The Berkeley Wire: 01.24.11

January 24, 2011 4:55 pm by Frances Dinkelspiel

Fitness guru and BHS graduate Jack Lalanne dies at 96 [La Times]
Former Michigan governor to teach at Cal [UC News]
Regents approve new solar center at Berkeley Lab [Daily Cal]
Apple fanboys should see Daisey’s play on Steve Jobs [Cult of Mac]
Uneven Heartbreak House by Berkeley’s Actors’ Ensemble [Examiner]
New owner of Café Med tries to keep spirit alive [Daily Cal]
David Logan, who funded investigative reporting chair at Cal, dies [Mercury News]
Is Berkeley Alameda County’s infected toe? [Bubo Blog]

Photo: Aquatic Park morning by wnewton/Berkeleyside Flickr pool


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  • http://marcsala.blogspot.com/ Marc

    The obituaries for Jack LaLanne say that his first gym was located in downtown Oakland. Does anyone know where it was, and whether the building is still around?

    The obituary in the New York Times noted that “He began experimenting with weights at the Berkeley Y.M.C.A.” I’m guessing that this was in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Might a young Jack LaLanne have worked out in the same building as many of today’s Berkeley residents?