Daily Archives: September 8, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 09.08.11
Byron Williams: Innovative program targets at-risk fathers [Oakland Tribune]
Grilled Cheese Guy to hold underground brunch in Berkeley [Behind the Cart]
Best college towns for food: Berkeley ranked number one [The Daily Meal]
Local film highlights women in yoga [East Bay Express]
Post 9/11 muslims find tolerance and prejudice in Berkeley [Patch]
Tomorrow: first ever campus bike day at UC Berkeley [CBI]
Cassidy: Cal’s John Matsui helps propel science scholars [Mercury News]
BHS employee talks about deadly home invasion [Richmond Confidential]
Photo: Bad news for trees, by tracymcbride/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley’s Apple store: God is in the details
The flow of acolytes to the new Apple temple on Fourth Street is unabated, but most of them don’t pause to contemplate the dimensions of the sidewalk panels outside the store.
If part of your Apple love is the company’s attention to every detail in design, that’s a mistake. As ifoAppleStore.com recently explained, the new Berkeley store illustrates that obsession. The generating module for the design is the 76 centimeter square stone floor tiles in the store. The glass … Continue reading »
Rita Moreno’s life laid bare in “Life without Makeup”
When audiences entered Berkeley Rep’s Roda theater on Wednesday night, they passed by a table with a shiny display: an Oscar, a Grammy, two Emmy awards, a National Medal of the Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The awards, of course, belonged to Rita Moreno, the legendary 79-year old actress who is one of the few people to have won an EGOT, a popular term that describes the winning of all four major American entertainment awards. Moreno accomplished this … Continue reading »
Police make arrest in tire slashing incident
Berkeley police officers arrested 33-year old Mandisa Monroe of Berkeley at about 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday in connection with the tire-slashing spree on the Berkeley/Oakland border last Wednesday. She has been charged with felony vandalism.
After a thorough investigation, reevaluation of the cases, community support and discovery of evidence that linked her to the crimes, a Berkeley police sergeant obtained both a Ramey warrant for Monroe’s arrest and a search warrant for her home. During the search of … Continue reading »
Enough with the clichés: Berkeley embraces old-timers
Bashing Berkeley is a finely honed reflex in the national media, with just about any story offering lazy journalists a chance to dust off tired clichés about the People’s Republic of Bezerkleystan.
A closer look reveals a community where a passion for progressive causes is matched by a reverence for the rural past, from free-range backyard chickens and organic vegatable gardens to crafty woodworkers and the barter economy. Rather than rejecting American ideals, Berkeley has long celebrated an idealized America, … Continue reading »
In memoriam: Ernest Bicknell II, newspaperman, mentor
Paul Bicknell sent us the following obituary for his grandfather, Ernest Paul Bicknell II.
Ernest Paul “Bick” Bicknell II passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 30, 2011 in his home, surrounded by love and light, with friends and family near him. He would have been 99 this month.
Bick was a cornerstone in the Berkeley Friends Meeting on Vine Street, and deeply involved in the local community, both in Berkeley and across the border in Oakland where he lived.
Bick was the grandson of … Continue reading »
