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: September 1, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 9.1.10
Morning Benders band still look fresh from UC Berkeley campus (above) [SF Weekly]
Berkeley High are favorites in ACCAL league despite losses [Oakland Tribune]
Bancroft Library opens “Celebrating Mexico” exhibit [Canada Views]
Berkeley scientists’ green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel [SF Public Press]
Thursday September 2 decreed a Spare the Air Day [Spare the Air]
Berkeley named America’s “new” foodie destination [Qantas Magazine]
Zut alors! New restaurant opens in Eccolo space
Almost exactly one year after chef Christopher Lee shut up shop for the final time at Eccolo, his Italian-inspired restaurant on Berkeley’s Fourth Street, a new restaurant has opened in its place
Zut! — as in zut alors, the French for “shoot” or “shucks” – is serving regional Mediterranean dishes prepared by executive chef Jim Wimborough, 35, a graduate of Home, Kokkari, Grand Café, Boulevard and Rubicon, all in San Francisco, as well as Evvia Estiatorio in … Continue reading »
Tagged Christopher Lee, Eccolo, Jim Wimborough, Zut!
“Parenthood” works to up the Berkeley content
Bob Patterson yesterday came across a second unit film crew from Parenthood doing some shooting on Telegraph Avenue. Many locals have criticized the NBC series both for filming in Southern California and for representing a decidedly faux Berkeley.
I wouldn’t count on a major change, but it’s nice that they’ll be interleaving some more footage of the real Berkeley in the coming second series.
Photo by Bob Patterson/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Tagged Parenthood
Why the Berkeley mountain lion was not tranquillized
Our story yesterday, about the Gourmet Ghetto mountain lion which was shot and killed at 3.26am on Walnut Street, elicited unprecedented interest from Berkeleyside readers. Many of the commenters on the story wondered, in particular, why the police officers shot the lion, rather than tranquillize it.
According to Fish and Game warden Patrick Foy, there are very few instances where tranquillizers are an option with mountain lions. “When the animals are bounding over fences, as happened in Berkeley, … Continue reading »
Berkeley schools begin new year
By 8:15, the asphalt playing field of Emerson Elementary School in south Berkeley was filled with nervous kindergarteners, anxious (and happy) parents, and delighted kids, all gathered for an all-school rally before the first day of classes.
The kids lined up in rows according to their grades. The teachers stood in front of them, and camera-toting parents stood in the back.
Right after the new kindergarten students filed into their classrooms, the teachers led the students in a … Continue reading »
