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Daily Archives: April 1, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 4.1.10
BHS Jazz Ensemble playing at Yoshi’s in Oakland this month (above) [BHS]
City grapples with historically contentious Downtown Plan [Daily Cal]
Photographed: sweetness in Berkeley [Spicy Green Mango]
Undocumented Cal student sheds light on life in the shadows [KTVU]
Toxic sludge demonstrators picket Chez Panisse
A small group of picketers from the Organic Consumers Association took up position directly in front of Chez Panisse at lunchtime today, in an attempt to raise awareness of what it terms “toxic sewage sludge”.
This followed remarks made by the OCA criticizing Chez Panisse owner Alice Waters, and Francesca Vietor, the executive director of the Chez Panisse Foundation and a Commissioner on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission … Continue reading »
Pick of the listings: Berkeley character in full color
This vibrantly decorated home at 2231 McKinley Avenue a block west of Berkeley High School has apparently been known since the 1970s as the “Green Dragon’s Eye”.
It takes a leap of imagination to visualize what it could look like with a more toned-down presentation, but if you are partial to the architectural style, there may be real potential for transformation here. Having said that, you may like the place just as it is, in which case … Continue reading »
Tagged 2231 McKinley Avenue
Thousands Oaks Theater to reopen with new focus
By Jane Tierney: Thousand Oaks Theater on Solano Avenue has changed hands, and current owner Metropolitan has been replaced by a partnership that also runs Serra Theaters in Milpitas which specializes in ethnic, particularly Bollywood movies.
The transfer took place on March 30. The theater has been dark since Sunday and there has been no announcement on when it will re-open.
John Gordon of Gordon Commercial, who handled the transition, said that the new theater would “most likely offer second-run films along … Continue reading »
Tagged Thousands Oaks Theater
Alice Waters calls on Organic Consumers Association to apologize
Alice Waters is calling on the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and activist John Stauber to issue a public apology and to “retract false statements” made by the OAC on the subject of sewage sludge. The OCA accused Ms Waters and the Chez Panisse Foundation of acting hypocritically.
As we reported yesterday, the OCA plans to picket outside Chez Panisse today at noon to raise awareness of what it sees as a contradiction: Francesca Vietor, a Commissioner on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission which has in the past given away sewage sludge to be used as compost, is also the Executive Director of the Chez Panisse Foundation which does not use the sludge on its related gardens.
The Chez Panisse Foundation issued the following statement this morning:
Statement from the Chez Panisse Foundation
On March 29, 2010, at the request of activist John Stauber and the Organic Consumers Association.
Alice Waters issued a statement calling for safe composting methods in San Francisco.Representatives from the OCA responded by shamelessly misrepresenting her position, repeating false accusations against Francesca Vietor, the Executive Director of the Chez Panisse Foundation and Commissioner on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and announcing a plan to picket Chez Panisse Restaurant. The Chez Panisse Foundation welcomes a full public airing of the facts of the situation, which follow. In particular, the Chez Panisse Foundation has learned that the Center for Food Safety, which filed the original petition on this matter to the Public Utilities Commission last year, is not a party to OCA’s planned demonstration at the Chez Panisse Restaurant. … Continue reading »
Tagged Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Foundation
Gastronomica: where food meets academia
Did you know that poet Sylvia Plath was passionate about food? Or that Lee Miller, a top 1920s model, fashion photographer, and war correspondent was an excellent cook? Or that there is a a Bengali cooking implement called a bonti?
You would if you read the journal Gastronomica, which will be celebrating its 10th birthday in Berkeley over the next two days.
Gastronomica is published quarterly by UC press and is lauded as the place where food … Continue reading »
Two Berkeley High students killed in car crash
Two teenagers with connections to Berkeley High School were killed yesterday when their car collided with a school bus on the Richmond Parkway.
Prentice Theodore Gray, 19, and Kyle Strang, 16, were driving northbound on the Richmond Parkway around 12:35 pm when their car lost control and traveled into the southbound lanes. The car collided with the bus and got jammed under its front wheels. No students were on the bus at the time and the driver was unharmed.
Tagged Kyle Strang, Prentice T. Gray
