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 2, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 9.02.10
The Times wants to get onto the Berkeley mountain lion beat [NYT]
Before Christy Romer returns to Berkeley, she depresses lunch guests in DC [WaPo]
District 7 council contest pits three out candidates [Bay Area Reporter]
Golf tourney honors BPD’s Phil Doran [CoCo Times]
Alameda Point hopes to attract Berkeley Lab campus [Inside Bay Area]
Photo by Kukkurovaca/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
3.3 earthquake halts BART
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake, with its epicenter near Richmond, was felt in Berkeley this morning at 9:35 a.m. As a matter of routine, BART trains were halted to check for structural damage.
Cori Kesler, a resident of northwest Berkeley, said she felt two rumbles. “You know how bigger earthquakes feel like a truck hit your house?” she asked. “This one felt like a Mini hit the house.”
If you felt the quake, you can add your … Continue reading »
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Mountain lion calls swamp police, including 911 calls
The shooting of the Gourmet Ghetto mountain lion has provoked enormous debate here on Berkeleyside. It has also generated a wave of calls to the Berkeley Police Department.
According to Sergeant Mary Kusmiss, the BPD public information officer, many calls have expressed “gratitude and sadness”, but there has also been “outrage” and “many whys”.
There has also been “screaming abuse and name calling”, as well as “a whole myriad of other creative ideas and commentary”.
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Berkeley: Say hello to Cal football season
School is officially in session at UC Berkeley, which means the 2010 Cal football season is upon us.
It officially begins on Saturday with the 1:00pm game against UC Davis at Memorial Stadium. Next year, games will be taking place at AT&T Park due to construction, so I’m guessing this season opener will be particularly enthusiastic.
What’s that you say? You’re not into football? You just don’t get it and think it’s all just a waste of time?
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