in Alameda, Arthur Brito. [from Lisa Carvalho]
Gardening by Nature's Design - Lois Simonds [from Emily Hancock]
Goodman Landscaping, Tim and Lisa Goodman [from Linda Williams]
Bruce Mordecai - http://www.designswithnature.net/aboutus.html [from Jane Harada]
Fiddlehead Gardens, Rachel - http://www.fiddleheadgardens.com [from Emily Wexler]
GardenSense, Kevin Westbrooke - http://www.gardensense.us or florere@sbcglobal.net. [from Mary Ann Brewin]
Mullen Designs, Nina Mullen, landscape architect (510) 292-6514, nmullen3@yahoo.com, http://www.mullendesigns.net. [from Sylvia Mullally; Patrick Gregoire]
Peter Gradjansky at 415.699.5441. Lives in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood. [from Meghan Ward]
www.plantingjustice.org - For every few landscaping projects they can get paid for, they build a community garden to help eliminate food deserts, build jobs & community. [from Paul Bulakowski]
Potter's Gardens - Jill Potter 415/240-0121 [Mary Lou Breiman]
Ron DeGeorge. 845-9025. [from David Fisher]
Tamar Carson Landscaping. 654-8242. [from Cathy Cassel and Diana Malin]
Glass - see Windows
Glasses
De Visu Creative Eyewear, 1529 Shattuck Avenue , (510) 849-3535 [from Dan McLoughlin]
Online -
http://eyebuydirect.com [from Alan Gould, use prescription from optometrist]
UCB school of Optometry [from Margot Smith]
Gutter Cleaning (& Window Washing)
Beethoven's Gutter Works (clean gutters and wash windows; the owner makes a contribution to the Berkeley public schools' music program with every job.) 831-869-8060 [from Ken Pritikin]
Grateful Gutters [from Sally Lappen]
Lightstream. Also window washing. http://www.lightstreamhome.com [from Julie Dempster]
Mr. Sparkle - http://mrsparkle.biz/ [from Kaushal Mehta]
A1 The Clear Choice. They clean windows and gutters. 914-5214 [from Cynthia Frese]
Hairdressers
Calm a Salon on Piedmont Ave [from Susan Levine]
Chic Salon on Shattuck next to the cleaners [from Susan Tripp]
Eclipxe Salon - Rubi - right next to Trader Joe's on MLK [from Tiffany Cotter]
Elixar salon on Hopkins, an Aveda salon - Julia [from Jennifer Rubin]
Family Hair Care, 1611 Solano Ave [from Rita Wilson]
Festoon (MLK & Rose) [from Dawn Burnell, Edrie Schade]
Grove Salon on Solano Ave (in Albany) -Christina and Ashley are great. Christina used to work at Festoon. [from Gwen Walden]
Hair on Solano, just off Solano on Colusa -Irene [from Deborah Davis] & Madge Gahagan [from Nancy Bickel]
HairCare, 1444 University Ave, Daisy [from Martha Luehrmann]
Ivania Tausche has studio in the alley way next to Au Coquelet, 1906 University Ave. 10-5pm, Tue.-Sat. Drop in, or call for appt, 510-843-0934 [from Joanna Konarzewski]
Katherine Kendall Salon on San Pablo in Albany [Joanna Folino]
Keter Salon on 4th St (just south of Univ) 510-984-0401, Tifani Blouin [Shoey Sindel]
Salon 1757 on Solano (near Ensenada) - Mishell [from Grace Wood]
Shed in Emeryville, Atsuko Tomobe [from Barbara Johnson]
Thairapeutics on Solano Ave. in Albany, Michelle Batterman [from Carol Anne Fusco]
Handy Man
Matt Buchner, 510-788-0840
Patrick Gregoire - 415-513-7624 - thehandyfrenchman@gmail.com - 25+ years’ expertise in house repairs and even more in painting.
Joe Kroenke 919-5361 [from Rita Maran]
Patrik Hendrickson <patrikatsea@hotmail.com> - Decks & fences (from Emily Hancock)
Sergio Lavandero <sergiolavanderos@att.net> 510.415.1998 carpenter/handyman [From Michael Wymes]
Oren Leiman (LOCCNA member) - http://www.myworkshed.net
Brother Perry http://www.brotherperry.com [from Jenny Wenk]
Michael Rose <limikemo22@yahoo.com>, tel 631-375-2007. ..a skilled carpenter by trade and does handyman work as well. Lives in north berkeley. Reasonable rates. Many happy local clients. (from Stephanie Lovell-Rose)
Mike Rudd <handyman@lmi.net>; 510-703-1657
Ociel Vazquez— available weekends 510-228-7181
Jesus Santoyo. 510-932-2827 deck repair/replacement [Anneliese Miller from Kensington]
Homeless services
Shelters—Berkeley - https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Berkeley&state=CA
Shelters—General - https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org
House Keeper
Annie <marroquinisabel@hotmail.com> [from Arthur Atlas]
Elizabeth Coehlo www.mphousehold.com [from Kristin Gross]
Maria Pastor. 510-547-2061 [from Bree Rosenblum]
Nuria (510) 309-9152 [from Margo Bliss]
Alma Reyes (510) 435-6018 [from Robyn Wang]
Sandra at 510-815-1497 [from Vivian Nelson]
Genovesa Valle. 510-734-3813 [from Sharon Solkowitz]
Internet Service
Local alternative to Comcast or AT&T: lmi.net
Roku http://www.roku.com/ - Alternative to Comcast cable TV, Dish, or DirectTV
Sonic - offers gigabyte service to Berkeley as of Dec 2017 - https://www.sonic.com/availability
Locksmith
EcoLocksmith, Nathan at 510-502-8322 [from Anne Collins]
Movers
ASAP Transportation. 510-847-7332 [from Tim Bean]
Ben's Moving and Trucking - http://www.bensmovingandtrucking.com/ - [from Lesla Lehtonen]
Jay's Small Moves - http://www.jaymoves.com [from Firouzeh Nourzad]
Music Teachers
Piano
Isaac Narell. 510-684-3656 [from Charlotte Le Liboux]
Pia Siegwart, teaches in her home on Milvia. 510 848-9280 [from Yvonne Burgess]
Painters
Cal Painting, Randy Mayer 510-541-0719 [from Tara Baker]
Casy Morgan <casymorgan33@gmail.com> (808) 214-2877 - recently moved back to the Bay Area after 20 years doing restoration work in Maui. [from Mary Vradelis, N Berkeley]
David Zurun <davidzurunpainting@yahoo.com> [from Ellen Matthews].
Felipe Rivera 510 355-2975 [from Maxine Risley]
Hans Stahlschmidt http://www.stahlschmidt-painting.com 510-848-4040 [from Tara Baker]
Jacinto Lux 510-384-1107 [from Victoria Kahn]
Jordan Freeman: 510.693.0361 [from Mary Ann Brewin]
Martin Klein, (510) 339-2588, cell (510) 332-1254. [from Robert Cohen, Poet's Corner]
Miguel Mendoza - 510-809-6268 (interior walls, trim, doors), Roberto Dominguez -510-978-8699 (interior walls, trim, doors, exterior) [from Jenny Wenk]
Mike Reardon - Berkeley Painting - 510-848-0670 [from Michael Minasian]
Myron Olson <olson@alamedanet.net> [from David Peattie, Thousand Oaks]
Napoleon Aguirre 510-562-3178
Patrick Gregoire 415-513-7624 lives in Live Oak area.
Ramon Meza, 510-875-5479, meza_painting@hotmail.com [from Jenny Mulholland-Beahrs]
Stahlschmidt Painting & Restoration, 510-848-4040 [from Tara Baker]
Tom Parfitt 510-432-8801 [from Joan Wheeler]
Pests
Ants
[from Suzanne Jones] It's probably best not to expose you and your family to an exterminator's toxic tactics. We've had great success with cinnamon--it's simple, smells good, and ants hate it. ... sprinkle cinnamon inside and sugar outside. The ants are repelled by the cinnamon and attracted to the sugar. ... with the warming weather, they'll stay outside.
Other things ants don't like: diatomaceous earth, baking soda.
[from John Schnick;] Orange Guard, available at Pastime Hardware or Amazon is made of Orange oil, can be used on food prep surfaces, and smells good too. It works better than anything I've tried.
Clark Pest Control, 800- 827-7285. [from Peter ArchT]
Rats
Rat Patrol (Garland); (510) 628-0958 [from Alan Gould/Diane Tokugawa]
Omega Pest Control - Call Matt: 800-257-3636 [from Tara Baker]
Wasp Nests
They generally leave the nest when winter comes, then I just wash the nest out of the eaves with a water spray from the hose. Another option, Ace has wasp spray. [from Tim Smyk, Kensington]
Is your fixture small enough to place a bag around it and seal it up? If you close off access the wasps inside will die. It will take a while. If you need the light on, use a clear bag. The wasps sleep inside at night, so bag the fixture after they go to sleep to avoid stings. To trap wasps we use the yellow traps in spring with pheromone attractant bait. This approach is nontoxic and, with the right bait, works safely for many garden insect pests. [from Theresa Halula, Thousand Oaks]
Piano Tuning, Repair
Bruce de Benedictus 510-763-4657
Debbie Fier 510-535-2180
Paul Larudee, Sharpe & Flatte, (510) 236-5338
Jerry Raz of Allegro Piano. 526-9294, 959 Tulare Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707
...I believe it is more effective to tune a piano after you move it than it is before you move it because moving a piano causes it to go out of tune.
Plumbing
Big Blue Plumbing 510-540-6060 Paul Gerrard [from Joan Grant]
Albert Nahman Plumbing [from David Dempster]
Antonio Carderos (510) 860-2147 [from Jeannine Miles]
Brian Feeney (510) 685-1187 [from Freda Rowley]
Capuro Family Plumbing, Sammy Capuro (510) 220-6697 [from Murray Bruce]
David & Felipe Castelan <dcs 1262@gmail.com> tel 650 771 7023 or 650 518 3622 [from Irene Scott]
Galvin Plumbing. 707 889 2917 [from Linda Stromberg]
Jake Baumiller 928-853-9866 [from Amy Millikan]
Louis Ray at the Plumbing Ministry. great for sewer lateral and drains 510-430-1853 [from Oren Leiman 1/2014]
Manny's plumbing - house visits for $99. http://www.redbeacon.com/s/mannys-plumbing [from Philip Soffer]
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Berkeley, Steve Ferguson 510-843-6378 [from Peter Gradjansky, Alan Gould, Diane Tokugawa]
Nasir Jalil 510-230-5979 Pacific Drain & Rooter [from Jessica Behrman]
The French Connection - 510 517-0183 - Pascal [from Susan Griffin]
Pelican Plumbers -minimum $150 - call Raul Delgado 510-338-3225 [from Tara Baker]
Ray Triola for re-piping, maintenance, repairs, supply side 510-848-6275 [from Oren Leiman 1/2014]
Rector plumbing, Scott http://www.rectorplumbing.com [from Lynanne Jacob]
Val Betti Plumbing. 510-232-5593 Ryan Dolan [from Carol Kunita]
Pregnancy
Birthways (1600 Shattuck) - classes on natural birth, connecting with doula's, what to expect and postpartum services. [from Marel Morris]
Restaurants
Breakfast & Lunch
Bistro 1491 - 1491 Solano, http://www.bistro1491.com/ [from Sally Sommer]
Cafe Clem - 2020 Kittredge St http://www.cafeclem-downtown.com/ [from Dorothée Mitrani-Bell]
Homemade Cafe - 2454 Sacramento St, https://www.homemade-cafe.com [from Alan Gould] see also Washington Post article When cafe owner sees panhandlers, he does not oust them, he feeds them - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/05/cafe-breakfast-free-berkeley-hunger/#
Inn Kensington Restaurant - 293 Arlington Kensington http://www.innkensington.com [from Alan Gould]
La Note - [Dinner also] 2377 Shattuck Ave http://www.lanoterestaurant.com/ [from Dorothée Mitrani-Bell]
Sam's Log Cabin - 945 San Pablo Ave Albany http://www.samslogcabin.net/ [from Emilie Raguso]
Sunny Side Cafe - 1511 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley https://www.facebook.com/thesunnysidecafeberkeley/ [from Shoshana O'Keefe]
Tomate Cafe - 2265 5th St http://tomatecafe.com/ [Alan Gould]
Roofers
Nicholas Roofing; Jim at 510 848-4433 [from Matthew Friedman, architect/contractor]
Westco Roofing; John Dalzell at 510-549-9356, 510-714-0755, 415.577.9050; [from Ed Biglin]
Elliott and Elliott; Craig at 510-444-7270. [from Ian Lance Taylor]
Rug/Carpet Cleaners
Bay Area Dry Master (Sonny; reviews on Yelp http://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-area-dry-master-oakland-2. [from Dawn Nott]
Do it yourself:
Bissell rug cleaner (do-it-yourself) [from Parisa Jorjani]
Safeway rents out steam cleaners, and they're easy to use. You rent the machine (on wheels, and not too heavy) and buy the soap.
Larry's Extreme Clean 510.215.7664 http://larrys-extremeclean.com/
Natural Care for Carpets - https://www.yelp.com/biz/natural-care-for-carpets-richmond [from Terry Mandel]
Rug Masters http://www.rugmasterscleaning.com/, 510-704-0460, 1718 University Ave [from Yvonne Burgess]
SurfClean http://www.surfcleaners.com 510-383-3563
SunClean http://www.suncleancarpetcare.com/ 510-263-0321[from Peter Bender]
Security - Home Alarms
Allen Security System, 120 Village Sq Ste 18, Orinda, CA 94563 (925) 254-2112 [Gloria Gee]
Alertex, Peter Sackmann. [Cornelia Levine]
Safe and Sound with monitoring by Monitronics [Debbi Kagawa].
Sentry Alert - 510-549-0306; local [David Fisher, June Safran, Jan Lord]
Security Cameras
Foscam (e.g. Model # FI8910W) - http://foscam.us
Lorex (e.g. L142W) - https://www.lorextechnology.com
Solar Panels
A1 Sun 526-5715, a1suninc.com [from Alan Kay]
Akeena Solar [from Valerie Bach] [founded by Barry Cinnamon, solar pioneer, who now runs Spice Solar (http://spicesolar.com); Akeena became Andalay Solar (http://www.andalaysolar.com)]
Ally Solar Energy Co. http://allyelectricandsolar.com [from Joy Osborne]
Rockridge Renewables (or DMR electric) http://rockridgerenewables.com [from Lesley Turner]
Save-A-Lot Solar, John Orfali [from Nora Wong]
Solar City http://www.solarcity.com/
Sungevity info@sungevity.com; http://www.sungevity.com/
[from Claire Greensfelder; also Juliet Lamont]
Sunwork - http://www.sunwork.org - a nonprofit focused on smaller installations, e.g. if your average monthly PGE electricity bill is <$100 [from Leo Levenson]
SunPower http://us.sunpower.com [from Leo Levenson]
Sun First Solar - http://www.sunfirstsolar.com - [from David Kerr]
Sun Light & Power on Bay View Place—local Berkeley company
Super Solar (510) 339-1865 [from Howard Barkan]
Tips:
Some solar companies put up panels and charge you for the electricity. You pay the solar company rather than PG&E. You put no money down and pay less for electricity, so save money and help the environment.
[From Minasian:] Do NOT sign agreements to purchase power (aka PPA’s) that give a flat rate over a long period of time. Electricity rates change, and you want to get market rate for the power you are generating. See http://www.cpuc.ca.gov and google “california homeowner power purchase agreement”…
One tree can cut your power output a lot. Get a solar optimizer that monitors the panels if one panel is shaded cuts it out of the circuit so that the other panels can produce their full output. See http://www.tigoenergy.com/ .
Tailors (including zipper repair)
Clean Living next to 7 Eleven on Solano Ave. [from Jane Tierney]
Fashions by Mary, 1178 Solano Ave (b/t Cornell & Stannage Ave (510) 526-4677 [from Judy Salpeter]
Flamingo Cleaners on MLK between University and Berkeley Way, http://www.flamingocleaners.net/. [Don Arbor]
Louisa Kwan’s Alterations at 2051 University Ave (b/t Milvia St & Shattuck Ave...inside the Louisa’s Wash and Fold laundromat that has back entrance in the parking lot on Berkeley Way) 510-841-3189 [from Kuniko Weltin-Wu]
Launder Inn on Solano ave, across from Safeway [from Manuela Knight]
Sam's Cleaners on Shattuck between Francisco and Delaware, West side of Shattuck [from Irene S.Scott]
Sunrise Tailors & Cleaners (Amara), 10160 San Pablo Ave in peppermint plaza center El Cerrito [from Rhoda Alvarez]
Narain's on San Pablo [from Mahalia Ryba, Laura Murra]
Uni Tailor (Elli) on University across from the Goodwill [from Jamie Keller, Breda Courtney, Frances Grahamjones]
Virginia Cleaners on Shattuck just past Cedar [from Karen Bruhns]
Tile work
Intelligent Tile: (510) 229- 7498 - Jai Peruman. [from Laura Rissman]
Ito Oppenheimer at 510-486-8387 [from Brenda Ogburn]
Tree Service
Big Chief Tree Service - Peter Rudy - (510) 528-3588 - http://bigchieftree.com/ [from Alan Gould]
Brende and Lamb, 510-486-8733 [from Margot Smith]
Duran's Tree and Shrub Care, Manual Duran, 510-725-9826 [From Barbara DiCostanzo]
Matthew Bowman - mbcompletetree@gmail.com - (510) 883-1748 1617 Francisco St, Berkeley, CA 94703 [from Kary Schulman]
Steve Crumley lives in our neighborhood: 524-2597
TV alternatives
Satellite (DishTV, DirectTV)
Cable (Comcast)
TV streaming through Internet
Apple TV
Roku - http://www.roku.com/
Hulu - http://www.hulu.com/
Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/
Upholsterers
Adrian's Upholstery (510) 264-0924 - 22962 Clawiter Rd. # 22, Hayward, CA 94545 - www.AdriansUpholsteryService.com [from Julie Wunderlich]
Discount Upholstery - 925 939 6404 [from Beverly Elkan]
Luker Upholstery Services, John or James, 510-893-8268, 807 W. Grand Ave Oakland [from Milly Lee]
Water Conservation and Purification - cut down on water use in the shower by using an Aquaspace shower filter that both removes chlorine and reduces water flow. For water purification there are under-sink cartridges: one takes chlorine out, one takes fluoride out, and one takes debris out. There is a spigot on the counter for the purified water...it does not come out of the same tap as regular water. They are from Western Water International in Maryland. 800-319-6776. [from Emily Hancock]
Web Developer
Almost Everything Communications - http://almost-everything.com/ - in Albany; WordPress Web shop. Karen 510-527-9920 [from Ruth Elowitz]
Computer Courage http://www.computercourage.com/ (Rose & Shattuck) - they use WordPress. [from Molly Fraker]
Mort Kantor http://www.build-your-online-presence.com/ or http://www.mortswebsitetips.com/ specializes in small business websites. 415.388.7700. [From Hana Levin]
Ron Childress, http://www.smmcats.com - WordPress websites [from Lori Howells]
Windows
A Taylor Made Window company [from Jacob Kornbluth]
Abraham Lubaton, 510.715.0448 [from Alice Park]
Arrow Glass - http://www.arrowglass.us/ - (510) 525‑2118 [from Alan Gould, Josh Wollam]
Berkeley Glass, 1810 San Pablo, (510) 843-2185 - http://elcerritoglass.com/
Best Glass Company (510) 708-7064; http://www.bestglasscompany.com/ [from Emily Hancock]
UC Glass, Mike - 2128 Dwight Way, 510-845-3367 [from Benjamin Ringler]
Window Shades & Blinds
Alcatraz Shade Shop, northeast corner of Telegraph & Alcatraz - http://www.alcatrazshade.com/ [from J. Pearce Hurley]
Berkeley Shade on University between Shattuck & Milvia [from Mike Bank]
Draperies By Susan in Emeryville [from Lauren Ankersmit]
Smith & Noble [from Mike Bank]
Window Washers (see also Gutter Cleaning)
A-1 The Clear Choice 510.914.5214, www.a1theclearchoice.com [from Bill Reinhart]
Barry Solomon 415-641-5224 [from Barbara Yaley]
Mr. Sparkle (Dylan Kelly) 510 504 7048 [from Kristin Gross]
Excellent Window Cleaning -http://www.excellentwindow.com [from Jeanette Bokhour]
LightStream (Nathan Cooper, Andy Brown). (510) 812-8129 [ Nila Nichols]
Paul's Window Cleaning Service, 510-524-2300, Jose and Steve [from Ednah Friedman]
Squeegee Clean (Alex)- 925 212 3087 [from Elouise Wilson]
Yoga
Innersteller - 2800 Adeline near Berkeley Bowl. Kiki Lovelace is a wonderful teacher and others at the studio are also very good. http://www.innerstellaryoga.com. [from Joan Grant]
Yoga Room on San Pablo (yogaroomberkeley.com) ...especially Mary Lou Weprin. The other teachers are wonderful too. [from Victoria Kahn]