Violence around People’s Park is issue in District 7 elections [Oakland Tribune]
Activists want City Council to welcome Guantanamo detainees [Examiner]
Berkeley teacher who bit principal reinstated after firing [Daily Cal]
Berkeley REI to hold 35th birthday celebration [Fwix.com]
“Creative activists” jam parking meters with anti-consumerist messages [Adbusters]
Daily Planet starts cartoon section [Daily Planet]
Summer Kitchen and Blue Chair Jams to make gourmet pop tarts [Summer Kitchen]

John Hinkel Park by Jar/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.

Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeleyside and CItyside co-founder, is a journalist and author. Her first book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman...