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 7, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 07.07.10
Berkeley architect Barry Elbasani, founder of ELS Architecture, dies [SF Chronicle]
Aurora kicks off new season with “Trouble in Mind” with Margo Hall [Aurora Theatre]
Berkeley author Vanessa Barrington reads from Heirloom Beans at BPL [BPL]
Chamber of Commerce offers SEO and marketing workshop[Chamber of Commerce]
Berkeley Lab geologist studies the ground beneath his feet [Physorg.com]
Photo: French Hotel by barnali/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Market Report: Bleinheim apricots
By Romney Steele
Near come and gone by now, I have to give a shout-out to my favorite apricot, the Blenheim (sometimes referred to as Royal Blenheim, or simply Royal), before it’s too late. This petite but sublime variety with its speckled, blush appearance has a short season, usually peaking by end of June but, due to delayed harvest, they can still be found now.
Prized for their flavor and intense honeysuckle aroma, they have … Continue reading »
Yarn bombers strike again on public art in Berkeley
The underground knitting activists have struck again, and this time their target is one of the pair of imposing sculptures on Berkeley’s I-80 pedestrian overpass near University Avenue. The sculpture on the east side of the bridge now features a knitted cozy covering the book of the reader in the work of art.
The sculpture, called “Berkeley Big People,” is by Emeryville artist Scott Donahue and was erected in 2008. It immortalizes Berkeley’s greatest protests, from People’s Park to … Continue reading »
Where in Berkeley?
Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the comments.
Update 922.05: Barely two minutes after this photo was published Berkeleysider Ira Serkes guessed correctly that it was taken on Colusa Avenue between Solano and Sonoma Avenues. Congratulations Ira on being this week’s speedy winner.
Photo: Whitney Moss.
Tagged Where in Berkeley?
Marijuana growing business could expand in Berkeley
Berkeley’s medical marijuana industry might greatly expand under two proposed ballot measures that the city council is on the way to placing on the November ballot.
Currently, there are three large-scale dispensaries in the city that provide medical cannabis to thousands of patients. The dispensaries are not permitted to grow or produce their own product, but must get it from small collectives or businessmen that grow it.
Under the proposed laws, Berkeley would allow as many … Continue reading »
Tagged medical cannabis, medical marijuana
UC police investigating death of college student
UC Berkeley police are investigating the death of a Sacramento State University student who was found unconscious in the 2500 block of Haste Street around 9 am July 2.
Nicholas Bailey, 21, died at Highland Hospital on July 4, two days after he had been discovered lying on the street under a balcony, suffering from head trauma and abrasions around his hands, according to news reports. He was removed from life support after his organs were donated.
Bailey was … Continue reading »
UC Berkeley appoints new chair of architecture
After conducting a search outside the university to fill the position, UC Berkeley has appointed Tom J. Buresh, Emil Lorch Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, as chair of the College of Environmental Design’s Department of Architecture. His four-year term began on July 1.
Buresh is an active architect with extensive teaching and academic administration experience. He is a principal in the firm Guthrie + Buresh Architects, and previously served as senior project designer for … Continue reading »
