{"id":92445,"date":"2025-12-12T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92445\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:35:08","slug":"wine-merchant-kermit-lynch-expanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92445\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine merchant Kermit Lynch expanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"91891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2012\/10\/19\/wine-merchant-kermit-lynch-celebrates-40th-anniversary\/kermit-lynch-exterior\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/kermit.lynch_.exterior-e1350415673808.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1284227880&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kermit.lynch.exterior\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Saturday there\u2019s a party in the parking lot of this distinctive brick and timber building.&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Photo: Clark Z. Terry&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/kermit.lynch_.exterior-e1350415673808.jpg?fit=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/kermit.lynch_.exterior-e1350415673808.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kermit.lynch_.exterior-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91891\"\/>Kermit Lynch has opened a shop in the North Bay. Photo: Clark Z. Terry<\/p>\n<p>Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley wine merchant Kermit Lynch has opened a new store \u2014 the first expansion in its more than 50-year history \u2014 at a shopping center in Larkspur. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/wine\/article\/kermit-lynch-store-marin-21141626.phphttps:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/wine\/article\/kermit-lynch-store-marin-21141626.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A professor\u2019s hidden camera caught a UC Berkeley doctoral candidate sabotaging another student\u2019s laptop, according to authorities who have charged the candidate with felony vandalism. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2025\/12\/08\/uc-berkeley-professor-installed-secret-camera-allegedly-catching-phd-candidate-sabotaging-fellow-students-work\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A driver struck a pedestrian on Oxford Street in North Berkeley on Wednesday. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with a head injury. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyscanner.com\/2025\/12\/10\/traffic-safety\/young-woman-hospital-crash-near-cal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The owner of a downtown Berkeley office building has applied for a permit to convert the space into 58 apartments. (<a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/2025\/12\/zoning-permits-filed-for-office-to-housing-conversion-in-downtown-berkeley.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF YIMBY<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A sign in the window of West Berkeley\u2019s Oceanview Diner saying that law enforcement officers couldn\u2019t enter the restaurant without a warrant \u2014\u00a0posted in October amid fears of federal immigration raids \u2014 created a dust-up on social media after some interpreted it as a ban on police. The restaurant has since posted another sign specifying the prohibition only applies to immigration agents. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/restaurants\/article\/oceanview-diner-berkeley-police-sign-21223874.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Sports medicine heavily relies on data from male athletes, creating a \u201cdangerous\u201d imbalance for women\u2019s sports. A new UC Berkeley initiative aims to close that data gap. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12066277\/new-uc-berkeley-initiative-will-try-to-close-dangerous-data-gap-in-womens-sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KQED<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>After Cal hired Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi as its next head football coach, star quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele announced he will stay in Berkeley. 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Email editors@berkeleyside.org.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/author\/berkeleyside-editors\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Berkeleyside Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kermit Lynch has opened a shop in the North Bay. Photo: Clark Z. 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