Featured events- 06/02/2012 - 9th Annual Berkeley World Music Festival, Sat, June 2
- 06/02/2012 - EAST BAY OPEN STUDIOS 2012 // JUNE 2-3, JUNE 9-10
- 06/02/2012 - Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival, Saturday, June 2, 2012 (Rain Date June 9) 10AM-5PM
- 06/01/2012 - Hillside Club Concert - Beth Custer Ensemble - 'My Grandmother'
- 05/31/2012 - One Man, Two Guvnors from National Theatre, London
Daily Archives: April 12, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 4.12.10
Two arrested in alleged armed car jacking and kidnapping [Daily Cal]
Playboy interviewing Cal students for college special issue [NBC Bay Area]
Love at first taste: Berkeley’s Sushi California reviewed [Stark Silver Creek]
Hate Man: Homeless ex-reported opted for Berkeley streets [SF Chronicle]
Photo: Road is my Religion by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Cal could make significant savings, consultants report
UC Berkeley could save more than $100 million from its ongoing operations cost base, but it will take a one-off investment of up to $70 million over three years to achieve significant annual savings, according to a report released today by consulting firm Bain & Co which was hired by Cal in October to help it to reduce expenditure and increase efficiencies.
The report recommends Cal make at least $75M in operational cost savings over the next three years. Areas … Continue reading »
Tagged Bain & Co, Higher Education cost cutting, UC Berkeley, Un
Berkeley High family loses home to fire — needs help
A student at Berkeley High School and his family recently lost their home and all of their belongings in a fire. They need help — in particular donations of furniture, kitchen utensils, clothing, shoes or any other items you feel able to donate which you think would be useful in their time of need.
Berkeley High’s Parent Resource Center is coordinating donations. Contact Irma Parker at BHS on (510) 644-8524.
Update (18.47): The BHS Parent Resource Center was “overwhelmed” with responses … Continue reading »
Nobel Peace Prize winner weighs in on UC/Israel divestment question
The question of whether the University of California at Berkeley should divest funds from companies that do business in Israel has gone viral and international.
The latest celebrity to weigh in on the controversial issue is former Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. He wrote a letter urging the ASUC Senate to overturn its president’s veto of a bill that called for the divestment of companies that allegedly help repress Palestinians. The Senate is scheduled to take a vote … Continue reading »
Dwight offices: The case of the disappearing graffiti
We are happy to report that the owners of the office building on the corner of Dwight and Fulton have cleaned up their act — or at least they have cleaned up swathes of graffiti.
When we wrote about this property on January 19, we described it as a “graffiti fest” as its walls and windows were plastered with scrawls (pictured above, left). At that time the building was looking for a new tenant or owner.
Buyers circling Mr Mopps’
When word got out through a Berkeleyside article that Mr. Mopps’, the venerable Berkeley toy store, might be going out of business, loyal customers immediately started to mourn. They filled the Berkeleyside comments section with memories of the past and regret that their children wouldn’t get to enjoys the store’s eclectic selection of toys and books.
Some fans were so concerned that they formed a new Facebook fan page “Let’s Buy Mr. Mopps.” … Continue reading »
Tagged Jeff Auen. Eugene Yamashita, Mr Mops'
