Daily Archives: August 29, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 08.29.11
From Spanish Harlem to Hollywood: The amazing story of Rita Moreno [Diablo]
Berkeley’s Jefferson School cited in SF schools payment scandal [The Bay Citizen]
Berkeley man arrested in Vallejo after high-speed pursuit [Times-Herald]
Arthur Boone is recycling editor in “paradise” [Chronicle]
UC Berkeley Admissions Director Walter Robinson heads to UC Davis [UCB]
Berkeley Rep to premiere “How to Write a New Book for the Bible” [Broadway World]
Berkeley taxi driver attacks fellow cabbie in SF with tire iron [Bay City News]
UC Berkeley ranks third in Washington Monthly’s annual list [Daily Cal]
Anh Hong brings Vietnamese verve to Berkeley [BANG]
BART protests expected from 5pm tonight, disruptions possible [AP]
Photo: Fog rolling in to Cesar Chavez Park, by mfox327/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Cheese Board Chez Panisse celebration closed down early
The Cheese Board Collective marked Gourmet Ghetto neighbor Chez Panisse’s 40th birthday by serving free slices of its legendary pizza to customers on Saturday night. The celebrations were curtailed at around 10:30pm, however, after the police, acting on a call from the public, asked that crowds disperse and the party be wound down.
According to Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Sgt Mary Kusmiss, at around 10:00 p.m. a community member called to report a noise complaint consisting of a “loud … Continue reading »
Student director hopes to address “opportunity gap”
On August 31, Maddy Roberts, a senior at Berkeley High, will face one of her most important challenges yet: representing the 9,000 students in the Berkeley Unified School District.
Roberts, 17, was elected in May to serve as the Student Director for the forthcoming year, which means she will sit on the school board and represent the diverse student voices in the district.
Roberts won the position in a race that attracted the high school’s most politically ambitious and passionate … Continue reading »
Downtown Summer Cinema series closes with bang
The finale of Center Street Summer Cinema, a free outdoor movie series launched this year by the Downtown Berkeley Association and sponsored by Berkeleyside, was deemed a success.
An estimated 500 people turned out to see The Big Lebowski, a quintessential Berkeley movie if ever there was one, which was shown on the side of the future Berkeley Art Museum in the Bank of America parking lot.
Before the feature, participants enjoyed free entertainment from Oakland’s Fire Collective … Continue reading »
Berkeley High supports staffer after brutal murder
A fund has been established at Berkeley High School to support Dinesh Kumar, the school’s day custodian, whose family was the victim of a vicious home invasion on Friday which resulted in the death of Kumar’s mother.
In an email sent to the BHS community this morning, Principal Pasquale Scuderi said that early Friday morning Kumar was shot multiple times after at least one intruder entered his home. His mother, Sushila Prasad, who moved here from Fiji recently, was shot and killed.
Kumar’s … Continue reading »
Berkeley city, school ratings remain AA+
One of the more unusual results of the controversial downgrading of US Treasury bonds from AAA to AA+ by Standard & Poors on August 5th is that bonds issued by the City of Berkeley are now rated at the same level as the world’s most liquid and largest financial instrument.
“We’re AA+,” said Robert Hicks, the city’s Director of Finance. “That’s the rating the US government has,” he adds with a slight chuckle.
Bond ratings determine the creditworthiness of a debt … Continue reading »
Photo essay: Edible learning at the Berkeley Art Museum
On Saturday, the grounds of the Berkeley Art Museum were transformed into an open campus and living kitchen as myriad food makers and food-related initiatives were displayed to the public — or at least those who had reserved (free) reservations for the event.
OPENEducation was held to commemorate the 40th birthday of Chez Panisse restaurant (wasn’t everything this weekend?). Hundreds of visitors strolled the museum’s gardens and terraces, sipping watermelon agua frescas, tasting fresh-made vegetable tacos while learning about bee-keeping, … Continue reading »
