> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # TBS Today, Aug. 25 - URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/26/newsletters/tbs-today-aug-25-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-26T00:10:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-26T00:10:54.000Z - Description: Guest essay: Berkeley’s $2B infrastructure challenge. - Author: Editor's desk - Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters Today's piece is a guest essay focused on city oversight and leadership, from members of Berkeley's Vision 2050 task force. [Berkeley has a 30-year plan. Its leadership must match: Op-edBerkeley has a plan to tackle its $2 billion infrastructure backlog. The authors say it needs strong leadership to see it through.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-5d23e6ff-f500-479b-9f29-3a4a7b6ab193.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerGuest Essay![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/transfer-station-d135a2be-fb5f-42e3-ae38-9aa6b7f29ed0.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/25/community/op-ed-berkeley-infrastructure-year-plan-leadership-must-match/) As a reminder, The Scanner will periodically publish [guest essays](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/author/guest-essays/) from community members on issues of interest or concern. Submit [your ideas](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/tips/) to TBS. Also: another story from our sister site, Albany Scanner. [The Solano Stroll is turning 50\. Here’s how it all beganA look back at 50 years of the Solano Stroll, from a small sidewalk sale to one of the East Bay’s largest street festivals.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/alb-scanner-orange-80add5c5-d586-406f-a5dd-a9afae164e29.png)Albany ScannerKaren Sorensen![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/1-Solano-Stroll-1982_Courtesy-Albany-Historical-Society-1-a9fbc444-a5fb-42a7-b832-062fee2ab0fa.jpg)](https://www.albanyscanner.com/2026/08/25/community/albany-solano-stroll-50-year-anniversary/?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) ## In other news An invitation from our friends at the Terrence McCrary Jr. Memorial Skatepark. This is always a great community event honoring a young life taken too soon. Hard to believe it's been 10 years. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcT8VJ4OxJe/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Terrence McCrary Junior Memorial Park (Berkeley Skate Park) (@berkeleyskatepark)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcT8VJ4OxJe/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) . Also: Our prior coverage of the case. [Berkeley skate park renamed to honor Terrence McCrary Jr.Terrence McCrary Jr. was an innocent bystander who had no connection to the violence that took his life in August 2016\. He was just 22.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-263d2f9c-ec7a-4fe7-b431-7d347d565897.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-06-23-at-10.41.29---PM-a4e2b51f-6c26-4d56-b84a-b763be23ca41.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/24/community/berkeley-skate-park-renamed-terrence-mccrary-jr/) ## In case you missed it [Mural honoring immigrants defaced in BerkeleyMokhtar Paki, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1983 after fleeing Iran, painted “Sinbad Voyage” in 2023\. Police are investigating.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-fc9c3468-9acf-4082-a46c-7b2cba791414.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_3392-ccc01119-0015-42f8-adee-715a03a9b57f.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/24/community/berkeley-mural-honoring-immigrants-defaced-mokhtar-paki/) [Berkeley police respond to stabbing on SterlingThe suspect, 17, was holding a large knife when police arrived, authorities said.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-73d93040-f743-440e-a3e1-abf3c1dd6dc0.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/berkeley-police-SUV-IMG_2216-ae8c0666-b597-4a02-be1e-e01632629cf3.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/23/crime/berkeley-police-stabbing-sterling/) **Read [ more stories](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/archive/) • Learn [about TBS](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/about/) • 👋 Follow us on [social media](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/11/25/editors-desk/follow-berkeley-scanner-social-media/)** --- P.S. 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