Daily Archives: December 15, 2009

UC Berkeley

No charges in UC Chancellor’s home case

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No charges will be filed for now against any of the people arrested in Friday night’s attack on the UC Chancellor’s Berkeley home pending further investigation.

At the Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s campus home, repair work continued where police said late Friday a crowd of about 75 protesters marched to protest upcoming increases in student fees and tuition. Authorities said several in the group smashed windows and threw objects including lit … Continue reading »

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News

The Berkeley Wire: 12.15.09

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State gives OK to expansion of Oakland enterprise zone into West Berkeley [Daily Planet]
Back to the drawing board for Maybeck-related landmark application [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley Rep celebrates 20th anniversary of its costumes shop queen [Broadway World]
Public Health Clinic on University set to close for renovations [City of Berkeley]
New anthropology museum director: “like being in a candy store” [Contra Costa Times]

[Photo of DNA sculpture at LHS by Kap Chris, Berkeleyside Flickr pool]

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Crime

Police seek help with year’s single unsolved homicide

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The Berkeley police are looking for help to solve the only remaining unsolved homicide for 2009.

The murder took place around 11:30 pm on May 4 in south-west Berkeley. Shots were fired on the 1300 block of 67th Street and the victim, Maurice Robertson, 18, of Berkeley, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives are looking to speak with someone they consider “a person of interest” who was seen by … Continue reading »

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Retail

Black Oak Books is back

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As reported on Berkeleyside in October, Black Oak Books is set to re-open this week after closing its Shattuck Avenue store six months ago.

The new location is 2618 San Pablo Avenue in a space occupied by Rountree’s nightclub, and the … Continue reading »

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