A 19-year old UC Berkeley student was among those killed last week when a plane crashed in the hills around Islamabad, according to news reports. Misha Dawood, a sophomore, a member of the crew team, and a rising soccer star, died Wednesday when an Airbus crash killed 152 people, making it Pakistan’s worst air disaster. [...]
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The Berkeley Wire: 07.20.10
Do you think Berkeley’s Jonathan Mann (above) could write a song for us? [Time] Italian eatery Locanda da Eva opens today on Telegraph [(Eater SF] UC water archive to leave Berkeley campus, heading south [Coco Times] 57 Berkeley graduates join Teach for America corps [UC Berkeley] Berkeley music startup MOG releases iPhone apps running on [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 07.19.10
BUSD won’t use District Attorney’s program to track truants [Berkeley Voice] In Berkeley: here are a few of my favorite things [Berkeley Naturally] Clinical psychologist Susan Raeburn helps clients face the music [SF Chronicle] “It’s exciting to know that camels lived in Berkeley.” [Bay Area News Group] We’re number one: in unicycle basketball [East Bay Express] [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 07.16.10
Next Berkeley Tenants Convention meeting on July 25 [BTC] Berkeley blogger reveals new name for her mac ‘n’ cheese restaurant [Local Lemons] Small victory for pool advocates as pool’s hours are extended [Daily Californian] Berkeley Law professor, top scholar Philip Frickey dies at 57 [UC Berkeley] Photo by Felicity O’Meara/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
The Berkeley Wire: 07.15.10
Lalime’s celebrates silver anniversary, thumbs up from Michael Bauer [SF Chronicle] Berkeley author searches for Mark Twain’s 19th century steaks [East Bay Express] “Blacula” actress Vonetta McGee dies in Berkeley [Associated Press] Statistician David Blackwell, first tenured black professor, dies at 91 [UC Berkeley] Photo: Pull me out alive by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
The Berkeley Wire: 07.14.10
Support the East Bay Humane Society post-fire by watching movie [Rialto Cinemas] Lawsuit looms over renewable energy loan program conceived in Berkeley [NYT] How on earth is Berkeley not on this list? [The PETA Files] 5,200 freshmen expected at Cal, with big boost in out-of-state students [UC Berkeley] Photo: Tracey Taylor
The Berkeley Wire: 07.13.10
City’s public health services closed Wednesday afternoon [City of Berkeley] First Muslim college in US to open in Berkeley [California Report] UC Berkeley urged to slash athletics subsidy [San Francisco Chronicle] UCB’s early-childhood researcher Jane Perry moving on [UC Berkeley] Photo: Fresh Juice by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley pot dispensary takes consulting role in Maine
Berkeley Patients Group, the largest of Berkeley’s licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, is providing consulting services to the company that won licenses for half of the newly permitted dispensaries in Maine. SF Weekly reported today that BPG had in fact invested “over $100,000″ in the Northeast Patients Group. According to Brad Senesac, director of communications for [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 07.09.10
Berkeley Juggling and Unicycling Festival today at Berkeley High gym [BJ&UF] International House will host international viewing of World Cup final [UC Berkeley] UC Botanical Garden rich in variety [SFGate] Cut work week to increase demand for labor, Berkeley economist argues [SF Chronicle] Photo: Sign on Shattuck by bobcrazybear/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
The Berkeley Wire: 07.08.10
Berkeley student on list of teenagers making the food revolution [Lettuce Eat Kale] Bar Bites: Organic cocktails at Gather, an inviting place to hang out [SF Chronicle] Berkeley law dean: let states borrow from federal government [New York Times] Berkeley resident, music promoter, admits defrauding investor [SF Chronicle] From museum to home: the Magnes makes [...]
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