A section of the 35-year old garden at 2401/2403 Virginia St. that is at the center of a dispute. Photo: Wally Gorell For the past 36 years, Wally Gorell has been tending a garden outside his apartment at 2401/2403 Virginia St. just north of the UC Berkeley campus. During that time he transformed barren beds […]
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Jamelle Bouie, Anna Lappé, Meklit, Patrick Dooley sign up for Uncharted Ideas Festival in Berkeley
Appearing at Uncharted Ideas Festival 2015: (clockwise, l to r): Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent, Slate; theoretical neuroscientist and entrepreneur Vivienne Ming; Shotgun Players founder Patrick Dooley; author and co-founder of the Small Planet Institute Anna Lappé; 3D Robotics CEO Chris Anderson; and musician Meklit The line-up of speakers and performers for the 2015 Uncharted […]
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Berkeley considers becoming a No Drone Zone
Two quadricopter drones, typical of the designs popular with hobbyists. Photo: Gregor Hartl/Ars Electronica Berkeley City Council will tonight consider a proposal from the Peace & Justice Commission to ban the use of drones — unmanned aerial vehicles — in the city’s airspace. The recommended ordinance would also prohibit the city, or any agency of the city, […]
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Berkeleyans add to West Berkeley debate in novel forum
West Berkeley. Photo: John C. Osborn. Tonight will see part two of public hearings on proposals which could see West Berkeley transformed, and many residents are making their views known on “open town hall” site Peak Democracy. More than 200 people have so far left comments on a forum set up by councilmembers Laurie Capitelli, […]
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Berkeleyside Local Business Forum: a call to action
Chris Anderson, Carl Bass and Lance Knobel listen to a questioner. Photo: Keoki Seu Over 300 business leaders, politicians, policymakers and interested Berkeleyans came to the first Berkeleyside Local Business Forum last night. Over the course of two hours, they engaged in a lively, civil discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing business in Berkeley. […]
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Photos from the First Local Business Forum
By Queena Kim, The Bay Citizen Welcome to the first ever “Local Business Forum” at Freight & Salvage. On stage tonight were Berkeleyside’s Lance Knobel in conversation with Wired’s Chris Anderson and Autodesk’s Carl Bass, who both live in Berkeley. The Berkeleyside Local Business Forum begins/All photos by citizen journalists from Bay Citizen The doors […]
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Berkeley tweeters part 2: They’re out there
Earlier this month we took a look at well-known Berkeley tweeters. We identified those who do — among them Dave Winer and Markos Moulitsas — those who sort of do, such as Michael Pollan, and then we compiled a wish-list of noted Berkeley people who we hope will take to the Twitter-waves. Of course, our readers […]