Ashby Village, Berkeley’s first venture to help residents age in the community, went live with its services yesterday. It joins around 100 other “villages” across the country that provide services and support to enable people to stay in their neighborhoods rather than move into assisted living or skilled nursing facilities. “People really wanted to stay [...]
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Local students earn support and funds for college
Tonight, 25 minority students from Oakland will each be awarded a $16,000 scholarship and the guarantee of support and mentoring for the duration of their college careers. The students are recipients of scholarships awarded by the Berkeley-based East Bay College Fund, which is holding its annual awards ceremony this evening at Nile Hall in Oakland’s [...]
Bidding for better lives: Benefit auction
For 22 years, the Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center has been providing hot meals, referrals to and assistance with social services, advocacy and counseling to homeless and low-income women and children in Berkeley. The draconian cuts in state, county and city budgets have put a severe crimp in the services that the Drop-in Center can provide [...]
Greenlining Institute target for right-wing attacks
A small Berkeley non-profit, the Greenlining Institute, has become the most recent target for the right-wing smear machine. Greenlining, based on University Avenue, describes its mission as: “to empower communities of color and other disadvantaged groups through multi-ethnic economic and leadership development, civil rights, and anti-redlining activities”. Its recent publications include studies on debit card [...]
Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale busts fundraising target
The Edible Schoolyard at King Middle School held its annual Plant Sale over the weekend. The event was very well attended and Alice Waters was on hand on Saturday morning signing copies of her new book, “In the Green Kitchen”, proceeds of which benefit the Schoolyard. David Prior, a spokesperson for the Chez Panisse Foundation, said they [...]
The Edible Schoolyard throws its big annual bash
This weekend offers the opportunity to celebrate and support one of Berkeley’s best ideas. The Edible Schoolyard at King Middle School will be hosting its annual plant sale in the garden. Schoolyard founder Alice Waters will be on hand on Saturday morning to meet, greet and sign copies of her new book, “In the Green [...]
Berkeley author pledges to support college program
Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman has come up with a clever, not to mention generous, idea to help send a disadvantaged Oakland student to college through the Scholar Match program, established by her fellow writer and friend Dave Eggers. Waldman has selected one student, Eddie Ashley, and is going to match every dollar her family, friends [...]
MediaBugs, Berkeley-based start-up, launches today
Today marks the launch of MediaBugs, an online error-reporting service based in Berkeley which will help to monitor Bay Area media for errors and problems. MediaBugs is the brainchild of Berkeley resident Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon, and author of two books: Dreaming in Code and Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming and Why It [...]
Is Berkeley about to lose its heart cath lab?
Bob Hink served until last year as a member of the Alta Bates Summit Foundation Board of Delegates. He contributed this comment to Berkeleyside to alert people to the potential closure of the Alta Bates heart catheterization lab. A medical experience I had at Alta Bates Hospital (right), in December 2004, made me realize that [...]
Low-cost pet vaccines Sunday
The city’s animal shelter and the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society are teaming up to hold their second vaccine and microchip clinic this weekend. Vaccines for rabies, dog distemper and parvo (DHPP), dog kennel cough, and common cat infections (FVRCP), will be offered for $5 each. Microchips, which provide permanent pet ID and help reunite [...]
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