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Lab choice may prove beneficial to Berkeley in long term
By Lance Knobel and Frances Dinkelspiel
In late September and early October, Dr. Jeff Ritterman, a member of the Richmond City Council, went down to Berkeley West Biocenter on Potter Street, one of the divisions of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Both times, Dr. Ritterman arrived before 8 am and staked out a spot in front of the entrance. As scientists came to work, Dr. Ritterman handed them a 4×6 postcard with a picture of the Richmond shoreline, signed by a resident of that city. It was a pitch for placing LBNL’s second campus in Richmond.
“I knew the decision would be important to (lab) employees,” said Dr. Ritterman, who served as head of cardiology at Kaiser Richmond for 30 years and became a city councilman in 2009. “I knew people had some concerns about Richmond and I wanted to reassure them and make an extra effort.” … Continue reading »
Aquatic Park pitches for Berkeley Lab 2nd campus tonight
Yesterday, Golden Gate Fields had its turn in the spotlight at a public meeting held by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to discuss that location as one of the six possibles on its shortlist for its second campus. Richmond, Alameda and Oakland have all had their chance to shine, and Monday August 8th will see a pitch by Wareham Development for a Berkeley/Emeryville site.
Tonight Aquatic Park West, the only site that is 100% in Berkeley, will be presenting its case.
The site is co-owned by Michael and Steven Goldin and the Jones Family. The Goldins would act as partners to Forest City, the developers of the 12.5 acre site off Bolivar Drive. As it has done at all the meetings, the Lab will talk about its requirements — UC Berkeley’s Professor Jay Keasling is among those who will be on the platform today — and members of the public will be invited to share their views. … Continue reading »
Goats reduce fire hazards in the Berkeley hills
For the past six weeks, more than 600 goats have been munching the grass and shrubs on the steep hills around the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in a 6-week project to make 100 acres less susceptible to fire.
“They are perfect for the steep slopes at the lab which would be difficult to clear by humans,” said LBNL Communications Manager Jon Weiner.
The goats come from Goats R Us – an Orinda-based company that specializes in goat-powered brush reduction.
The bearded grazers eat most vegetation available, including plants like poison oak and star thistle, which are difficult to clear by hand. They generally eat the tops of plants instead of pulling the roots, which causes less damage to lands than traditional grazers. … Continue reading »
Three Berkeley sites being considered for Lawrence Berkeley Lab second campus
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected six sites in six East Bay cities as the possible location of a second campus, Berkeleyside has learned.
Three of the six sites are either in Berkeley or partly in Berkeley, according to knowledgeable sources who asked not to be named. They are:
- The Richmond Field Station. The University of California already owns this land, and it is presumed to be the front runner for the second campus.
- Golden Gate Fields — This 30-acre parcel sits mainly in Albany, although a section also sits in Berkeley.
- The Goldin brothers/Jones family parcel off of Bolivar Drive near Aquatic Park in Berkeley. This 12.5 acre parcel is the site of the old American Soils property.
- A 64 acre parcel known as the Brooklyn Basin along Oakland’s waterfront.
- A portion of the old Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda. The city has offered this land for free to the lab as a way to quick-start development of the old base.
- Wareham Development’s sites straddling Berkeley and Emeryville.
The lab received 21 proposals from eight cities interested in having the second campus. They included multiple sites in Berkeley, including the old Marchant Building, about four proposals in Oakland, one in Walnut Creek, one in Dublin, and a number in Richmond. … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 01.21.11
Berkeley Symphony harnesses forces of nature with mixed results [Mercury News]
Berkeley police involved in Bay Area prostitution ring arrests [Danville Patch]
Cal backs plans for new LBNL solar energy center [Daily Californian]
UC Regents approve move to “holistic review” of applications [Mercury News]
Chez Panisse head chef David Tanis’s ode to stew (aka tagine) [WSJ]
East Bay Humane Society celebrates re-opening after fire [Tails of the City]
True brew: Berkeley’s organic beer makers Bison [Oakland Tribune]
Photo: Front lawn by kershlock/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
A mountain lion was seen walking away from a building at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Wednesday this week at approximately 8:22 a.m., according to the UC Berkeley police. There have been several sightings of mountain lions in Berkeley in recent months. Last August a mountain lion was shot and killed after being found walking around the Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood. A mother lion and her two cubs, along with deer and goat carcasses, were spotted in September in the LBL area, while, in October, a Berkeleyan reported seeing a mountain lion “sauntering” across Park Hills Road.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab issues wish list for new campus
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released today the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for their proposed second campus. The second campus, announced in September, is designed to consolidate four remote sites and allow for future growth for LBL, which is constrained by the physical limits of its main site in the Berkeley hills above the university. LBL is one of the Department of Energy’s national labs, and is managed by the University of California.
“Putting all those scattered facilities … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 4.09.10
What’s a petaflop and other key questions answered (see above) [LBL]
Center Street proposal in context [SF Streetsblog]
UN Charter printer to close after 136 years [Daily Cal]
116th Big Meet tomorrow at Edwards Stadium [SFGate.com]
UC Berkeley English professor emeritus Janet Adelman dies [Daily Cal]
Welcome the Rosenfeld
If Berkeley wasn’t already blushing from its dominance in scientific nomenclature* it looks like another local name may be immortalized. In a refereed article in Environmental Research Letters, a group of scientists propose that a unit of electricity savings be named the Rosenfeld, after Arthur Rosenfeld, “the godfather of energy efficiency” (photo right).
The proposed Rosenfeld is defined as savings of 3 billion kilowatt-hours per year, the amount necessary to replace the generation of a 500 megawatt … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 1.27.10
When Alice Waters calls asking you to bake bread, you bake bread [Chewwise]
City will send letter to Iran urging release of UC grad students [Daily Cal]
Arrest made in Monday’s Shattuck Avenue bank robbery [CBS5]
Eeek: Berkeley Lab scientists make fuel using E-coli [SF Business Times]
[Photo: Rainy day at Lawrence Hall of Science by ereneta/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.]
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