Daily Archives: June 15, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 06.15.11
Berkeley overtime debated [East Bay Express]
Molestation hearing continues for Albany-Berkeley soccer coach [Patch]
A season of grit and magic for Cal baseball team [UCB News]
Alice Medrich wins award for cookie cookbook [Press Democrat]
Second AfroUrbanites “pop-up” dinner at Guerilla Cafe [SF Foodie]
Homelessness in Berkeley and Singapore [Asian Correspondent]
Berkeley front yards impress editor [MarthaStewart.com]
Visiting cook likes Berkeley Bowl and Monterey Market [Emerils.com]
Photo: Berkeley Bowl, by D.H Parks/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
General Appliance closes its doors after 72 years
General Appliance, which has been selling appliances in Berkeley under numerous names since 1939, abruptly shut its doors on Monday.
The store, located on Shattuck between Dwight and Ward, is still stocked with refrigerators, cabinets and other kitchen goods, but has a sign on the door announcing the closure.
Efforts to reach Don Collins, the store’s owner, to discover why he shut the business, were not successful. There was no message about the closure on the store’s answering machine or on its website.
But appliance stores have been facing increasing competition in recent years from the Internet and big box merchandisers like Home Depot. … Continue reading »
Berkeley schools see new appointments at the top
It’s like a game of musical chairs at Berkeley schools right now, as a group of new faces move into top positions following the departure of key personnel.
John Muir and Oxford Elementary schools, King Middle School and Berkeley Technology Academy (B-Tech) have new principals, and there’s a new vice-principal at Berkeley High.
Jason Lustig’s decision to pursue an academic course at Harvard, which saw him step down from his position as principal of King Middle School at the end of this academic year, set the ball in motion for several appointments that followed. Lustig, was in the post for four years after a stint as principal at Cragmont Elementary School. … Continue reading »
Berkeley street style: Geeky good spectacles
By Dana Smith
In a city that prides itself on seeking the truth behind the headlines and the nuances beyond the soundbites, it’s not unexpected that Berkeleyans would want to sharpen their vision at all times.
The real surprise in this fleece-and-clog town is the degree of style they’re bringing to the act of seeing and truth-seeking.
Heavy, geek-inspired plastic rims reflecting the city’s academic pedigree dominate, from farmers’ markets to cafés, but when the sun came out at the … Continue reading »
Berkeley’s future art museum already a magnet for art
A certain white wall on Center Street is clearly proving very inviting for street artists on the hunt for a fresh canvas.
The building on the corner of Center and Oxford, which will one day house the Berkeley Art Museum after it moves from its seismically unsafe home on Bancroft Way, has been used by a number of artists of late.
On Monday, two college students from out of town were carefully gluing black paper cutouts of butterflies … Continue reading »
Where in Berkeley?
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Photo: Steven Donaldson.
Alan Aki is this week’s winner. Congratulations! The photo was taken on Indian Trail. (Link to map)
