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The Berkeley Wire: 01.24.13

January 24, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Berkeley City Club pool by skipmoore

Berkeley City Club pool. Photo: skipmoore

In tradition of Ed Roberts, youth with disabilities urged to think big (UCB)
City projects large fiscal deficits for coming years (Daily Cal)
Berkeley teacher loses job, credentials after LSD, DUI charges (Tribune)
Review: ‘Silence’ at the Berkeley Art Museum (SF Chronicle)
Berkeley City Council passes police retiree plan (Daily Cal)
A look back: spectacular fire at Northbrae church in 1938 (Mercury News)
Two Albany High students shot in El Cerrito (Patch)
Berkeley charter school fosters innovation, creativity (Inside Bay Area)
Taiwanese playwright/director returns to Berkeley (Mercury News)
Berkeley congregation honored for its Torah commentary (JWeekly)
Proposed student housing draws protests from residents (Daily Cal)
Physics society honors Birgeneau for statesmanship in science (UCB)
Berkeley High boys’ soccer team makes postseason push (Mercury News)
Berkeley native weeds Walla Walla (Read Media)
UC Berkeley opens one-stop student center (SF Business Times)

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  • Hyper_lexic

    Berkeleyside – could we get some reporting from you all on the “City projects large deficits for upcoming fiscal years”? I love barn owls and all but this seems like a big item…

  • http://berkeleyside.com Tracey Taylor

    Our report on the budget is on its way. Patience, patience…

  • emraguso

    In case you missed it, here’s our last report on the budget, from December.
    http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/12/12/berkeleys-general-fund-revenues-may-fall-short-for-2012-13/

    We’ll have an update (from this week’s meeting) up shortly. It is certainly “sobering” to have a $3 million projected General Fund revenue shortfall, but that can be made up by cost cutting, holding positions open, retirements, etc. I think it’s important to remember that the overall General Fund revenue is $150 million (expenses currently at $153 million) — to keep it in perspective.

    It’s an issue we have followed (http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-city-budget ) and will continue to follow closely. Thx!