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January 3, 2017
Posted inNews Wire
The Berkeley Wire: 01.03.17
Sunrise by Gina g10 No topic is too crazy for student-designed classes at Cal (LA Times) State safety officials investigating carbon monoxide exposure (Patch) Huston Smith, the author of ‘The World’s Religions,’ dies at 97 (NYT) Berkeley author Jeff Chang’s plea for racial justice (East Bay Times) A Look Back: 1942 finds city training civil defense […]
Posted inNosh
Charlie Hallowell to open restaurant in Berkeley
The Pizzaiolo owner will open a second location of his Boot & Shoe Service restaurant in the space formerly occupied by Build Pizzeria.
Posted inCrime, Crime & Safety
2 girls arrested after Berkeley robberies, 3 males escape
The North Berkeley BART station. Image: Google Maps Two teenage Oakland girls were arrested last week after back-to-back strong-arm robberies in North Berkeley, following an earlier robbery in Oakland, authorities report. Wednesday night just before 11, the Berkeley Police Department got a call about a robbery at the North Berkeley BART station. It was followed within minutes […]
Posted inSchools
Parents demand school district break silence on Berkeley High principal’s unexplained leave
Berkeley High principal Sam Pasarow went on sudden paid leave Dec. 6. No explanation was offered to the school community, with the district citing confidentiality reasons. Photo: Mark Coplan The Berkeley PTA Council has launched a petition demanding that the school district explain why Berkeley High principal Sam Pasarow went on abrupt leave on Dec. 6. […]
Posted inCommunity
How Quirky is Berkeley? The rocks fall up on Fifth Street
Around the corner from Doug Heine’s sculpture studio and house with an airplane crashing into the roof, and just south on Fifth Street from the home of Rob Garross with a caboose in the driveway, is a collection of balanced rocks and a trapezoid-ish raised gravel bed small world.