Featured events- 08/28/2013 - Free Outdoor Screening in the BAM/PFA Sculpture Garden
- 08/27/2013 - MARK EPSTEIN / The Trauma of Everyday Life
- 08/03/2013 - Book Signing and Discussion with Dave Kehr, followed by The Lawless Breed
- 06/24/2013 - BERKELEY PRIDE 365! First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage…
- 06/23/2013 - An Afternoon with KHALED HOSSEINI
Daily Archives: July 30, 2012
The Berkeley Wire: 07.30.12
Photo: Let the Games begin, by Nancy Rubin
Cal big game bonfire tradition doused (SF Chronicle)
Fourth candidate to run for District 2 council seat (Daily Cal)
UC Berkeley climate change skeptic says he was wrong (BBC)
Olympics: Cal product Vollmer takes gold in world-record time (Mercury News)
UC Berkeley offers China online game class (Business Insider)
Will Starbucks make a counterbid for Peet’s? (Bloomberg News)
Joel Ben Izzy: Stories are a way to connect (Jewish Ledger)
Jim LeBrecht, sound designer (SF Chronicle)
Cal football, men’s basketball tickets prices to change (Daily Cal)
Tagged The Berkeley Wire
BUSD responds to Berkeley High harassment costs story
The Berkeley School district says there were inaccuracies in an article by Anika Anand and Emily Hartley of California Watch which set out to uncover the cost to BUSD of a sexual harassment case at Berkeley High.
The California Watch article, which Berkeleyside published in full on July 25, said that over a period of about one year Berkeley officials had balked at disclosing how much they spent defending BHS counsellor Anthony Smith, and had failed to respond to most queries from reporters, including two Public Records Act (PRA) requests for information.
In a statement released on July 27, BUSD Deputy Superintendent Javetta Cleveland said BUSD did not respond to two PRA requests initially because the district was involved in ongoing litigation and was therefore not legally obliged to disclose any information. Once the lawsuit was settled, Cleveland said, a lawyer representing BUSD spoke with the California Watch reporter covering the story and provided information. “It was the District’s understanding that counsel’s email satisfied the requirements of both Public Record Act requests,” the statement concludes. … Continue reading »
Three Berkeley homes featured on architecture tour
Three Berkeley homes are featured on the American Institute of Architects’ second annual East Bay Home Tour which takes place on Saturday August 11. There are seven homes to explore in total: along with those in Berkeley, two are in Lafayette, one in Albany and one in Emeryville.
Not all the homes eligible for legitimate snooping have been realized with lavish budgets, although most have. The 2012 homes include an award-winning prefab house, two “transformational” renovations, and “net-zero” energy houses.
There follow snapshots of the three Berkeley homes: … Continue reading »
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Photo essay: Berkeley Kite Festival proves a visual delight
The annual Berkeley Kite Festival, one of the largest of its kind, was held again this weekend at Cesar Chavez Park on the bay. The gathering, which was expected to attract more than 35,000 people, included stunt kites, Japanese kite teams, Rokkaku battles, the beautiful Octopi kites, lashings of good food and music, as well as the traditional free candy crop for kids.
Several of Berkeleyside’s favorite photographers were there to capture the magic of the event.
