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- 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 13, 2010
Berkeley slaying victim was planning to marry
The 35 year old man who was shot and killed Sunday night while walking home from a party was a Chilean native who planned to marry his American fiancée next year.
Adolfo Ignacio Celedon had moved to Berkeley in February to be with his fiancée, a graduate student in architecture at UC Berkeley, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The pair had met a few years ago when the woman, whose name has not been released, went to Chile … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 9.13.10
Computer sciencist Horst Simon named Deputy Director of Berkeley Labs [HPC Wire]
Berkeley youth find tobacco making comeback in their culture [City of Berkeley]
Non-profit land holdings not financially helpful to city of Berkeley [Daily Cal]
UC Berkeley to hold forum on teacher evaluations [Oakland Tribune]
Local intelligence: the story behind North Berkeley’s Indian Rock [The Bay Citizen]
Photo: It’s just that kind of day by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley schools improve in statewide tests
For the fourth year in a row, schools in the Berkeley Unified School District showed improved results in California’s Academic Performance Index (API). API scores are calculated by the state Department of Education based on results in a variety of standardized tests across multiple subjects in grades 2 through 11.
The school district’s API improved to 784 in 2010 from 767 in 2009. In a district where the achievement gap in a diverse student population has been a major issue, … Continue reading »
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visits Longfellow
By Lea Baechler-Brabo
It was a busy Friday for U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, but he found the time to make his way to an 8th grade algebra classroom at Longfellow Middle School.
On his stop in Berkeley, together with U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, he heard from students that “my teachers really care about me” and from teachers that “we have high expectations for all of our students”.
Duncan, who was CEO of Chicago Public Schools before President Obama … Continue reading »
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Berkeleyans of all faiths gather to read from Koran
On Saturday, the ninth anniversary of 9/11, a large group of Berkeleyans representing many faiths, as well as atheists, gathered in Ohlone Park to read the Koran and make a peaceful stand against anti-Islam sentiment.
The event, organized by the Berkeley-based Jewish organization Or Hadash USA/Return to Daylight, was triggered by the threat made by Florida minister Terry Jones to burn a copy of the Koran, an act which provoked a nationwide media response, as well as … Continue reading »
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Where are Berkeley’s gas pipelines?
In the aftermath of the San Bruno gas explosion, many Berkeleyans may be wondering where the pipelines are located in our city.
Berkeleysider Alan Tobey uncovered the National Pipeline Mapping System, a government-run geographic information system created by the Department of Transportation, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Adminstration, and the Office of Pipeline Safety.
The NPMS Public Map Viewer was overloaded throughout the weekend as thousands of people researched what pipelines crossed their towns, but Tobey … Continue reading »
Addie’s Pizza Pie will open for business this week
After several hitches which postponed its opening, Addie’s Pizza Pie held its launch party yesterday evening and will open for business on Wednesday this week. The New York-style pizzeria, which is in the old Spud’s Pizza space at 3290 Adeline, is owned by Jennifer Millar, who runs Sweet Adeline Bakeshop a block down the street, and Thomas Schnetz of Doña Tomás, Flora and Tacubaya fame.
Millar says Addie’s menu, which still needs some final tweaking, will include … Continue reading »
Out for a Stroll, with thousands of others
Thousands of Berkeleyans and other East Bayers turned out for a parade and a near-endless variety of music, entertainers, cause-related stalls and food at the 36th annual Solano Stroll yesterday.
The stroll kicked off with a parade, which meandered out of Fresno and Colusa Avenues just after 10 a.m. was headed by fire engines from Berkeley, Albany and Kensington. Close behind was an AC Transit zero-emission vehicle with Mayor Tom Bates and a host of cars with various local politicians.
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