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The Berkeley Wire: 09.22.11

September 22, 2011 4:55 pm by Tracey Taylor

Albany residents say no to Berkeley Lab [BANG]
iPhones a popular robbery target in Berkeley [Daily Cal]
Berkeley Lab cites sea levels as concern for Alameda campus [BANG]
UC Berkeley students protest funding cuts [Chronicle]
Andrew Clough appointed new public works director [City of Berkeley]
Students play out Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus [California]
New computer lab at Berkeley High “like an Apple store” [BUSD]
Joy in Berkeley as Chabad dedicates new headquarters [JWeekly]
After 13 years, no more records from Absolutely Kosher [SFWeekly]

Photo: Near 4th St, by tracymcbride/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.

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  • A Ess Bee

    Any news on why a helicopter has been hovering over downtown Berkeley most of today?  

  • http://berkeleyside.com Tracey Taylor

    Most likely because of the student protests going on at Cal.

  • http://radar.oreilly.com/2007/09/local-recycle-reuse-hits-a-bur.html The Sharkey

    Another protest on campus. Plus one of the students apparently tried to grab an officer’s gun. Yikes.

    The link to the Chronicle has more on the story:
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/22/BAGI1L4JNH.DTL&tsp=1

  • A Ess Bee

    I should have known.

  • Anonymous

    That is the reason why a news helicopter has been flying over downtown Berkeley all afternoon, on a really beautiful day.  Of course, it’s not a good reason to fly a helicopter over downtown Berkeley all afternoon, on a really beautiful day.  The incredible waste of fuel alone would justify shooting the helicopter down with a surface-to-air missile.  Unfortunately, I don’t have one of those.  I did file a complaint with the FAA.  I still haven’t figured out which news channel is responsible but when I do, they’ll get a piece of my mind, too.

    It’s absolutely disgusting.

  • Heather W.

    I never have a problem with student protests, but the assault on an officer was simply an attention-getting tactic; the students don’t understand that the intensity of their protests should be in direct proportion to what they are protesting against or for. This particular protest didn’t warrant such behavior.