Longfellow Middle School jazz band plays at a sold-out Yoshi's. Photos: Alex Chiappetta Yoshi’s in Oakland, a legendary venue for the best in jazz, was packed on Monday night. The boisterous, enthusiastic crowd had come to hear the jazz bands from Longfellow and Willard middle schools. Fan — and mother of a baritone sax player […]
Longfellow Middle School
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Longfellow students practice tolerance, compassion
A Longfellow school band plays a song to honor National Day of Silence When students at Longfellow Magnet Middle School go to school today, they will spend their first two hours in silence. While they will be studying, they will not be talking. But they will be learning. The students will be participating in National […]
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Berkeley’s school lunch program is flawed, say insiders
“If They Cook It, They Will Eat It,” one of the short films in the Lunch Love Community series. Photo: Sophie Constantinou “If They Cook It, They Will Eat It,” one of the short films in the Lunch Love Community series. Photo: Sophie Constantinou The successes — and shortcomings — of the Berkeley Unified School […]
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Saxophonist Joshua Redman: Forged in Berkeley
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 […]
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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 […]
