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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Yours, Brad DeLong ---- Benjamin Franklin: "A rising, not a setting, sun..." Posted via email from http://braddelong.posterous.com/only-in-berkeley at Brad DeLong's Scrapbook
Veggie Chic (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
I thought from time to time we’d look at gardens you can visit. I’ve visited many public gardens and one of my favorite gardens so far is the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley. Location: 200 Centennial Drive #5045 Berkeley, CA 94720-5045 - I suggest taking a bus up to the gardens, which are sort [...] Post from: Blisstree Garden Trip: Berkeley Botanical...
Siris (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in California being named after the Irish philosopher (albeit under an Anglicized pronunciation). Berkeley went to great lengths to gather together the resources for building a college in Bermuda for Native Americans. He even went across the Atlantic for it, although he never got to Bermuda, and crucial funds were never handed over to him. Instead he spent some time in New England, where...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
An Amtrak commuter train struck and killed two pedestrians in separate incidents in Berkeley and Oakland this afternoon, according to train officials and the Alameda County Coroner's office. The first incident occurred at 12:20 p.m. just north of the Berkeley...
MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population….” –Margaret Sanger, Founder, Planned Parenthood Speaking in Hilo Friday, Rev Walter Hoye of the Progressive Baptist Church of Berkeley, CA told a gathering of 50 Hawaii religious leaders about forces of “black genocide” which he says now kill as many [...]
Betty's List (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Sunday - Dance Auditions with Sarah Bush @ The Beat in Berkeley - 7/5 Note from Betty: Sarah Bush of the Sarah Bush Dance Project has shared with us the news that auditions will be held this coming Sunday and dancers are encouraged to participate. Please see details below . . . - Betty Dance Auditions for San Diego Pride Performance by the Sarah Bush Dance Project The audition seeks and encourages...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Yellow lines return in Berkeley Results, Day 14: The city of Berkeley gave itself a deadline of mid-July to restripe a busy corridor by UC Berkeley's Clark-Kerr campus, and it beat the deadline by two weeks. The corridor is on Piedmont Crescent, just...
Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
There was a nice turnout for my lecture last night at UC-Berkeley (in Giannini Hall, above) as part of the 2009 Breakthrough Seminar Series. Lots of good discussion as well. At the talk I met Tom Fuller, who has posted up some comments about the talk. And I understand that a streaming video will be online before long. Meantime, you can download my slides here in PDF . Comments welcomed.
zTruth (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Zomblog has a great post today with pictures of far-left anti-American propaganda showcased in a front window display at the University of California at Berkeley's library. This university is part of the public university system in California Below is one of the pictures: "The Berkeley Tribe newspaper had a special Black Panthers edition, sporting Malcolm X’s famous quote,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Tony Taccone sounds pretty relaxed for a man on the run between directing shows in Minneapolis, Berkeley and on Broadway. After two decades at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, serving as artistic director since 1997, the 57-year-old director may be most...
CN plus Housing RSS (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Berkeley Group co-founder Tony Pidgley said he is “saddened” over the speculation that its long-term joint venture partner Saad Investments is debt-laden and potentially financially unviable.
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
3:AM Asia contributor Roland Kelts will be in conversation with acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away/Howl’s Moving Castle) on July 25 at the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley. Roland tells us it will be the first (and likely only) time Miyazaki has consented to such an interview/conversation in public (and probably [...]
Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
. . . supposedly are listing for $225,000. The Stanford ticket director quips, "And they give us crap for being elitists."
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Wilco just rolled through California and Saturday night brought them to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. This was my first time at the storied venue and I was fortunate enough to score a photo pass from their PR company, so I brought my SLR and shot the show from the pit. Here’s some [...] Related posts: Wilco to Webcast Berkeley Show on Saturday Sights and Sounds: Marco Benevento...
Market Power (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
So no, Berkeley hasn't exactly been a football factory the last half-century. But that hasn't hurt the self-esteem at Cal, where the university is asking fans to pay $225,000 -- yes, $225,000! -- for personal seat licenses. ...Across the bay,...
