wonderfully tight community," acknowledging the craft beer boom and the new vendors he meets each week at the Saturday Morning Market.

"[Local is] a lifestyle, not just a fad. People here live it," he said.

Maintaining its commitment to local and community outreach will define success for Locale, Pintabona said. Events that allow adults and youths to interact with farmers, cookbook authors and other area chefs are in the works.

In addition to those, he said he's excited about market items like his seasonally focused Roman-style pizzas, which just got their own program, and the sweets.

So, the region's heard about Locale, read about it, and here's a peek inside, starting from downstairs.A judge capped a 20-month legal battle on Tuesday by lifting an order preventing UC Berkeley from building a sports training center next to Memorial Stadium.

In her final judgment issued late Tuesday, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller wrote that the university had complied with the outstanding legal issues and could begin construction at the stadium's adjacent oak grove, where a handful of tree-sitting protesters have been roosting since December 2006.

"The university has now cleared the most significant legal hurdle," said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. "We're one giant step closer to being able to begin construction."

The judgment allows the plaintiffs, the California Oak Foundation and the Panoramic Hill neighborhood group, two days to appeal the ruling. The university has said it will not begin construction until