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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend

May 10, 2013 3:10 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
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MORE SALAD The 11th annual Edible Schoolyard sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. It features delicious food, live music, student-led tours, raffe prizes and, as you’d expect, plenty of plants for your garden. Gardening advice for novices to experts is on hand as well. Activities are aimed at both children and adults. Edible Schoolyard, King Middle School, 1781 Rose St.

Cal Bears tennisGAME, SET, MATCH Cal is one of the 16 hosts for the first two rounds of this year’s NCAA women’s tennis team tournament. The first round started today with a morning match between 21st-ranked Auburn and 40th-ranked St. Mary’s. The seventh-ranked Cal Bears have an afternoon match against Stony Brook. Cal is led by fifth-ranked nationally Zsofi Susanyi. The winners from the first round play starting at noon on Saturday, May 11, at Hellman Tennis Stadium, on Frank Schlesinger Way on the western edge of the Cal campus. Tickets (cash only) are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, youths and students. … Continue reading »

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Berkeleyside readers: Help make the news in your city

May 10, 2013 9:35 am by Berkeleyside Editors
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Berkeleyside readers:

We need your support.

Earlier this week, Berkeleyside published an article profiling a 17-year-old former Berkeley High School student who was shot and killed in East Oakland over the weekend. Berkeleyside’s Emilie Raguso took the time to speak to Olajuwon Clayborn’s friends and relatives to paint a portrait of a life cut down in its prime.

That same night, the same reporter attended the Berkeley City Council meeting until nearly midnight and then went to the scene of a car accident in west Berkeley which sent a pedestrian to hospital in critical condition.

If you’re a loyal Berkeleyside reader, you’ll know that these stories were only two of several original pieces of reporting that we have brought you in the past few days. [And, if you receive our free Daily Briefing email, you will have probably already read this open letter, so feel free to move along and read one of those great stories elsewhere on the site!]

We also told you this week about a couple in North Berkeley caught with a stockpile of weapons who had talked of “eventual war with the government.” And we trawled through a 348-page police report to publish a detailed timeline of what happened on the night in February when a Berkeley resident died while in police custody. … Continue reading »

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The Berkeley Wire: 05.09.13

May 9, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Post-Taste by quinn.anya

Post-Taste. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski

Open campus policy eats away at school nutrition effort (CIR)
Albany occupation at UC site planned (Mercury News)
Smoke Berkeley: Side dishes are a main attraction (EBX)
Jerry Brown, Eric Holder, Steve Wozniak to address Cal grads (UCB)
Video: 18-year old wunderkid named top Cal grad (UCB)
Political leaders defend pot dispensary from U.S. lawsuit (KQED)
Man sought for multiple crimes arrested in Berkeley (CBS)

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The Nosh Wire: 05.09.13

May 9, 2013 4:00 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Haven by Emilie Raguso

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Our daily round-up of East Bay food news — brought to you fresh in one convenient place. Continue reading »

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The Berkeley Wire: 05.08.13

May 8, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors

Center St through sculpture by TJ Gehling

Center St. from within a sphere [Explored]. Photo: TJ Gehling

Berkeley based Silicon Valley lawyer getting White House post? (BANG)
Pact gives disabled UC Berkeley students more access to books (LA Times)
2 years on: Berkeley man beaten nearly to death by CHP (NBC Bay Area)
Recommended summer reading for incoming Cal freshmen (UC Berkeley)
A noir set in Berkeley, now playing at the Marsh (East Bay Express)
Berkeley gathers forces to save landmark (BANG)
Philz Coffee gets big Silicon Valley investment (SFGate)
Tomo Japanese opening in Berkeley today (Eater SF)

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The Nosh Wire: 05.08.13

May 8, 2013 4:00 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
FuseBox by Emilie

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Where in Berkeley?

May 8, 2013 7:00 am by Berkeleyside Editors

WIB 05.08.13

Know where this is? Take a guess and let us know in the Comments.

Update, May 9: “Librarian” got it! This is on the second floor of the Central Berkeley Public Library in downtown Berkeley. Congratulations on being this week’s winner, Librarian. Did you have insider intel by any chance?!

Photo: Nick Mastick.

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The Berkeley Wire: 05.07.13

May 7, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors

Berkeley death in police custody was accidental, probe concludes (KQED)
Berkeley schools’ edible programs in jeopardy (Bay Area Bites)
Bay Area local heroes honored (Asian Week)
Great spots for beer in the East Bay (Inside Scoop SF)
Next Door opens in old Addie’s Pizza Pie space (Eater SF)
US Attorney General to speak at Berkeley Law commencement (Daily Cal)
Bartavelle: A blessed sliver of very good food (Inside Scoop SF)

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The Nosh Wire: 05.07.13

May 7, 2013 4:00 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Homeroom by quinn anya

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The Berkeley Wire: 05.06.13

May 6, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Remains of the Day Ron Rothbart

Remains of the Day. Photo: Ron Rothbart

Wavy Gravy offers tribute haiku to fellow musical figure (Coco Times)
Committee named to find UC Berkeley’s next provost (UCB)
A guide to Berkeley park life (Daily Clog)
Former Berkeley High student shot, killed in Oakland (BANG)
Berkeley targets high interest payday loan stores (Mercury News)
New Berkeley restaurant brings Bay Area flair to Japanese food (BANG)

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The Nosh Wire: 05.06.13

May 6, 2013 4:20 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
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Best of Berkeleyside: This week’s most popular posts

May 4, 2013 11:30 am by Berkeleyside Editors

Our number one story for pageviews this week was our Bites column: a weekly round-up of all the exciting things happening on the food scene in the inner East Bay — which just goes to show that our readers appreciate the good things in life, including, NOSH, our spin-off site dedicated to all things delicious.

Nikki Hodgson’s essay reflecting on all the good things she would miss when she moved from Berkeley to Boulder, Colorado, clearly struck a chord. Who wouldn’t feel nostalgic for Tilden Park, Berkeley Bowl, surplus Meyer lemons, and our city’s “quiet corners of refuge.” … Continue reading »

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The Berkeley Wire: 04.03.13

May 3, 2013 5:05 pm by Berkeleyside Editors
Train by Beck Cowles

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Saddle up for bike to work day, Thursday May 9 (UCB)
Berkeley eyes anti-tobacco law in multi-unit housing (Patch)
Best Berkeley study spots you’ve never used (Daily Clog)
Berkeley’s population grew by 0.9% last year (Patch)
New chancellor Dirks speaks with students, faculty (Daily Cal)
Chef Banks White leaving Five, headed to NYC (Inside Scoop)
Chancellors see future through students’ eyes (UCB)
Birgeneau leaves legacy of complicated commitment (Daily Cal)

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