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Search Results for: "By Ted Friedman"
The Berkeley Wire: 06.03.13
Dustin Hoffman table at Caffe Med. Photo: Ted Friedman
Berkeley City officials file appeal in response to defamation lawsuit (Daily Cal)
Berkeley High bids farewell to retiring teachers (BHS Jacket)
Berkeley police officer biking to L.A. for HIV/AIDS ride (Patch)
Roll on, you Bears! AIDS LifeCycle Cal Team is L.A. bound (UCB)
Berkeley High senior wins Gates Millennium Scholarship (Patch)
UCPD arrests three suspects in cellphone theft spree (Daily Cal)
Off-campus lunch benefits students, community (BHS Jacket)
Everest Properties vandalizes its own city landmark (Daily Planet)
By and By review: too much unevenness (Chronicle)
BPEF raises $210K, announces new name, welcomes new leader (BUSD)
BHS admin crackdown dampens school spirit (BHS Jacket)
World’s first 3D printing vending machine hits Berkeley (IBT)
Parking fees going up at Berkeley stations (Patch)
Dine Out in Berkeley: From dawn till dusk (2812 photography)
Berkeley woman held on suspicion of unlicensed export of guns to Thailand (Mercury News)
Former Obama political director running for East Bay Assembly seat (Chronicle)
Hopeful for Skinner’s seat to hold ‘Children’s Future Forum’ on June 4 (Tony Thurmond)
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
CVS PHARMACY The CVS pharmacy that has been under construction at 2565 Telegraph Ave., the site of an old Andronico’s, opened its doors over the weekend. The 26,455-square-foot space carries a wide variety of goods including beauty supplies, seasonal items, household goods, alcohol and a huge selection of drinks. The chain will officially launch the store on Saturday, June 1, with a celebration event. This is the third CVS pharmacy in Berkeley. The chain is locked in a head-to-head battle with Walgreens.
NEXTSPACE OPENING Co-working space NextSpace is opening its new downtown Berkeley location on Monday, June 3, and it’s holding a grand opening party that day for the local community to check it out. The 9,000-square-foot space, at 2081 Center St. in the historic Wells Fargo building, is currently being transformed into a lively shared working hub, with orange walls and doors and fun design elements. Eventually, it will be able to host more than 200 members. On offer: 11 individual offices, 18 workstations, and a holistic room for massage, acupuncture and services from other one-on-one therapists, in addition to a large, open café space. The Berkeleyside team will be based at NextSpace for the summer, starting next week. The ribbon cutting party, which will be attended by Mayor Tom Bates as well as other city officials, is June 3, from noon to 2 p.m. [For more details on NextSpace and co-working spaces, read our April 11 story.] … Continue reading »
On a spring weekend in Berkeley, a city full of happenings
This past weekend in Berkeley was action packed and the weather more than cooperated for the many al fresco activities. At the UC Berkeley Commencement on Saturday, held at the newly remodeled Memorial Stadium, Apple-co-founder Steve Wozniak gave a 15-minute talk in which he recalled his adventures as a Cal student and offered some formulas for happiness, one of them being: “Happiness equals S minus F (smiles minus frowns).” … Continue reading »
UC employees hold demonstration in Berkeley
University of California employees held a demonstration today on Bancroft Way at Telegraph on the fringe of the Cal campus to protest what they see as unfair pay, medical and retirement benefits.
The protest was organized by members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299.
The union’s shop steward, Arnold Muza, said the union had met today with UC Berkeley and that the employees’ contract had recently expired. … Continue reading »
Family rallies to save Berkeley restaurant Giovanni
By Ted Friedman
Giovanni Schipani, 81, has been fighting the past two years to save the restaurant he launched in 1962. Now, according to Anna Schipani, 63, the bookkeeper at Giovanni, “we could be boarded-up at the end of the month if we don’t pay back taxes to IRS.”
Giovanni, at 2420 Shattuck Ave., is “probably” the oldest restaurant on Shattuck, according to Steve Finacom, vice president of the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Schipani, known as Johnny to friends, had been wildly successful in Berkeley’s flourishing south side restaurant scene, earning enough money from his first restaurant, Mr. Pizza, to buy a muffler shop and convert it to an upscale Italian family restaurant seating 200. … Continue reading »
Tagged Berkeley restaurants, Giovanni, Shattuck Avenue
Giovanni’s last stand: Family rallies to save restaurant
By Ted Friedman
Giovanni Schipani, 81, has been fighting the past two years to save the restaurant he launched in 1962. Now, according to Anna Schipani, 63, the bookkeeper at Giovanni, “we could be boarded-up at the end of the month if we don’t pay back taxes to IRS.”
Giovanni, at 2420 Shattuck Ave., is “probably” the oldest restaurant on Shattuck, according to Steve Finacom, vice president of the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Schipani, known as Johnny to friends, had been wildly successful in Berkeley’s flourishing south side restaurant scene, earning enough money from his first restaurant, Mr. Pizza, to buy a muffler shop and convert it to an upscale Italian family restaurant seating 200. … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 12.31.12
Christmas Eve in Berkeley. By Ted Friedman
Berkeley pier offers new outlook on bay (SF Chronicle)
Berkeley’s first woman firefighter retires as first woman chief (Tribune)
Mitch Celaya leaving UC Berkeley for Calistoga police chief post (Tribune)
Irving Saraf, co-founder of Fantasy Films, dies (Deadline Hollywood)
Starting Jan. 1., shoppers will have to pay for grocery bags (Tribune)
Chronicle names Comal one of ten best new restaurants (Chronicle)
Chronicle names Magnes Collection “most improved” museum of 2012 (Chronicle)
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Rain dampens crowds, not enthusiasm, at Telegraph fair
By Ted Friedman
The 30th annual Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair opened this weekend, but crowds were sparse at times because of the rain.
Booths went up Friday morning under a light drizzle, which worsened by 1 p.m. Early Saturday afternoon, umbrellas went up during a downpour which lasted around an hour and a half. It was mostly overcast on Sunday.
“It was not a good day for me,” Clifford Seely, 79, a jeweler who has been selling at the fair for 30 years, said Friday as he packed up to leave around 3 p.m.
“It was worth my time, but not as good as last year,” said David (Doc) Sammon, a regular Telegraph Avenue vendor. … Continue reading »
