Daily Archives: November 3, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 11.03.10
“American Idol” singer to appear in Berkeley Playhouse’s “Cinderella” [Playhouse]
Haas sports business lecturer Sandy Alderson to lead New York Mets [UC Berkeley]
French new-music group Ensemble Zellig to play UC Berkeley Sunday [Chronicle]
Man arrested after allegedly robbing several UCB frat houses [Daily Cal]
Susanna Barrows, UCB professor emerita of history, dies in Berkeley at 65 [UC Berkeley]
Photo: Keoki Seu.
Berkeley pulls out the stops for Dia de Los Muertos
Berkeleysider Mark Day shot this high-definition video of yesterday’s Dia de Los Muertos parade in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood – and we think it is lovely and captures the spirit of the event very well. Thanks for sending it our way Mark.
City supports public education with Measures H and I
As we reported last night, the results on Berkeley Unified School District’s Measures H and I proved thoroughly undramatic throughout the evening. Measure H, which approved a parcel tax to fund maintenance, required a two-thirds majority to pass. It actually surpassed 80%. Measure I, which allows for up to $210 million in bonds to be issued to fund a number of capital projects, needed a 55% majority. It received nearly 77%. Contrast those resounding results with neighboring Oakland, … Continue reading »
Berkeley voters choose direction for downtown
Berkeley voters overwhelmingly approved a new downtown plan Tuesday, paving the way for construction of five new tall buildings and a denser, transit-oriented community.
Voters passed the controversial Measure R with 64% of the vote.
“I was floored that 64% of the people voted the way they did,” Mayor Tom Bates said Wednesday. “It said to me that people understand global warming. If we want to reduce it we have to have people living downtown, near … Continue reading »
17-year old arrested for attempted murder
Berkeley police have arrested a 17-year old Berkeley High School junior in connection with allegedly shooting his 14-year old best friend on Oct. 30.
The shooting happened at 3:26 pm in the 1500 block of Alcatraz Avenue. The 17-year old and 14-year old Berkeley High freshman were at the 17-year old’s Alcatraz Avenue apartment when the shooting happened. Police have not released details about how the gun went off. The 17-year old’s grandmother has said … Continue reading »
Sustainability summit: Berkeley’s green innovators
We live in a place which can rightfully boast of being on the cutting edge in terms of environmental initiatives. But there’s always more to explore and new approaches to discover.
With that in mind, this Saturday evening offers the chance to find out about a range of sustainability efforts going on within our city limits.
Learn, for instance, how the foodie entrepreneurs at Gather put the concept of slow money into practice to get their award-winning restaurant off … Continue reading »
Election 2010 results: Berkeley winners
Berkeleyside’s Lance Knobel was stationed at Alameda’s Registrar of Voters offices from 8pm last night live-blogging the election results until the wee hours. He posted the last results at 1.35am this morning.
Here is the summary for those too busy to relive the step-by-step drama.
City Council Incumbent City Councilmembers all held their seats (although Worthington faces an instant runoff the result of which should be announced Friday): District 7 – Kriss Worthington 1,301 (49.79%), George Beier 930 (35.59%), … Continue reading »
Where in Berkeley?
Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the comments.
Update, 14.07: Berkeleyside reader “ex elf” correctly guessed that this is the street number painted on the wall of 2405 Prospect Street. Congratulations to “ex elf”.
Photo: Sandy Friedland.
