The Berkeley Wire: 03.31.17
News about Berkeley from around the web.
Archives – March 2017
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of March 31-April 2
Our choices for the weekend: the golden age of Latin American radio, psychedelic drugs, Egyptian political satire, water science and college tennis.
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Opinion: Berkeley can do better at 2902 Adeline St.
There are at least six reasons the proposed development at 2902 Adeline should be sent back to Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board.
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All the restaurants and bars that opened and closed in March
Over a dozen new restaurants have opened in Berkeley and Oakland this month. Fewer than 10 have closed.
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Opinion: A vote of no confidence in the Board of Library Trustees
Two of the Board of Library Trustees are tone deaf to the concerns of the community and should be replaced.
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Opinion: Berkeley has done a bait and switch by using housing funds to buy new Council chambers
Despite the claims that funds raised from Measure U1 would be used for housing, the money goes into Berkeley’s General Fund where the Council can use it however it likes.
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Fur goods now illegal to sell in Berkeley
Berkeley vendors can no longer sell new fur apparel following a council vote Tuesday designed “to promote community awareness of animal welfare.”
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How Quirky was Berkeley? Ken Stein’s Berkeley buttons
Ken Stein’s collection of several thousand political buttons tell a compelling tale of Berkeley’s contempoarary history.
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Humphry Slocombe ice cream coming to the East Bay
Bestselling flavors at the “we like it weird” San Francisco ice cream shop include Elvis (The Fat Years), Potato Chips and Here’s Your Damn Strawberry.
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Man charged after reports he shot himself at fast-food spot
A 19-year-old Berkeley man is facing several gun charges after reportedly shooting himself in the leg at a cafe near the Cal campus earlier this month.
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‘System change’ as Berkeley works to focus homeless money on housing
Over the last two years, the city of Berkeley has been moving from an emergency services approach to homelessness to one that’s focused on getting people into long-term housing.
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Berkeley launches platform so you don’t have to wait until midnight to comment at meetings
Berkeley Considers allows Berkeley residents to tell City Council what they think.
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Dengue Fever, Tinariwen, Sun Ra, and the sound of displacement
The psychedelic Los Angeles combo Dengue Fever and Mali’s iconic desert rocker Tinariwen play the UC Theatre on Saturday.
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