Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman: rooted in Berkeley. Photo: IMN. When Joshua Redman was growing up in Berkeley, his mother took him to a bewildering variety of music performances: Indonesian gamelan, Japanese Taiko drumming, African drumming, Persian traditional music, and so on. “It’s quite possible that if I hadn’t grown up in Berkeley I wouldn’t have […]
Longfellow Middle School
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Busload of Berkeley students witness brutal shooting
A busload of Berkeley elementary students witnessed the shootings on Sacramento Street this morning that killed one man and seriously injured another, according to BUSD officials. A school bus carrying about 40 students on their way to Cragmont Elementary School was driving on Sacramento Street near Russell around 8:43 am when two assailants fired numerous […]
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Another murder in Berkeley
Police examine bloody clothing left on ground after shooting One man was killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday in a mid-morning shooting on Sacramento Street near Russell. Two men were walking on the street near a neighborhood hang out called Johnson’s Barbershop around 8:43 a.m. when they were shot by two assailants, according to […]
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visits Longfellow
Arne Duncan visiting an 8th-grade class at Berkeley's Longfellow school. Photo: Baechler-Brabo. By Lea Baechler-Brabo It was a busy Friday for U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, but he found the time to make his way to an 8th grade algebra classroom at Longfellow Middle School. On his stop in Berkeley, together with U.S. Congresswoman […]
