Berkeleyside would like to take a minute to express its gratitude to our current advertisers: Aurora Theater, Amoeba Music, Barbara Hendrickson/Just Sell My House, Berkeley Rep, Bernardo Lopez Garden Design & Installation, Cal Youth Camps, Carolyn Jones at The Grubb Company, Dan Suich, Energy Upgrade California, Focal Point, Hotel Shattuck Plaza/Five Restaurant, Moe’s Books, Photo Laboratory, Sarah Herman Landscape Design, Telegraph Berkeley, and UC Berkeley Optometry. We very much appreciate your support.

If you are interested in reaching Berkeleyside’s 111,001 unique monthly visitors (latest figures), don’t hesitate to contact us.

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 Created California, published in November...