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The Berkeley Wire: 09.07.10

September 7, 2010 4:55 pm by Tracey Taylor

UC Berkeley student runs $700,000 T-shirt business from his apartment [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley rap phenom Brandon McCartney, a.k.a. Lil B, in profile [SFBG]
Berkeley Lab building to open early, saving $500,000 [SF Biz Times]
Ethiopians gathered in Berkeley to celebrate new year, Enkutatash [Oakland North]
Berkeley residents among those giving blood on Labor Day after cop shooting [SFGate]
15-year-old starts second semester studying the stars at UC Berkeley [Mercury News]
“I only play Jewish characters.” Mandy Patinkin at Berkeley Rep [Jewish Chronicle]

Photo by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.

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    Remember how the city council was supposed to vote on recognizing the Ethiopian new year? But the majority of the council was freaked out that they might be recognizing a religious holiday, and the vote was killed.

    “’This is a non-political, non-religious event – a festival celebrating the new year,’ said Ermias Getachew, president of the ECCC.” That’s from the article the link goes to.

    Kris Worthington stressed that it was just a new year celebration before the vote. But Wonziak, Bates and others didn’t want to listen to Kris and were certain that the council was voting on the recognition of a religious holiday.