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The Berkeley Wire: 08.25.10

Berkeley cyclist aims for complete Bay Area Ridge Trail journey [Times-Herald] Wasn’t Toscanini a viola player? Violists seek respect at Freight & Salvage [SFGate.com] “The Walking Dead” TV series to open, out of Berkeley’s Image Comics [Mercury News] A tale of Berkeley High School from many years ago [Daily Dish] Photo by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr [...]

The Berkeley Wire: 8.19.10

Manager of culture and linguistics hired to close diversity gap [Oakland Tribune] Berkeley continues efforts to privatize public housing [Daily Cal] UC economist remembers Jewish childhood in Baghdad [J Weekly] Thoughts of a yarnbomber [East Bay Express] With Groupon, Cal alum arranges discounts [Examiner] Snapshot of intersection of Adeline and Ashby [SFGate] UC among top [...]

Comment: Richmond Plunge holds lessons for Berkeley

Berkeley resident Henrik Bull believes Berkeley could learn a lot from the process which led to the renovation and recent reopening of the Richmond Plunge in Point Richmond — in particular with regard to the plans for the Warm Pool at Berkeley High School’s Old Gymnasium. The City of Berkeley could learn a lot from [...]

Donors save BHS freshman, JV sports

The Berkeley High School Development Group announced today that it will provide $19,000 funding for freshman sports and assistant coaches in the coming academic year. BHSDG’s board met over the weekend to approve the grant. Because of the severely constrained school budget, there would have been no funding for freshman sports without the grant, according [...]

The Berkeley Wire: 07.21.10

Interview with new principal of Berkeley High, Pasquale Scuderi [Daily Planet] Renowned Berkeley Lab physicist Gerson Goldhaber dies at 86 [Berkeley Lab] Chancellor Robert Birgeneau calls on Congress to pass DREAM act [UC Berkeley] With the opening of Paisan, will pizza frenzy hit Berkeley? [SFoodie] BPD give time and energy today to raise funds for Special [...]

The Berkeley Wire: 07.02.10

City of Berkeley urges residents to vaccinate against whooping cough [Berkeley] Tortilla smackdown: Picante versus Cactus where kids are concerned [510 Families] Bound to sell: a look at two Berkeley bookstores [California Magazine] New BHS principal looks for “quality teaching” [Daily Californian] Berkeley start-up helps small businesses with their finances [Venture Beat] Daily Kos files lawsuit against [...]

Scuderi named new BHS principal

Pasquale Scuderi, BUSD Director of Human Resources, has been named principal of Berkeley High School in a unanimous decision of the school board. Board president Karen Hemphill announced the appointment at tonight’s board meeting. Scuderi’s appointment comes after earlier stumbles when the initial search for a replacement for Jim Slemp failed to produce enough candidates [...]

School’s out… for summer

Berkeley High School students leave the campus on the last day of school… and the first day of summer.

The Berkeley Wire: 5.17.10

UC Berkeley professor discusses Gulf oil spill on “60 Minutes” [CBS News] Reviewed: The Slow Cook inside Berkeley’s school kitchen [Civil Eats] Hottest class on campus: It’s Beatlemania at Cal [CBS 5] Search for new Berkeley High principal falters [Daily Cal] More speakers boycott UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies [Bay Area News Group] UC “treasure trove” [...]

The Berkeley Wire: 5.13.10

Man found guilty of murdering UC Berkeley senior in 2008 [ABC7] Sonny Rollins on sax: Playing Zellerbach Hall this evening [Cal Performances] More layoffs at Berkeley schools, no news on new BHS principal [Daily Cal] On the agenda: City’s zoning board meets tonight [Berkeley] Photo: berkeleyhomes-dot-com/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.