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By: Hilary Hoynes

Hilary Hoynes — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:01:12 +0000

Tracey:

Remember me, Miller Avenue in Berkeley?

I somehow was a late adopter of Berkeleyside, but I have become a HUGE fan in a short period of time. The look of the website is easy on the eyes and beautiful, the writing is great, and the coverage is amazing. Thanks!

A couple of suggestions:

– how about an events calendar?
– how about a “what is going in here?” [empty retail space]. I was thinking the other day about “Why isn’t there a Sports Basement in Berkeley.” Found your story from fall 2010.
– what about linking to some BHS Jacket stories? There is some really good stuff there

Thanks it. Hope all is well.

Hilary

By: Leyla Momeny

Leyla Momeny — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:02:26 +0000

Tracey,

I am a friend of Ann Strong’s. As you know, her son Toby was recently killed. A friend and I are organizing a benefit concert–at El Rio in San Francisco in April–to raise money for a college fund for Toby’s two boys.

I have also created a blog/paypal account for individuals who would like to donate for the college/savings fund: http://www.tobiasandjulian.blogspot.com/

Would you please consider posting this info on Berkeleyside? I know that the articles about Toby received a lot of compassion and concern. This would be a nice opportunity for people to help!

Best Wishes,
Leyla Momeny
Special Education Teacher
James Lick Middle School
San Francisco

By: Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:57:50 +0000

Dan Donovan: Done!

By: Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:57:35 +0000

Rob Cunningham: A belated thank you for your kind words.

By: Dan Donovan

Dan Donovan — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:45:12 +0000

Please consider listing our Facebook group page for Claremont and Elmwood neighborhood kids of the 50′s and 60′s, https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72571343776, on your list of Berkeley sites. Thanks.

By: lifelongberkeleyan

lifelongberkeleyan — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:32:24 +0000

If there is web term for ‘free press’ I don’t know it, but Berkeleyside.com is exactly that.

It’s our first free press in a long time and currently the only one devoted solely to Berkeley.

Berkeleyside forgive us our demanding natures and impossible expectations (so out of whack with most of our own levels of performance).

Note: “free press” is a political term, not financial one. If readers have any interest in the products or services, click through the ads. The advertisers are the one who’ve “put their money where their mouth is” in supporting this nobel effort.

By: Lance Knobel

Lance Knobel — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:12:36 +0000

Jennifer: thanks for your comment. Some other publications have their links open in new windows because they don’t want to “lose” the reader. Web usability studies show that opening new windows lowers usability, so we don’t do it (see, for example, the respected analysis by Jakob Nielsen: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530.html). Most people seem to prefer our approach, and most native-to-the-web sites follow our practice.

If the secure connection prevents you from going back you can right-click any link (ours or any other webpage) and open a new window or tab.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:52:59 +0000

Could you please change your Facebook posts to open Berkeleyside in a new window? Almost every other publication does this – NY Times, NPR, etc. Because I now browse Facebook on a secure connection, it won’t let me load your page because it would require switching to a non-secure (http) connection and it can’t do that within the FB referral. Also, even when I wasn’t using a secure connection on FB, it was very irritating to lose where I was on FB just to look at your story; after reading your story I had to reload FB and scroll to get back to where I was. Now, more and more people will start using FB with a secure connection and they won’t be able to load your pages. I had to open a new window and type in your URL just to get to the story you promoted on FB. I don’t think that’s what you want… most people won’t go to that much trouble.

By: Tina Zhu

Tina Zhu — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:20:48 +0000

I love this website. I came across it as I was google-ing “Berkeley Street Art,” and since then, I’ve been checking back almost every day! It’s a great way to find out what’s happening in Berkeley. Are you taking any interns?

By: Kelly Cash

Kelly Cash — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:39:02 +0000

Hi Wonderful Berkeley-side,

There is a brouhaha brewing with cyclists vs. “Death Trap Inaction” re: the lousy safety on Tunnel Road, especially where it meets up with the Highway 13 on ramp. City officials have been lobbied politely and with good ideas but there is no help because the area is on the border between Oakland and Berkeley, and also under CalTrans jurisdiction. It is a tragedy waiting to happen, and reminiscent of the borderlands paralysis that occurred at the beginning of the Oakland fire.

“Friend” Stephen Swan for more details!

Viva Berkeley-side!