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PG&E outage map | Remembering 16-year-old Lillia Bartlow | Berkeley crime on the rise | Celebrating 10 years of Nosh

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Lance Knobel

Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine in Britain, and World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum. In 1999-2000 he was director of the Programme of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also the founder and curator of Berkeleyside's Uncharted Festival of Ideas.

lance@berkeleyside.com
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The Berkeley Relief Fund kicks off with Michael Lewis hosting live launch

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel March 22, 2020, 2:43 p.m.March 23, 2020

The Berkeley Relief Fund will pool $3 million in city funds and funds raised from private and corporate donations to provide emergency grants to local businesses, nonprofits and tenants.

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The It List: 5 things to do this weekend (mostly from home), March 13-15

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel March 13, 2020, 4:44 p.m.October 4, 2022

Entertainment for your coronavirus-provoked weekend of social distancing.

The Joffrey Ballet
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The It List: Five things to do this weekend, March 6-8

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel March 06, 2020, 2:48 p.m.October 4, 2022

Ballet, Afro-Cuban music, local art, a documentary premiere and Cal track & field provide plenty of choice for weekend activities

Black String
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The It List: Five things to do this weekend, Feb. 28 to March 1

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Feb. 28, 2020, 2:24 p.m.August 4, 2022

Korean-jazz fusion, dance, pioneers of women’s politics on stage, jazz and Liszt’s most challenging work, all this weekend.

Bunnies at the Little Farm, Tilden Park
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend, Jan. 3-5

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Jan. 03, 2020, 2:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

Kick off 2020 with a surrealist portrait or nature journaling. You could also take in some cute animals, jazz and David Bowie, all this weekend.

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2 Berkeleyside editors choose their best books of 2019

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Dec. 24, 2019, 10:35 a.m.August 4, 2022

Escape the cumulative exhaustion of national and global politics and indulge in some good reads. What books did you enjoy this year?

Telegraph Holiday Street Fair
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley over the holidays

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Dec. 20, 2019, 3:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

Plenty of holiday cheer to be had — from Klezmer to Christmas music — or you can just watch the Cal women’s basketball team continue its winning streak.

Alsarah and the Nubatones
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Nov. 8-11

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Nov. 08, 2019, 2:26 p.m.August 4, 2022

Afropop, fair housing, Joni Mitchell’s birthday, exquisite corpse for the kids and Berkeleyside’s own Evening Ideas Fests.

Singer Monica Pasqual
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 18-20

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Oct. 18, 2019, 3:47 p.m.August 4, 2022

Music from singer songwriters, blues guitarist and world fusion, plus the first-ever city Open House and an original play perfectly timed for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Grateful Day Fest, Telegraph Avenue
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 11-13

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Oct. 11, 2019, 11:54 a.m.August 4, 2022

It’s clearly festival weekend: annual Pow Wow, Grateful Day, Emergency Prep and, ahem, a running music festival. Plus a rare piano/gamelan concerto.

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Confusing information, failed website provoke frustration with PG&E in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Oct. 08, 2019, 5:57 p.m.August 4, 2022

‘PG&E has completely bungled it,’ said Berkeley Councilwoman Lori Droste. She wasn’t alone in her reaction to the confusing information about the power shutdown.

Jazz musician Madeleine Peyroux
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 4-6

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Oct. 04, 2019, 2:05 p.m.August 4, 2022

And now for something complete different… could be a theme for the weekend. Voting rights, bronze pours, 50 years of People’s Park, small presses and contemporary jazz.

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