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Chief Meehan talks crime with District 1
On Wednesday night, while most Berkeley residents were probably watching the president’s State of the Union address, about 20 residents of Berkeley City Council District 1 attended a neighborhood meeting hosted Councilwoman Linda Maio.
The top item on the agenda was meeting new police chief Michael Meehan, who tried out many of the lines he apparently used at his swearing-in address today, including the one about the parking tickets he received his first day on the job.
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The Berkeley Wire: 1.5.10
Above: UC Berkeley’s Noteworthy glee club performs “Poker Face” [Cheryl Smith]
What’s worse than one giant black hole? Two, maybe? [MSNBC]
Instant run-off elections possible for Oakland. Berkeley next? [SF Chronicle]
City offers free counseling for landlords and tenants [Berkeley]
Berkeley High School science-equity controversy makes it onto TV [ABC7 News]
The Berkeley Wire: 12.23.09
No butts on the concrete: Telegraph Avenue hasn’t lost its spunk [SF Chronicle]
Fourth hiker honors friends arrested and held in Iran [ABC Local]
The heart of women’s basketball at Cal: Tierra Rogers’ story [NYT]
Berkeley scientists pinpoint where greenhouse gases come from [Boing Boing]
Berkeley plastic bag plan part of bigger movement [Contra Costa Times]
[Photo by justonlysteve, Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
The Berkeley Wire: 12.17.09
King Middle School student found with unloaded gun [Daily Cal]
John Yoo critics turn attention to potential fellow lecturer [SF Chronicle]
Business owner keeps up hunt for brother’s killer 11 years on [NBC Bay Area]
Berkeley planet hunter finds three new super Earths [Chron.com]
Jahvid Best will not play the Pointsettia Bowl for Cal [Google]
[Photo of corner of Derby and Telegraph by rmnicholas from Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
The Berkeley Wire: 12.8.09
Put the logs down. Tomorrow, Wednesday 9, declared a Spare the Air Day [BAAQMD]
Berkeley candy store Alegio opens up in San Francisco [SFoodie]
Maybe not so much a Maybeck: status of Berkeley building reconsidered [SF Chronicle]
Judge orders Oregon Street drug-bust home to be boarded up [Daily Planet]
Man shot in arm in South Berkeley car park, Sunday [Daily Cal]
[Photo of UC campus, 1968 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive from Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
The Berkeley Wire: 12.02.09
Police seek help finding two people who shot man in Berkeley Sunday [Oakland Tribune]
Berkeley Unified challenges survey that shows our students aren’t fit [Daily Cal]
School Board approves district zone changes [Daily Planet]
Bay Area pollution district proposals under fire from Berkeley [Contra Costa Times]
Why? Questioning America’s response to Ford Hood: tonight at UC [UC Berkeley]
[Photo by Jef Poskanzer from Berkeleyside photo pool]
The Berkeley Wire: 11.16.09
Rewrite the California constitution before breakfast [California is Broken]
Baby’s body found in Berkeley Marina — feared linked to homicide [SF Chronicle]
Every shop tells a story: what ordinary storefronts tell us. [BAHA]
Berkeley researchers take the lead out of piezolelectrics [Science Centric]
Berkeley Potters’ Guild announces dates of annual holiday sale [Happenstand]
[Photo of wild turkeys in Berkeley: ereneta on Berkeleyside photo pool]
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