Yesterday, Golden Gate Fields had its turn in the spotlight at a public meeting held by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to discuss that location as one of the six possibles on its shortlist for its second campus. Richmond, Alameda and Oakland have all had their chance to shine, and Monday August 8th will see a […]
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Berkeley sites for Lab’s second campus in the spotlight
Michael Goldin, one of the owners the Aquatic Park West site, stands in front of the view the lab would have if it located there. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel As the Berkeley Lab rolls into town this week to hold three public meetings about a second campus, there has been a lot of speculation about which […]
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Three Berkeley sites being considered for Lawrence Berkeley Lab second campus
Aerial view of Lawrence Berkeley Lab/Photo: LBL The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected six sites in six East Bay cities as the possible location of a second campus, Berkeleyside has learned. Three of the six sites are either in Berkeley or partly in Berkeley, according to knowledgeable sources who asked not to be named. They […]
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How did Berkeley do on those 2010 resolutions?
People's Park: there has been no progress this year on the future of this controversial space. Photo: djwudi/Flickr creative commons. A year ago, we suggested 10 resolutions for 2010 for Berkeley (we’ll have our 2011 resolutions tomorrow). How did our city do? We went back to look at those 10 resolutions and scored them 0 […]
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Aquatic Park advocate wins conservation award
Mark Liolios with "weed warriors" at Aquatic Park yesterday. Photo: Friends of Five Creeks Mark Liolios, founder of Aquatic Park Egret, has been named one of five Cox Conserves Heroes for the Bay Area. The program, run by the Trust for Public Land, honored Liolios for more than a decade of work in environmental education […]
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Aquatic Park cleans up, tackles brackish reputation
Japanese Lantern Ceremony at Aquatic Park on Saturday. Photo: Rachel Gross. By Rachel Gross On Saturday evening, hundreds of flickering paper lanterns floated serenely across the main lake of the Berkeley Aquatic Park in commemoration of the victims of the 1945 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now on its sixth ninth year, the Japanese Lantern Ceremony for World Peace […]
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On the waterfront: A new cafe in Aquatic Park
The recently opened Waterside Cafe in Aquatic Park. Photo: Lance Knobel. The recently opened Waterside Cafe provides a beautiful spot to have coffee or tea in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. And the cafe, part of the non-profit Waterside Workshops, offers 25 cents off any beverage for customers who arrive by bicycle. Cyclists are also catered for […]
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Missing baby search centers on Berkeley
A search is currently under way for a missing 8-month year-old baby who disappeared around the same time his mother was found murdered in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. Follow the story on ABC7. [Photo: abclocal.go.com]
