Op-ed: Cal’s Robert Hass on the “poet-bashing police” [New York Times] Gap between rich and poor in area is widest in Berkeley [New York Times] A professor’s personal journey to Occupy Cal [Oakland Local] Berkeley pureplay Berkeleyside scratches a niche [NetNewsCheck] ASUC organizes donation drive for Haste fire victims [ASUC] Berkeley in top 10 most […]
November 21, 2011
Posted inFire
Friday’s fire ‘another hit in the face’ for Telegraph Avenue
Firefighters battling the fire that engulfed the Sequoia Apartments building on Haste and Telegraph Friday. Photo: Pete Rosos The city of Berkeley and the merchants of Telegraph Avenue are encouraging the community to shop on Berkeley’s most famous street this holiday season after a devastating fire left many people homeless on Friday and closed down […]
Posted inCrime
A Berkeley High star-turned-rapper takes tumble
Nathan Simmons, also known as Sliggitay, from his Facebook page When Nathan Simmons graduated from Berkeley High School in 2003, he was lauded as an example of a student who seemed destined to go far. Simmons had been a leader at Berkeley High. He played on the varsity basketball and tennis teams, took many AP […]
Posted inCommunity
Donations sought so no one goes hungry on Thanksgiving
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Posted inCrime & Safety, Schools
Poet writes about Occupy Cal, protesters plan next steps
Robert Hass: the Cal professor joined Occupy Cal protesters on campus recently and was beaten by police. Photo: Copyright 2005 Margaretta K. Mitchell Robert Hass, professor of poetry and poetics at UC Berkeley, attended Occupy Cal this month and wrote about his experience in an op-ed piece for the New York Times on Sunday titled “Poet-Bashing […]
