Notes on our city
Purim window at Afikomen
Berkeley researcher discovers that weed killer creates gender-bending frogs. [USA Today]
Meritage at the Claremont Hotel is no ordinary hotel restaurant [Oakland Magazine]
World expert on toys has Berkeley warehouse full of fun things [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley Housing Authority downsizing city stock of public housing [IndyBay.org}
Finding a waterfall in North Berkeley [Kitchen in the name]
Local music start-up raises $10 million in new round [NYT Dealbook]
UC profs hold annual, terribly civilized, debate on abortion [LA Times]
Chancellor: violence will do “incredible damage” to UCB’s Sacramento push [Daily Clog]
[Photo of "fairy door" by Kyesekiya on Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
If you missed Bill Clinton’s appearance at UC yesterday — and chances are you did as the free tickets were limited to UC students and staff — a couple of reviews of the event are already out.
The Daily Clog reports that Clinton was charismatic and a little red in the face, although otherwise in “the bloom of [...]
Who knew? Harry Potter’s favorite sport is apparently a hit across the nation’s colleges and — not to be outdone — UC Berkeley held try-outs for a Quidditch team last week.
According the the Daily Californian, there are more than 200 Quidditch collegiate teams in the US and the Quidditch World Cup is held in Middlebury, [...]
200-day vigil held for Berkeley students held in Iran [Chronicle]
Take a nap: UC scientists says siestas make you smarter [Fox News]
Mayor Bates gets physical: pushes protester off podium [Fog City]
New owners for Berkeley firm Red Oak Realty [SF Business Times]
$17,000 reward offered in west Berkeley homicide [Berkeley City]
Photo: Chinese new year in west Berkeley by Тощин/Berkeleyside Flickr [...]
A long-awaited internal Justice Department report will essentially clear controversial UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo — one of the lawyers who crafted the legal justification for the Bush Administration’s torture policies — according to Newsweek [hat-tip: Talking Points Memo].
This reverses the tougher findings of an earlier, draft version of the report, and also applies [...]
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.]
In an attempt to raise more funds during an era of unprecedented cutbacks, the UC system is planning on admitting more students from out of state than ever before, since those students have to pay a higher tuition. That means fewer in-state students will be admitted to their first-choice campuses.
To soften the rejection letters that [...]
UC Berkeley names business brain Brostrom to top admin post [CC Times]
Railroad reconstruction ahead: watch for closed crossings [Berkeley]
An offer they couldn’t refuse: Anna’s Jazz Island shuts its doors [EB Express]
UC Regents to join student protests in Sacramento [SF Chronicle]
Hide and go seek? John Yoo’s class schedule still under cover [Business Insider]
[Photo: Full moon on [...]
New plans for the Helios Energy Research Facility will be presented to the UC Board of Regents next week. The project calls for a new five-story, 112,800 sq ft building across the street from the UC Berkeley campus, on the site bounded by Oxford, Berkeley Way, Shattuck and Hearst.
The Helios project was originally conceived by [...]
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