Skates and the Berkeley Pier. Photo, taken on Feb. 14, 2014, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lben/12534273994/in/pool-berkeleyside">Louis Benainous</a>
Skates and the Berkeley Pier. Photo, taken on Feb. 14, 2014, by Louis Benainous

Restaurant review: Chez Panisse is still at top (SF Chronicle)
Everyone/Eventually: Seven circles of hell in East Bay (The Tusk)
Protest outside Blum Center ends at 5 p.m. Friday (Daily Cal)
Detailing two four-star dinners at Chez Panisse (Inside Scoop SF)
Peet’s adds salads, sandwiches to food options (Eater SF)
Mollie Katzen: Inside her studio (Colour Living)
Dali Lama to visit Berkeley on Saturday (CBS Local)
Squirrels, gophers unleash toxins at former Berkeley landfill into bay (Coco Times) 

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