Daily Archives: November 9, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 11.09.10
Stanford grads fight for Cal sports [KGO TV]
Cal doctor to head up Olympic medical team [Daily Cal]
Art inspired by the gear at REI [Urban Sketchers]
Biogeochemist Jillian Banfield wins two prestigious awards [UC News]
Berkeley barbershop owner fatally shot by Oakland police [NBC News]
UC graduate students, union workers rally for fair contracts [Daily Cal]
“Rethink” your holiday meal at cookbook author panel [Books Inc]
What did California look like before people?
When Laura Cunningham was growing up in Kensington, she used to walk to school and wonder what the East Bay looked like before buildings and roads covered everything.
That curiosity about the landscape continued as Cunningham got a degree in paleontology at Cal and natural science illustration degree at UC Santa Cruz. So in the early 1990s, Cunningham began to research what California looked like when it was teeming with elk and antelope rather than cars and people. The … Continue reading »
Berkeley teen released from custody
The 17-year old who was being held by police in connection with the Oct. 30 shooting of a 14-year old Berkeley High freshman has been released from custody.
The 17-year old had been detained for almost a week at Juvenile Hall in San Leandro after Berkeley police arrested him in connection with the shooting of Larry Malik Grayson. He has since been released, according to Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Matt Golde.
Berkeley police issued a press release … Continue reading »
Hosts of KPFA’s Morning Show axed
The executive director of the Pacifica Foundation laid off the staff of KPFA’s popular The Morning Show on Monday as part of a cost cutting measure.
Arlene Englehardt laid off co-hosts Aimee Allison and Brian Edwards-Tiekert on Monday and informed them by letter that they would be paid through Dec. 8.
“We come to you this morning with a heavy heart,” co-host Aimee Allison told KPFA listeners at 7 am this morning at what may be the last broadcast of … Continue reading »
