In the 1950s, the San Francisco Bay Area was an epicenter for new thinking and artistic exploration. At the center of this explosion was the painter David Park, whose bold colors and everyday subjects helped usher in a new modernism. In search of a for... »
Town Hall to discuss selection of new UC Berkeley Chancellor [Daily Cal] Easy-to-clean BART seats have arrived [The Bay Citizen] Oakland-Berkeley DA seeks to ban Occupy protesters [Free Speech Radio] Jean-Pierre Moullé steps down as Chez Panisse chef [... »
The Chronicle’s food writer Michael Bauer chose the same five Berkeley restaurants that made it into last year’s Top 100 for his 2012 selection. The “Top 100 Restaurants” list, which was published yesterday, embraces Chez Panisse, Ippuku, O Chamé, Riv... »
Tonight, at Builders Booksource on Berkeley’s Fourth Street, Kathleen Brenzel will introduce the new, ninth, edition of the “Sunset Western Garden Book“, the iconic gardening bible which is in its 80th year. Brenzel, Sunset’s Garden Editor, paused on h... »
On Tuesday, Berkeley approved a plan for its downtown area which had been seven long years in the making. Watch — eventually — for a few more tall(ish) buildings and more open spaces to accompany the ongoing streets clean-up. Otherwise, all our top sto... »
Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy came to the Berkeley campus and delivered a rousing speech in honor of Charter Day, the anniversary of the university’s founding. It was the second time Kennedy had visited Cal. The earlier visit was in ... »
There’s something almost post-apocalyptic about these photographs of Safeway on Shattuck Avenue taken just before it closed its doors on Saturday in order to undergo an expansion and complete renovation. The bare shelves and exposed shabbiness caught t... »
Berkeley police step up focus on westside after shootings [Coco Times] Freak freeway accident kills UC Berkeley student [Chronicle] Berkeley man arrested for San Leandro robbery [Mercury News] Accident at Berkeley industrial tool plan kills worker [Ber... »
The third and final installment of Berkeleyside's roundup to ethnic restaurants around town. Continue reading » »
UC Berkeley: five charged in baton-jabbing protest [Chronicle] City to consider task force to combat sex trafficking [Daily Cal] Injury accidents on Marin rise after safety fix [Patch] Breaking down tonight’s girls’ BHS hoops match-up [Sac Bee] Reviewe... »
Councilmember Darryl Moore is hosting a community meeting in the wake of two multiple shootings that took place in his Berkeley district this month, and members of one neighborhood are also organizing in an effort to improve safety locally. On Friday M... »
Berkeley police chief draws fire for reporter incident [Chronicle] Cheese Board Collective: one to try for California-style pizza [Parade] Cal administrator hiked pay for employee she was seeing [Mercury News] Berkeley police union “gravely concerned” ... »
There was some consolation for patrons turning up to Café Fanny this morning for breakfast only to discover it had closed down permanently yesterday: a Blue Bottle cart had set up shop in the parking lot next to Café Fanny, and no doubt the Oakland-bre... »
Alice Waters came to Café Fanny Friday morning with a funeral wreath to commemorate the closing of the café she opened 28 years ago. As a long line of people waited to get their last servings of poached eggs on toasted Acme levain bread, beignets, and ... »
Café Fanny, which is co-owned by Chez Panisse restaurateur Alice Waters, is closing. Tomorrow will be the café’s last day, according to staff at the popular eatery who were only informed of the development today. A senior staff member said the reason g... »
