Daily Archives: September 16, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 09.15.11
Hikers’ ordeal: from vacation to Iranian prison [CNN]
Bargain Bite: Phil’s Sliders, Berkeley [Chronicle]
Five reasons to take a home tour, including BAHA one [BANG]
Cal has trouble selling $225,000 football tickets [Bay Citizen]
Berkeley Rep launches initiative to foster new work [Broadway World]
Student tenants protest against local landlords [Daily Cal]
Jack’s Antiques on Adeline established in 1946 [Vintage Vintage]
Photo: Three pairs, by 2812 photography/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeleyside says thank you to our advertisers
Berkeleyside would like to take a minute to express its gratitude to our current advertisers: Alameda Webster Street Jam, Amoeba Music, Aurora Theater, Berkwood Hedge School, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Institute, Bernardo Lopez Garden Design & Installation, Carolyn Jones at The Grubb Company, Dan Suich, Donkey & Goat, Focal Point, Gather, The Grubb Company, Hotel Shattuck Plaza/Five Restaurant, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Moe’s Books, Park Day School, Pasta Bene, Photo Laboratory, Swim Across America, Telegraph Avenue Business District, Continue reading »
What’s the most Berkeley car ever?
In response to our post yesterday about the planned Fiat dealership in Berkeley, several commenters wondered what car qualifies as the most Berkeley ever.
Might it be the venerable VW van, so popular during the city’s counter-cultural heyday? Reader Charles Siegel certainly thinks so. Wilbur W. votes for the Alfa Romeo Spider as featured in The Graduate, which was partly shot in Berkeley. Others might argue the environmentally friendly Toyota Prius is emblematic of our city.
Here’s your chance to enter … Continue reading »
Berkeley Art Museum mixes old with eye-catching new
Well over 100 people came out Wednesday night to see for the first time what Berkeley’s new art museum will look like — once it sees the light of day, which will probably be in 2015 when the $90 million required to build it has been raised.
Designs for the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive were presented by Charles Renfro, principal at New York City-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro, who were appointed to the project in June last year, as … Continue reading »
The humble grilled cheese sandwich takes center stage
Michael Davidson, 29, is a man with many skills: a scientist by day, he’s the guru of the grilled cheese sandwich by night — and on weekends too.
Davidson works in medical diagnostic development, he’s currently gathering data on women’s health for research studies for his employer, the pharmaceutical giant Roche. Away from his 9 to 5 job he morphs into the GrilledCheezGuy, cooking up his version of that classic American comfort food from a mobile cart, for which he’s … Continue reading »
Police blotter: Recent crime in Berkeley
This is a partial list of recent crimes in Berkeley based on information from the Berkeley Police Department and the UC Berkeley Police Department. For other sources of information on crime in Berkeley see Community CrimeView and Crimemapping.com.
Update, 9:57am: The UC Police Department have issued the following alert:
Alert Number: 11-091311-64, UCPD Case Number 11-03600, ARMED ROBBERY, PEOPLE’S PARK
On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 9:55 p.m., a robbery via knife occurred at People’s Park. The victim, a non-affiliated 32 year old male, was … Continue reading »
