Daily Archives: July 16, 2012
The Berkeley Wire: 07.16.12
Injuries on rise for Berkeley police, firefighters [Oakland Tribune]
YMCA perk for city officials to be renewed [Chronicle]
Students, colleagues mourn passing of R. Jeffrey Lustig [Patch]
Berkeley sailing salon mixes talking, tacking [Chronicle]
Man assaults police officer outside Jupiter [Daily Cal]
The ideal summer lunch: cold soba at Ippuku [EBX]
Op/Ed: Thanks DBA for the controlled space program [Daily Planet]
Bancroft Library compiling oral histories of Bay Bridge [Chronicle]
State to reimburse Cal $30m for Berkeley Lab building [Daily Cal]
BAM presents D-L Alvarez’s first solo museum exhibition [BAM]
On best burgers: downtown Berkeley’s Phil’s Sliders [Mercury News]
Dog poisoned by death cap mushroom saved by new procedure [Tribune]
Series of recent burglaries on UC Berkeley campus [UCPD]
Berkeley Post Office, which is up for sale, by D.H Parks/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Bauer on Comal: A restaurant I would have opened
For Michael Bauer, the Chronicle’s restaurant critic, Comal, which opened in downtown Berkeley in early May, has achieved a flawless debut.
Bauer has nothing but praise for the food prepared by former Delfina chef de cuisine Matt Gandin, which he describes as being prepared with “a subtly fresh fanaticism.” He admires the impeccable service, the state-of-the-art acoustics, courtesy of Berkeley’s Meyer Sound, the “meticulously designed” interiors, and the cocktails — “some of the best in the Bay Area.”
He awards the restaurant three stars overall, and in each of the three categories considered — food, service and atmosphere, which translates as all-round “Excellent”, and concludes that, had he ever started a restaurant, it would be this one: “Comal is exactly the type of place I’d have liked to open.” … Continue reading »
Op/Ed: Berkeley needs to wake up to loss of post office
Even given the generally high quality of U.S. post offices, Berkeley’s downtown one is a standout architecturally. It is for that reason, among others, that Berkeleyans should be asking questions about the recent announcement that the public property was going up for sale, argues architectural historian Gray Brechin in an Opinionator piece on Berkeleyside. Wake up to what we are about to lose, he writes.
Related:
Second postal site in Berkeley for sale [07.09.12]
Postal service plans … Continue reading »
Neuroscientist Shlomo Bentin killed in bike accident
Friday’s bicycle accident on Bancroft Way resulted in the death of 65-year-old Shlomo Bentin, a globally recognized expert in cognitive neuropsychology, who was in Berkeley as a guest lecturer at the university.
Bentin was injured in an apparent collision between his bicycle and a dump truck on Bancroft, just west of Fulton, at 3:38 p.m. on Friday. He was taken by ambulance to Highland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Berkeley police are still investigating the accident.
Bentin received the prestigious Israel Prize on Israel Independence Day this April, in a ceremony attended by Israel’s president, prime minister, Supreme Court president and other national leaders. The prize cited Bentin’s “important scientific contributions to the field of psychology and the science of neuropsychology in particular”. … Continue reading »
Cool Berkeley coffee joints to get your caffeine on
As home to the first Peet’s, opened in 1966, Berkeley has always been a coffee lovers’ town. Espresso, Americano, soy lattes — you can find almost any variation on brewed coffee in almost any neighborhood in Berkeley.
Some call the recent resurgence in coffee connoisseurship the Third Wave of coffee. First came Peet’s. Then came Starbucks. And now there are a host of independent coffee roasters – Blue Bottle, Four Barrel, Ritual, Ecco, Sightglass, and Barefoot among them.
Refinery29, an online fashion and lifestyle magazine, recently ran a feature titled “13 Cool East Bay Coffee Joints To Get Your Caffeine On,” detailing some of the great coffee shops in the region. Four were from Berkeley.
Here’s an excerpt from Angela Tafayo’s piece:
Guerilla Café
Guerilla Café is an earthy café nestled in the heart of Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. Pouring Blue Bottle coffee and boasting a wide range of preparations (from European to Latin American), this spot oozes the worldly vibe that coffee enthusiasts crave. Its noms are nothing to sneeze at either — fresh, healthy ingredients, and a clear view of the kitchen means great food in a warm and cozy environment, marked by a stunning bright-blue mural.
Guerilla Café, 1620 Shattuck Avenue (between Lincoln and Cedar streets), Berkeley; 510-845-2233. … Continue reading »
