The proprietors of a newly opened Berkeley cafe have high hopes to change their recently adopted neighborhood for the better — starting, perhaps, with a common nickname for the business corridor, the ...

BERKELEY (KPIX 5) -- Some are saying that "Gourmet Ghetto," the colloquial name of a North Berkeley neighborhood that's home to great and famous restaurants, is so offensive that it should be changed.

"Huh, I guess that means I live in the ghetto part of town. This town is just sad. To even consider Slatterly Park ‘ghetto’ is just insane. Sure, it is in an area of town where the household income is ...