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 28, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 5.28.10
UC Berkeley freshmen who entered in 2009 had average 4.10 GPA [New York Times]
“Education Matters” is theme of Cal’s summer reading list [UC Berkeley]
Group sues East Bay Regional Parks over Eucalyptus tree removal [Coco Times]
Scientists challenge UC Berkeley team’s claim of “Ardi” as new human [New York Times]
Berkeley entrepreneur sells conversation starting game [Oakland Tribune]
Photo: Steps by Claudie C-G/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley’s car-free mayor
“A little over a year ago I sold my beloved Volvo S80 T6 sedan — my 26th car — and set off on a new adventure: shrinking my already relatively small carbon footprint.” So reports Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (above) in his latest newsletter. The fact that he can figure out exactly how many cars he has owned either indicates that he’s meticulous about keeping records or that he really did love his cars.
The car-free mayor is … Continue reading »
Safeway’s plan for Albany store meets resistance
Safeway wants its customers to have a peak experience while shopping at its stores.
Trouble is, many neighborhood residents seem to be skeptical of the impacts those “enhanced” experiences will offer.
In recent years, Safeway has met tough resistance to its plans to transform its 1,710 stores into “lifestyle stores,” complete with in-hour bakeries, floral shops, pharmacies, delis, and separate sections for meat and fish.
When Safeway announced plans to tear down its 1950s era store on Claremont and … Continue reading »
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Berkeley Bites: Tanya Henderson
Tanya Henderson is a cooking instructor for the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). During the day she cooks with teens at Willard Middle School. Once a week she whips up dishes with kids in the after-school program at Malcolm X Elementary. She also teaches evening nutrition classes to parents at several BUSD locations.
A former New Yorker who worked in television — including directing a season of MTV’s Real World – Henderson moved to Berkeley to attend Continue reading »
City of Berkeley sued over Mitch Kapor home
A group of Berkeley residents has filed suit against the City of Berkeley for failing to act with due process when it approved the application, by Lotus founder and philanthropist Mitch Kapor, to build a new home at 2707 Rose Street.
The newly formed Berkeley Hillside Preservation group filed a petition in the Alameda Superior Court yesterday stating that the city had exempted the Kapor application from an environmental review that is mandated under the California Environmental … Continue reading »
Tagged 2707 Rose Street, Mitch Kapor
