For the last year, Ken Lin-Ott has taken to the streets of Oakland late at night, offering rides to anyone who wants to hop into his pedicab. Passengers usually take a short ride – to a restaurant or bar, or a trip back to their car. Lin-Ott doesn’t charge anything for the service. He just [...]
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The Berkeley public library: a few facts
First library in Berkeley opened in 1893 with 264 books Rose Shattuck donated site of her old rose garden for library in 1905 John Galen Howard designed the original building built at Kittredge and Shattuck Andrew Carnegie donated $40,000 to build the structure In 1934, James Plachek designed building that is now called Central Placheck [...]
New Peet’s caters to commuters, Saturn opens today
Still dragging yourself to BART in the morning with bleary, unfocused eyes and barely stifled yawns? For shame. You no longer need to sacrifice your morning cup of Joe to make your train — the Downtown Berkeley BART station now boasts a full-service Peet’s Coffee & Tea stand, complete with seven tables’ worth of seating. The location, [...]
Berkeley High students at risk because of pot use
Students from Berkeley High are getting stoned in the park across the street from the school and in alleyways and other “out of the way” places in the downtown area, “morning, lunchtime, and mid-afternoon,” according to a new report which presents a plan to curb student drug and alcohol use. Drug and alcohol use among [...]
Shoppers rush right in to new Trader Joe’s
Even before the new Trader Joe’s on University Avenue officially opened this morning, a large crowd gathered outside. “We had about 80 people at the door,” said Mary Ann Gallagher, the “captain” of the store. “They were super excited. We had people waiting since 7. They were taking pictures. It was like a party out [...]
Comment: Does anyone else have protest fatigue?
When I heard the news on Wednesday that: 1) The organization World Can’t Wait will be picketing the Berkeley Law School graduation at the Greek Theater on Friday to protest the presence of John Yoo on the faculty; 2) State Senator Gloria Romero won’t be attending the Latino students’ graduation to protest the fact that [...]
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