To comply with California law, furniture makers treating cushion foam with flame-retardant chemicals, up to two pounds of chemicals in an average-size sofa. Those chemicals can turn up in household dust, blood, and breast milk. »
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 ... »
Does Chez Panisse deserve a place on the list of SF's finest? »
