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AC Transit plans major Line 51 detour  

AC Transit will detour Line 51-Berkeley-Oakland-Alameda service in Berkeley from Thursday, July 20, through the end of August to bypass the major construction project scheduled to close College Avenue between Alcatraz Avenue and Dwight Way. 

During the street closure, Berkeley-bound Line 51 and 51M buses will divert from the regular route in North Oakland to travel via Claremont Avenue to Ashby Avenue, to Telegraph Avenue, to Dwight Way, to College Avenue and regular route.  

En route from Berkeley to Oakland, Line 51 and 51A buses will detour from Durant Avenue south of the UC campus via Dana Street to Dwight Way, to Telegraph Avenue, to Ashby Avenue, to Claremont Avenue to College Avenue (in North Oakland) and regular route.  

This full-time detour will remain in effect until the street construction is completed, which is presently projected for about August 30, 2000. 

Abandoned baby 

Alameda police are looking for the mother of 3-day-old baby girl who was found yesterday at the South Shore Center mall. 

The baby, suffering from hypothermia, was found at about 10 p.m. in a brown paper shopping bag in front of 2210 South Shore Center Alameda. 

Police say the infant was naked, wrapped in a green bath towel. She is 17 and three-quarters inches long, weighs 5 pounds 9 ounces, has dark hair and eyes and was found to have A positive blood. 

The infant, assigned the name “Tennis Four” for identification purposes, was examined at Childrens Hospital Oakland and was determined to have been bathed and fed since birth. The girl is now in good condition at the hospital. 

Police say it is possible the infant was born in a local hospital. 

Anyone with information about the identity of the parents are asked to call police at (510) 748-4508 ext. 3350 or ext. 3315.