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: July 1, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 07.01.10
Foodie mural in Gourmet Ghetto takes shape (above) [Photo: Dan Brekke]
Today is David Brower Day in Berkeley. But you knew that right? [Wilderness Within]
Doubletree Berkeley Marina Hotel in $160m mortgage default [Oakland Tribune]
Mothers of Berkeley hikers held in Iran issue new appeal [ABC 7]
Berkeley study shows Tibetans adapted to altitude in 3,000 years [UC Berkeley]
Should casual carpoolers pay for new Bay Bridge toll?
For dozens of years, there has been an informal code of conduct for casual carpooling: A driver stops, picks up two people — one who sits in the front, the other in the back — and drives across the Bay Bridge. Usually, the radio is turned to an NPR station.
But today’s advent of a $2.50 charge for carpools is going to upset all the old rules. Will drivers ask for money for the toll? Will passengers be … Continue reading »
Tagged Bay Bridge, casual carpooling, tolls
Comment: Arnieville is making news in its own way
By Jane Stillwater
If you walk or drive down Adeline Street in south Berkeley right now, you will see dozens of disabled people camping out on the median strip in the middle of the street. “We call this place Arnieville,” I was told. That, however, is not breaking news. This story has already been covered on TV.
People on crutches and in wheelchairs are out in force, protesting a whole bunch of huge new state budget cuts … Continue reading »
Tagged Arnieville, Jane Stillwater
The Local Beet: talking about what you eat
Rachel Gross is about to start her senior year at UC Berkeley. A former writer and editor for The Daily Californian, Rachel was also a “blogtern” for the New York Times’ Bay Area blog and writes for The Choice, a Times’ blog on the college admissions process. In addition to covering news stories for Berkeleyside, Rachel will occasionally be sharing her personal observations about events in the city.
By Rachel Gross
Here in the Bay … Continue reading »
Berkeley police identify man whom officers killed
Berkeley city police identified the man whom officers shot and killed on Monday night as Choung Van Nguyen, 25. Police do not know where he was living right before his death.
Nguyen was shot around 10:45 pm Monday after he had been involved in a hit and run car accident in Albany. Police there chased his Honda Accord into Berkeley, where Nguyen abandoned his car on San Pablo Avenue and ran a few blocks to 8th and and Camelia.
Comment: Voting on Measure C shows a city split
Robert Collier, co-chair of the Berkeley Pools Campaign, has analysed the results of the votes cast for and against Measure C, the failure of which led to yesterday’s closure of Willard Pool.
At 7:30 pm Wednesday, after exactly 46 years and four days of serving the children and adults of south Berkeley, Willard Pool closed for what may be the last time. Swimmers finished their final laps as the sun set westward. Lifeguards drew the covers and prepared to turn off … Continue reading »
Tagged Measure C, Willard pool
