Malik Grayson at a football game in middle school The 14-year-old Berkeley freshman who was shot in the head by his best friend on Saturday has died, according to Berkeley High School Principal Pasquale Scuderi. Larry Malik Grayson, who went by the name Malik, died Thursday at Highland Hospital after lingering on life support for many […]
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Berkeley Giants fan makes front page of the Chron
Berkeleyan Rose Trachtenberg (second from left). Photo: Mike Kepka/The Chronicle Berkeley resident and Willard Middle School student Rose Trachtenberg wasn’t holding back yesterday as she watched the Giants’ celebratory parade in San Francisco. And today, her father Robert Trachtenberg says, she was almost as excited to see her photograph on the front page of the […]
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Berkeley Bites: Tanya Henderson
Tanya Henderson is a cooking instructor for the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). During the day she cooks with teens at Willard Middle School. Once a week she whips up dishes with kids in the after-school program at Malcolm X Elementary. She also teaches evening nutrition classes to parents at several BUSD locations. A former […]
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Berkeley Playhouse’s Oliver is delightful
I’ve rhapsodized previously about the stellar plays put on by Berkeley Playhouse, and I am pleased to say that its current production of Oliver is wonderful. The show features 30 kids, mostly from schools around Berkeley and Oakland. Nandi Drayton is wonderful as Oliver, and Katie Corbus is great as the Artful Dodger. “As the […]
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Are there chickens on the loose in Berkeley?
Veteran investigative reporter Lance Williams of California Watch tipped us off to this caper: there was a chicken running loose in the Elmwood a few days ago. Fortunately, a kind citizen noticed the bird trying to cross Ashby Avenue, picked it up, and took it home. The Good Samaritan then put up this poster seeking […]
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The Most Dangerous Man: Special Berkeley screening
It’s a Berkeley event, involving an independent Berkeley movie theater, screening a documentary made by a Berkeley resident, to benefit a Berkeley school. Berkeleyside couldn’t live with itself if it didn’t cover this one. On Thursday May 6th, at 7:15 pm, Elmwood Rialto will present a screening of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel […]
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Willard students win national video prize
Willard Middle School students Eric Kahler and Guthrie Kornbluth submitted the above video, “Public Option, Insuring a Healthier Nation”, in a nationwide C-Span video competition, winning third place for middle school entries. More than 1,000 entries were received in the contest, StudentCam 2010. The contest called for students to submit a five- to eight-minute documentary […]
