Daily Archives: March 1, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 03/01/11
Suzie Medak oversees growth of Berkeley Rep [SF Chronicle]
Specialty wine store comes to Berkeley [Daily Cal]
Students to protest lack of education funding on Wednesday [Daily Cal]
Berkeley will be center of Model UN world this weekend [Best Delegate]
Photo: Go Do by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Plexxikon bought for $805 million but staying in Berkeley
Plexxikon, a drug discovery and development company based in West Berkeley, announced yesterday that it has agreed to be acquired by Daiichi-Sankyo, a Japan-based global pharmaceutical company. Daiichi-Sankyo is paying $805 million upfront for Plexxikon, and near-term milestone payments connected to approval of its PLX4032 oral drug to treat melanomas could add another $130 million to the purchase price.
According to a Plexxikon spokesperson, the company will remain in Berkeley at its current location next to Aquatic Park. … Continue reading »
Berkeley grocer vows to give back despite robbery
It was 10 am in the morning of February 17th and Jesus Mendez was just returning from the bank when he felt someone press the cold nub of a pistol into his back.
“Give me the money,” a second man said as he stepped in front of Mendez and leveled another gun at him.
Mendez, 48, the owner of Mi Tierra Foods on San Pablo Avenue and Addison, handed over the brown duffle bag containing the $30,000 in cash he had just withdrawn to run his store’s check cashing operation. The two assailants grabbed the bag and fled.
“It all happened so quickly,” Mendez said Tuesday sitting in the back office of his store. “It was very suspicious the way it happened. I went to the bank, came back, and as soon as I got out of my truck they came out of nowhere. How did they know I had so much money? Were they watching me? Was it someone who came and cashed checks?” … Continue reading »
Teen brings gun to Berkeley school to “settle” score
Berkeley police arrested a 17-year old Oakland youth this morning who brought a gun to Berkeley Technical High School to “settle some type of dispute.”
The principal of B-Tech, as the school is generally called, alerted police at 8:36 am that he had heard reports that the teenager was coming to the school with a gun, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. Apparently the young man, who is a student at B-Tech, was intending to settle a score over a incident … Continue reading »
Jefferson School teacher receives 826 Valencia Award
BUSD Board February 23, 2011 Recognition from Berkeley Public Schools on Vimeo.
Last week Jefferson Elementary School first grade teacher Beth Trevor was doubly honored. Firstly by the 826 Valencia Foundation which made her the recipient of its Teacher of the Month award. And secondly on the occasion of the Berkeley Unified School District board meeting when four of her pupils took the mic to tell board members just why they thought their teacher deserved such an award.
826 Valencia was founded in 2002 by San Francisco author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari to support students with their writing skills, and to help teachers get their students excited about the writing. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Quick — name all the Doctor Seuss film adaptations you’d gladly watch more than once. The list is, of course, very short: in fact, unless you’re an easily pleased eight-year old, there’s only one, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
This musical fantasy classic screens at 3:10pm on Wednesday March 2 at Pacific Film Archive as part of the undergraduate course, Film 50. Tickets will be available to the public as space permits.
Directed by the otherwise forgotten (and, truth … Continue reading »
