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: May 7, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 5.7.10
Ode to Acme: Waxing poetic about Berkeley’s own Levain (above) [SFoodie]
Cal students’ hunger strike continues, counts 1,139 Facebook fans [Facebook]
Rabbi Lerner blames right-wingers for attack on his Berkeley home [J Weekly]
Berkeley’s Climate Action Plan wins American Planning Association award [Berkeley]
Call ourselves green? Berkeley narrowly rejects bus only lanes [Coco Times]
Photo by John Birdsall/SFoodie.
Behavior on Berkeley’s frat row makes TV news
Coming a little late to the party, CBS’s “Inside Edition” is broadcasting a segment on rowdy goings-on on Berkeley’s frat row, and the decision by neighbor Paul Ghysels to file a class action lawsuit against all 35 fraternities near the campus.
This story broke in January. The “Inside Edition” piece, voiced by a reporter who seems to feel the need to shout, includes footage taken from video surveillance cameras installed by Ghysels, as well as an interview with him … Continue reading »
Berkeley Bites: Anchalee Natasiri
Each Friday in this space food writer Sarah Henry asks a well-known, up-and-coming, or under-the-radar food aficionado about their favorite tastes in town, preferred food purveyors and other local culinary gems worth sharing.
Anchalee Natasiri co-owns Anchalee Thai Cuisine restaurant with her chef-husband Chuck Natasiri. Since late 2007, the couple has served up classic Thai dishes on Dwight Avenue in West Berkeley.
Anchalee, 41, born and raised in Thailand, grew up in Tak Province in the north, … Continue reading »
Deer attacks Berkeley woman and her dogs
This is not a joke — last night’s TV news reported on an attack by a lone deer on Berkeley resident Sarah Lopus (left) and her two dogs, Oliver and Lucy, while they were out walking yesterday afternoon.
The incident happened around lunchtime at the intersection of Colusa and Capistrano. Lopus said the deer came out of nowhere, charged at them and began to kick the dogs. Lopus tried to push the deer off the dogs but it persisted so … Continue reading »
Tagged Deer attack, Oakland police, Sarah Lopus
Bittersweet: Artisanal chocolate made in Berkeley
Tucked away behind a glass door in a new block of buildings on Fourth Street sits Berkeley’s only chocolate manufacturer.
Bittersweet, best known for its string of cafes in Oakland, San Francisco and Danville that serve delicious cups of hot cocoa, has started producing its own chocolate bars. Made from single-source farms or collectives in Bali and the Dominican Republic, the Bittersweet bars are made in small batches that can take up to a week to finish.
