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August 31, 2018
Looks who’s coming to Berkeleyside’s ‘Uncharted’ ideas festival, Oct. 5-6
If you like TED, Pop-Up Magazine and Commonwealth Club talks — and good food, music and a party — you’ll love Berkeleyside’s Ideas Festival.
‘Berkeley Plaza’ on Harold Way gets 1 more year to build
City staff has given the Berkeley Plaza complex at Harold Way another year to seek its building permit, according to a planning department letter sent Friday.
Homeless shelter relocated in nick of time — but no long-term solution yet
Berkeley’s extended emergency shelter will move to the North Berkeley Senior Center for two weeks, then the Frances Albrier Community Center for the next two.
Opinion: Berkeley NAACP comes out to support Councilman Ben Bartlett
The organization is also announcing a Sept. 22 community event focused on the effects of implicit bias and intergenerational trauma on people of color.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 31-Sept. 3
Cal kicks off its football season, there’s a new Shotgun production, a mural unveiling, a cappella at Ashkenaz and reggae/rock band The Expendables at Cornerstone.
Big Screen Berkeley: A weekend potpourri of recommended movies
There’s a surfeit of cinematic goodies out there as we go into the Labor Day weekend.
Remembering Berkeley Lab’s Fred Lothrop, radio expert, civic-minded citizen
Fred Lothrop, who went to BHS, attended Cal, and worked at Berkeley Lab, was also a familiar face around Lafayette where he lived and contributed to civic life for many years.
Peter Berck, renowned environmental economist, beloved teacher
A citizen of the world, UC professor Peter Berck was a mentor to generations of students and colleagues.
The East Bay restaurants that opened and closed in August
Learn more about the 26 new restaurants and café, and find out which eight closed.
Rally, fundraiser set for Saturday for South Berkeley man killed in Oakland
A 27-year-old man fatally shot earlier this year just over the Berkeley border in Oakland will be remembered Saturday at a rally and fundraiser.