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: November 1, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 11.01.10
UC Berkeley becomes first public university to top $50k in tuition, room and board [NPR]
No shortage of Earth-like planets, Berkeley scientists say [Ars Technica]
Congresswoman visits Matsui program at university [UC Berkeley NewsCenter]
Berkeley economic history lab gets grant from Institute for New Economic Thinking [INET]
Berkeley’s animal shelter brings pets to Fourth Street by Robert McNicholas/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Berkeley police make second arrest in murder
A member of Berkeley’s notorious Waterfront Gang, who has also played a role in an ongoing feud with Oakland gangs, has been arrested in connection with last week’s murder on Sacramento Street,
Coleon Lee Carroll, 20, has been charged with murdering Gary Ferguson Jr. as he was walking down Sacramento Street around 8:45 am on Oct. 26, as well with the attempted murder of another man who was shot, armed robbery and assault.
Police have also charged Brandon … Continue reading »
Berkeley Rep acquires new pre-production base
Berkeley Repertory Theater has acquired a new campus in West Berkeley to house all of its pre-production activities, including offices, costume, prop and scene shop, and storage. The 62,000 sq. ft. building at 999 Harrison will give the Rep approximately 50% more space than it currently uses for these activities at roughly half the current cost of the five sites it currently uses in Berkeley and Oakland.
“It’s been a necessity for a couple of decades but it became really … Continue reading »
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What was your favorite Halloween moment?
Cute chick/Photo: Tracey Taylor
In the generally good-natured scrum of Halloween on Russell Street in the Elmwood, one father and his baby — temporarily and probably unknowingly a chick — stood out for costume originality and cuteness.
Other notable highlights were a jaw-dropping puppet/music show at the east end of Russell (it must have been automated — anyone know how this worked?) and the circus, complete with big top, on the corner of Russell and Kelsey. Elmwood dwellers hear that Mariposa in North Berkeley is as grand. Can that possibly be true?
What were your favorite Halloween moments in Berkeley? Tell us in the comments below or send us your photos. Below the fold, we have some photos of the Thousand Oaks Halloween parade from Friday, thanks to Berkeleysider Christine Staples: … Continue reading »
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Running Wolf promotes tree-sit in People’s Park
Zachary Running Wolf, who participated in the long-running tree sit near Cal’s Memorial Stadium and who ran for mayor of Berkeley in 2008, has started is promoting a tree sit in the northeast corner of People’s Park. A tree sitter Running Wolf ascended the tree late last night and built a platform about 40 feet up, to protest what he sees as the ongoing destruction of People’s Park by the university.
“It … Continue reading »
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Jackets’ Spirit Week includes 53-6 win over El Cerrito
At least two of Berkeley High’s teams are riding high in the wake of Spirit Week. The girls’ golf team won their league and last week placed 10th out of 33 teams in the Division I golf qualifier. That achievement gained them entry to the Norcal Division I championships, which start today at Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch.
While low scores were the key for the golfers, the Jackets football team is racking up eye-wateringly high scores these days.
