Daily Archives: August 10, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 08.10.11
Cafe Gratitude sued for labor-code violations [East Bay Express]
Off The Grid announces its biggest ever food truck event [Bay Citizen]
Berkeley Lab and campus researchers honored for information technology innovation [Daily Cal]
Bay Area Muslim community celebrates Ramadan, holds open house [KQED]
DOE awards $7 million to advance fuel cell, hydrogen storage research [Sustainable Business]
Cal freshmen defenders make case for playing time [SF Gate]
Photo: bike_rack01 by Pete Rosos/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
UC student holds bake sale to raise tuition funds
A new shop of sorts opened up on Solano Avenue yesterday. Amalia Mourad, 18, brightly greeted passersby from behind a table displaying her own homemade chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies, Rice Krispies squares, extra-large cupcakes and brownies above a large sign that read, “Help Me Go To College.”
A passing woman, her tween daughter in tow, stopped short in front of Mourad’s sign with a groan and an “Awww.” A donation quickly followed. Her children will soon apply to college … Continue reading »
Citizen’s good turn prompts school district investigation
The discovery on Saturday of a stash of school records in a dumpster on the Le Conte Elementary School playground has prompted the Berkeley Unified School District to initiate an investigation into how school documents are stored and discarded.
“We need a clear policy and higher security,” said BUSD Superintendent Bill Huyett.
Berkeleyside revealed on Tuesday that a large number of school records had been left in a dumpster at Le Conte after reader Alicia Abramson got in touch … Continue reading »
KQED launches partnership with Berkeleyside
KQED, the nation’s most listened-to public radio station, today launched an innovative partnership with Berkeleyside and three other local online news sites. KQED is working with Berkeleyside, Oakland Local, NeighborWebSJ and SF Public Press to bring both more depth and greater coverage of local stories to the station and its website. The local sites, in turn, benefit from greater exposure of their work.
“Emerging news organizations such as Berkeleyside are vital to the information needs of the … Continue reading »
New Berkeley Facebook group strikes a chord
It’s a mystery what makes some Facebook ideas take off and other languish. Whatever the secret sauce might be, the recently created You know you grew up in Berkeley when… seems to have it.
The group was started a week ago by Trina Waldron-Hudson and already has ove 2,600 members. That already takes it past previous Berkeley/Facebook phenom Your Mom is So Berkeley, which we first wrote about in December 2009 (and still gets plenty of fresh … Continue reading »
Buffers take on taggers in Berkeley-based documentary
Max Good and Nathan Wollman’s new documentary, Vigilante Vigilante, focuses on a little known aspect of the street-art scene. Rather than exploring the work of street artists like Banksy or Richard Hambleton, and the many artists who have followed in their wake, the new film shines a light instead on taggers’ most outspoken adversaries.
“It’s not a graffiti movie in the traditional sense,” Wollman said. “It’s not stereotypical. It’s more about human behavior.”
The documentary chronicles the lives of “buffers” – impassioned vigilantes who combat graffiti with more graffiti.
Good and Wollman fell into the turf war when they noticed recurring silver blotches on Berkeley buildings and street signs. The dripping silver paint markings were not city-regulated, yet they appeared with some regularity.
Curiosity turned into obsession once the two men began pointing hidden cameras at fresh Berkeley tags, waiting to capture the elusive “Silver Buff” on camera. … Continue reading »
