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 27, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 5.27.10
Happy Birthday Golden Gate Bridge: 73 today [Janson Media]
UC system reveals 2009 compensation [University of California]
Berkeley quake trial shows bridge safety ideas [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley music venue 924 Gilman Street getting punked [KALW]
AC Transit to decide on further cuts to services [Daily Cal]
School Board turns down charter school idea, for now [Oakland Tribune]
UC Berkeley summer classes bring in much needed cash [Coco Times]
Berkeley Rep’s “In the Wake” grapples with social tensions [Daily Cal]
Editorial: This is not the time for Measure C [Oakland Tribune]
Photo: mischiru/Flickr Creative Commons.
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Pick of the listings: A high-up Claremont house
This is one of the nicest listed houses I have seen in a while in Berkeley. Of course, you would expect it to be pretty fine with a $1.695 million price tag.
Nevertheless, high prices don’t always equate to appealing homes, and there’s an awful lot to like with this five-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home at 90 The Uplands. There’s also one thing not to like — a potential deal breaker in fact — but we’ll come to … Continue reading »
Stealth knitting on public sculpture deemed illegal
A stealth knitting project which involved creating a cozy cover for a piece of public sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border has come to the attention of the authorities who have asked that it be taken down.
We reported last week on the covert night-time “yarn bombing” operation which led to the “Here and There” sculpture on Adeline Street becoming, effectively, “Here and Here” after the letter “T” was given a knitted covering.
Berkeley City’s Civic Arts Coordinator … Continue reading »
Market Report: Making seasonal adjustments
Usually by this time of year my kitchen counter is laden with sweet raspberries for making jam, strawberries for sprinkling on cereal, snap-peas and fresh beans for eating and cooking — all from the farmers’ market. By June I’m devouring breathy salads (not warming soups) made with first-growth greens, and planning summer canning sessions using local fruit.
And yet, today it’s raining again, and soup is on the stove. Farmers market offerings … Continue reading »
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Home hunting in Berkeley: Lessons learned
Berkeleyside contributing writer Kim Weisberg is looking for a new home to rent. Today she kicks off an occasional column in which she reveals the dark underbelly of house hunting in our city.
My boyfriend and I have been looking for a new home for a few months, mostly casually, with the occasional “two open houses in one evening after work” or “can we really see that many places in one weekend?” marathon. We are mainly focusing on Berkeley (from about Alcatraz to North Berkeley BART, and from Sacramento to College) and Rockridge, though we are investigating the Adams Point neighborhood of Lake Merritt as well. Our situation is not unique by any means, but we do have several… shall we say, “stipulations” that make our search a little challenging.
First and foremost: laundry hook-ups in-unit. We own a stacked washer/dryer, and finding an apartment that can accommodate even our small machine is a challenge. It’s hard to imagine going back to shared, coin-operated facilities when you are used to your own private machine in your apartment. And after dropping over $1,000 for this machine a year ago, it just doesn’t make much sense to sell it for half its value and go back to hoarding quarters. Hard truth: Most Berkeley-area apartments come with coin-op laundry in the basement. Some have fancy, clean (coin-op) laundry rooms (the ad will usually mention this). Very few have hook-ups in unit.
Second, there is the parking/transportation issue. I own a car — he doesn’t. We need either one off-street parking space, or safe, easy street parking. We also need to be close enough to BART so that he can safely ride his bike to and from the station. Hard truth: Apartments that are close to BART are either affordable and in sketchy neighborhoods or expensive and in fantastic neighborhoods. Many places have off-street parking, though often it comes at an additional monthly fee. Tip: Always ask if the neighborhood street parking requires a permit. … Continue reading »
Trek in Himalayas led to Berkeley’s Himalaya Fair
When Berkeley residents flock to Live Oak Park on Memorial Day weekend for the 27th annual Himalayan Fair, few probably realize that the festival’s roots stretch back to the cold and snowy mountains of Nepal.
Arlene Blum, the Berkeley chemist who had led the first all-female ascent of Annapurna, spent the winter of 1981-82 trekking across the Himalayas. As she climbed from peak to peak she kept running into fairs where people prayed to their ancestors, worshipped … Continue reading »
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