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 24, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 5.24.10
Two UC grads detained in Iran engaged to be married [Oakland Tribune]
Return of the crocodile mummies at UC Berkeley [LA Times]
Finding rhythms in a playwright’s words: “God’s Ear” at Ashby Stage [NYT]
Outpouring of support for Berkeley’s animal shelter, more needed [Coco Times]
Record 13,800 students sign up for Cal summer school [UC Berkeley]
Vigil tonight in Berkeley for woman found in the Bay [Oakland Tribune]
UCB scientists catch comet diving into the sun [US Berkeley News]
Photo: Claremont Hotel by Tracey Taylor.
Arnie Ville demonstrators set up camp in Berkeley
A group of demonstrators has set up camp on Adeline Street near Russell Street in Berkeley to protest state budget cuts — and they are calling their encampment “Arnie Ville”.
One sign reads “We’re all crippled by the Gov. Terminator’s state budget cuts”.
Another calls on Governor Schwarzenegger to put a halt to cuts to in-home support services, social security income, Cal Works, General Assistance and Medi-Cal.
Photos: Bob Patterson.
Tagged Arnie Ville, Berkeley protests
Cal’s DNA testing idea that took on a life of its own
Mark Schlissel didn’t know what hit him last week. The Dean of Biological Sciences at UC Berkeley says he was “swallowed up” by the media’s reaction to the news that the university planned to ask students to conduct a DNA test over the summer in lieu of the traditional summer reading assigment.
“We did not anticipate the response at all,” he said on Monday morning having weathered a week fielding calls from a broad range of media outlets, including … Continue reading »
Tagged DNA testing, Mark Schlissel, UC Berkeley
Why making 911 calls from your cell is not advisable
Berkeleyside’s ace intern, Charlotte Horsey, prompted us to think about emergency phone calls the other day when she mentioned she had programmed a Berkeley Police Department phone number into her cell phone (at her mother’s — oh so sensible — suggestion) because calling the police from a cell phone is not always advisable.
Why, we wondered? Here’s why, according to the Berkeley Police Department website:
Many community members are unaware that if you dial 911 from your cell … Continue reading »
Street art watch: Buffalo’s back, this time in color
We’ve been keeping an eye on the rotating exhibition of street art that appears on the side of the abandoned photo processing shack on the corner of Ashby and Telegraph.
Jesse Hazelip has had one of his signature buffalo-airplanes up there before. And now he’s back — this time he’s ditched the cool monochrome for a full-on rainbow-hue.
Tagged Berkeley street art, Jesse Hazelip
Mayor Bates pushed into pool for Measure C
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, along with council-members Linda Maio and Kriss Worthington, were pushed, fully clothed and voluntarily, into Willard swimming pool yesterday at a gathering to express their support of Measure C.
Measure C, which is on the June 8 ballot, aims to save Berkeley pools and, without it, Willard pool is slated for permanent closure on July 1.
Tagged Berkeley pools, Measure C
Mark Twain’s true thoughts will soon be revealed
When Mark Twain died in 1910, he asked that his autobiographical writings not be released for 100 years.
Twain, who had become one of America’s most celebrated humorists, apparently had a lot of nasty things to say about the world. He spent the last six months of his life writing those thoughts down.
Some of those jottings included observations about Isabel Van Kleek Lyon, who became his secretary after the death of his wife Olivia in 1904. Twain … Continue reading »
Sedge Thomson brings West Coast (A) Live
For the last 16 years, Berkeley resident Sedge Thomson has entertained hundreds of thousands of listeners on his radio show West Coast Live.
Broadcast on KALW 91.7 FM, usually from Freight and Salvage in Berkeley or the Ferry Building in San Francisco, West Coast Live features a broad array of musicians, artists, writers, and performers, all interviewed by Thomson in his distinctive baritone.
On one recent week, Thomson’s guests included the writers Scott Turow, Anna Quindlen, Roddy … Continue reading »
Tagged Sedge Thomson, West Coast Live
