Daily Archives: March 21, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 03.21.11
East Bay cities are courting Berkeley Lab [New York Times]
Berkeley residents prepare for radioactive fallout [The Daily]
St. Mary’s basketball team takes NorCal Division IV [Mercury News]
Fanny Singer, daughter of Alice Waters, is a foodie, too [WSJ]
PIQ holds fundraiser for Japan [PIQ Facebook]
Peter Gabriel will perform in Berkeley in June [Rock Edition]
Cookbook by Chez Panisse’s David Tanis nominated for James Beard award [Inside Scoop]
Program to help survivors of male sexual abuse comes to Berkeley March 23 [Business Wire]
Photo: Resting from the storms Wnewton1948/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Workers from Berkeley’s Pacific Steel go on strike
About 470 workers at the Pacific Steel Casting plant went on strike around midnight Monday to protest what they characterized as unfair take-backs by the foundry’s management.
After talks broke down between the owners of Pacific Steel and representatives from Local 164B of the Glass, Molders, and Pottery Union, scores of workers set up pickets in front of the company’s plants on Second Street near Gilman and at a warehouse on Fifth Street.
“We are on strike as of today,” said Carlos Costa, the local rep for the GMP union. “The company gave us a proposition and it was a really bad proposition. The vote was 99 to 1 to reject the proposition and 99 to 1 to go on strike.” … Continue reading »
Playhouse steps through the wardrobe with “Narnia”
Berkeley Playhouse’s lastest production, “Narnia”, based on the first book in “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis, is a feast for the eyes and lives up to the high professional standards set by the Berkeley company.
Highlights include the stage sets by scenic designer Nina Ball, and the ensemble’s uniformly superb acting skills. “Narnia” is directed by Jon Tracy — who most recently directed the Playhouse’s productions of The BFG, The Wizard of Oz and Planet Z — and features a musical score with music by Thomas Tierney and lyrics by Ted Drachman.
“Narnia” runs trough April 3rd at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. For more information, visit the Berkeley Playhouse website.
The Freedom Buses, with student designs, ready to roll
An AC Transit bus wrapped in artwork commemorating the civil rights movement, created by Berkeley High School Arts and Humanities Academy students, will go on display on March 25 to the public.
The bus is part of the Freedom Bus Project, a joint effort by the Alameda County Office of Education and AC Transit, in conjunction with West Contra Costa Unified School District and Art IS Education. The project honors the 55th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ historic bus ride in Montgomery, Alabama. Project co-chair and AC Transit Board Director, Joel Young, said: “There is a gap in education when it comes to teaching civil rights, and our goal is to bridge that gap by integrating civil rights and the arts.” … Continue reading »
Part-time MBA program a boon for professionals
By Belinda Lyons-Newman
For 15 years, Nicole Sanchez worked in the non-profit sector leading youth leadership and educational equity organizations around the country, including working on achievement gap issues as executive director of Berkeley Alliance.
As Sanchez took on increasing responsibility in her career, she decided she needed more organizational development expertise to make a deeper impact on the communities whose lives she was working to improve. With a full-time job and two school-age children, Sanchez did not see herself quitting her job to return full-time to school. … Continue reading »
Is this the last home week for men’s gymnastics at Cal?
On Friday at 7:30 p.m., Cal’s men’s gymnastics team takes to the floor against arch-rival Stanford at the Haas Pavilion. Unless supporters of the team can present a plan that will raise $4 million over the next five years, the meet could be the team’s final home meet ever.
University of California Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced in September that five sports — baseball, rugby, men’s and women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse — would be eliminated as varsity sports. The outcry that followed that announcement, and the feverish efforts of supporters for the sports, resulted in a reprieve last month for three of the sports, but baseball and men’s gymnastics were still left out in the cold. … Continue reading »
