Occupy the Farm activists have been on the Gill Tract since Earth Day on April 22. Photo: Tracey Taylor Update: 9:24 am: The Dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, J. Keith Gilless, says he is willing to facilitate a meaningful dialogue about the future of the Gill Tract but a constructive dialogue cannot take place while the site is […]
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Gobble gobble: Turkeys roam streets of Berkeley, Albany
A flock of turkeys roams the streets of Albany on Thursday. Photo: Neil Mishalov Perhaps buoyed by the passing of Thanksgiving and Christmas — not that the wild variety is often to be found on the plate — turkeys are making their presence known on the residential streets of Berkeley and Albany. The photo above […]
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Michael Lewis: After Moneyball comes softball
Bestselling author Michael Lewis muses on the peculiar characteristics of an award-winning girls’ softball team in Berkeley.
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Big Screen Berkeley: “Oranges and Sunshine”
Emily Watson discovers the sordid truth in "Oranges and Sunshine" During the hundred years between 1870 and 1970 the British government deported over 100,000 children to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Rhodesia. Driven by the misguided Victorian notion that the children of the poor and misbegotten were better off getting a fresh start in foreign […]
Posted inCrime & Safety
Out of control car causes wrecks, injuries on Solano
Albany fire department uses jaws of life to extricate the driver of a Honda Civic badly damaged in the accident. Photo: Jane Tierney. A seemingly out-of-control BMW careened careered down Solano Avenue Sunday morning, sending at least two people to hospital and damaging seven other cars. Shahram Farshchi, the driver of the car, told Albany […]
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The Solano Stroll: 36 years on and bigger than ever
El Cerrito Pre-School Cooperative parade at Solano Stroll 2009. Photo: Alan Stross. It’s the East Bay’s largest street festival and it’s been going since 1974. This weekend sees the return of the Solano Stroll, a family-friendly celebration which includes everything from the actual stroll — a parade featuring more than 100 participating groups — entertainers, […]
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On the agenda: Berkeley City matters
Decisions, decisions. Highlights from the agenda for tonight’s City Council meeting: Whether to restrict official travel to Arizona and cancel contracts with businesses there in reaction to that state’s recently passed law allowing police to question and detain people they think are in the U.S. illegally. Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco have already have passed measures aimed […]
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Big Screen Berkeley: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo First things first: the new Swedish thriller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has been re-titled for American consumption, and done so in clumsy but understandable fashion. Based on a novel by Stieg Larsson entitled Män som hatar kvinnor — Men who Hate Women — the […]
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Have your say on the future of the Albany waterfront
Golden Gate Fields with a glimpse of Albany in the distance Neighboring Albany is engaged in a comprehensive public process to look at the future of its waterfront, called Voices to Vision. Next Tuesday night, the program is looking for the views of non-Albany residents. Since the Eastshore State Park runs through Berkeley and Albany, […]
Posted inBusiness, Housing & Development
Golden Gate Fields to stay — for now
Following our story yesterday on the uncertain future of Golden Gate Fields, northern California’s last horse-racing track, located on the Berkeley-Albany border, the Oakland Tribune reports today that all will remain as is — at least for now — following a proposed bankruptcy settlement struck by the track’s owner. Albany Mayor Joanne Wile said: “We will […]
