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- 08/27/2013 - MARK EPSTEIN / The Trauma of Everyday Life
- 08/24/2013 - The goat Rodeo Sessions
- 08/20/2013 - Yang Fudong and Philippe Pirotte in Conversation
- 08/03/2013 - Book Signing and Discussion with Dave Kehr, followed by The Lawless Breed
Daily Archives: July 11, 2012
The Berkeley Wire: 07.11.12
Berkeley F.A.C.T.S. initiative to appear on November ballot [Daily Cal]
Ashby a work in progress [Patch]
District receives $20,000 grant to fund waste reduction education [Daily Cal]
A new world for Truffaldino [Express]
UC Berkeley names new director of undergraduate admissions [UCB]
Prostitution investigation has led to closure of 12 massage parlors [Tribune]
New home for the Tuesday Farmers’ Market [Express]
The Gather playlist [BANG]
Photo: Rise and Shine, Berkeleytown by D.H. Parks/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
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Berkeley sitting ban goes to ballot after raucous meeting
While three councilmembers were singing protest songs with the audience, the Berkeley City Council abruptly voted 6-0-3 early Wednesday morning to place a contentious sitting ban on the November ballot – a move that was immediately challenged as illegal by its opponents.
The three councilmembers who abstained from voting are planning to challenge the legality of the vote because it was held before the council had debated the measure and before all public speakers had commented.
“I was stunned,” said Councilmember Max Anderson after the measure passed amidst the chaos. “I did not vote. It’s outrageous that they ran this thing through without any discussion. This illegal motion is the last in a series of anti-democratic positions taken by this mayor and his cronies.”
Councilmember Jesse Arreguín, who had been planning to presented an alternative proposal to the council that Bates did not allow to be discussed - but was not permitted by Bates to do so – said the spontaneous vote was “the most outrageous thing I’ve seen the council do.”
“We’re going to have to get lawyers to look at this tape and evaluate it,” said Councilmember Kriss Worthington, the third abstention and the first council member to join the impassioned community members in song. … Continue reading »
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The farmers’ market moves to Lorin district
The Tuesday Berkeley Farmers’ Market moved to its new location at Adeline and 63rd Street in the Lorin District yesterday and the new spot drew the market’s biggest crowd of the year, according to Ben Feldman, the market manager for the Ecology Center.
While 2,000 to 2,500 people generally come to the Tuesday market during the summer months, hourly counts on July 10 indicated that numbers were higher than that, he said. And the crowd appeared more ethnically diverse, too.
“Our customer counts indicated that this was the busiest market all year,” said Feldman. “It certainly seemed that our turnout for the market yesterday was a more diverse crowd. We had a lot of new faces that our vendors didn’t recognize. We had a lot of our old standbys, too, like people from restaurants.” … Continue reading »
Bond measures take steps toward ballot
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to place a $30 million streets and watershed bond on the November ballot, but will hold off on the final language and shape of the measure until next week.
The council also adopted a final EIR for the West Berkeley Project and indicated its support for placing a measure on the ballot, but also deferred a final decision until next week so city staff can figure out wording. … Continue reading »
Power failure closes BART, shuts businesses
The downtown BART station and numerous businesses in the downtown area were closed for about 90 minutes Tuesday evening after a power outage.
The electricity went out after an equipment failure at 5:29 pm and was restored at 7:09 pm, according to PG&E officials. About 7,000 customers were affected.
Update 4:30 pm: Deputy Fire Chief Gil Dong said there was an underground electrical vault fire at MLK and University Avenue. The fire caused the manhole cover to blow off and … Continue reading »
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Where in Berkeley?
Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the Comments.
Update, 10:25am: Rachel A. is our winner this week. She identified the photo as being the former H.J. Heinz Company factory building located at 2900 San Pablo Avenue. Neil Mishalov, who took the photo, says: “The picture was taken from Heinz Street; the north side of the building. H.J. Heinz Company was well known for its “57 Varieties” slogan.” Congratulations Rachel!
Photo: Neil Mishalov.
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