ChuCha at the Ship's Helm
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 19:25:00 -0700 | entertainment-news
In many ways, Oakland's ChuCha Santamaria fits the indie-music model for success: It's a young, attractive, liberal arts-educated, husband-wife duo making arty, synth-driven, slightly mysterious dance music. The duo's story is also perfect blog fodder: What began as a bedroom-pop...
Snoop Lion
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 19:24:58 -0700 | entertainment-news
It was like an April Fool's joke in July, or the plot of an actual movie (remember I'm Still Here ?), and throughout it all, Snoop maintained that he was completely serious. With the release of Reincarnated , we now...
Johnna Arnold's Risky, Rebellious Photographs of Freeways
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 19:24:55 -0700 | entertainment-news
At first glance, In/Finite Potential , Johnna Arnold's series of gelatin print photographs, seems run-of-the-mill. With the captivating clarity of a high-resolution digital image, they sublimely picture the utilitarian structures of the urban landscape: shipping crates along the port, tunnels,...
Ragtag Shakespeare
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 19:24:49 -0700 | entertainment-news
Director Mark Wing-Davey's initial stroke of genius was to start with one of Shakespeare's worst plays. At least the general critical consensus for the past four centuries has been that Pericles, Prince of Tyre is sort of a disaster. In...
U.S. Postal Service issues decision confirming sale of historic Berkeley building
Source: The Berkeley Voice
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 13:44:54 -0700 | political-news
Postal Service has confirmed a plan to sell its 99-year old landmark building downtown and rent customer service space, following a heated public comment period that ended March 13. The decision came despite vocal opposition from numerous corners including the...
Lanesplitter Workers Quit in Protest
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 08:08:24 -0700 | entertainment-news
Last week at the Temescal district location of Lanesplitter Pizza , two employees quit their jobs in dramatic fashion: At around 8 p.m. on Monday night, when the Telegraph Avenue restaurant was at close to full capacity, the servers cut...
Cal students want oil money for education
Source: Contra Costa Times
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 15:39:50 -0700 | political-news
Tired of rising tuition at UC Berkeley, a group of students said Monday it would help gather signatures for a state ballot measure taxing oil and gas extraction $2 billion for education, green energy, county governments and state parks. The...
Fishing Line: Week of April 24, 2013
Source: Sacramento Bee
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 13:48:18 -0700 | allnews
Striped bass fishing continued to be very good, and a few more larger females are being seen. The big surprise last week was the early appearance of large schools of shad, and anglers were getting limits of 25 on mini-jigs...
Fishing Line: Week of April 24, 2013
Source: Sacramento Bee
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 13:48:18 -0700 | allnews
Striped bass fishing continued to be very good, and a few more larger females are being seen. The big surprise last week was the early appearance of large schools of shad, and anglers were getting limits of 25 on mini-jigs...
Three Cal golfers to play at Palmer Cup
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 23:31:20 -0700 | sports-news
The top-ranked Cal men's golf team will be represented by three players at the Palmer Cup, matching the top collegiate golfers from the U.S. and Europe in a Ryder Cup-style event, June 7-9 at the Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington,...
What We Like: Breakdancing Mr. Rogers, Ezra Klein, Safe
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 06:17:37 -0700 | entertainment-news
In case you need a reminder of why Mr. Rogers was awesome, here is a video of him learning how to breakdance. I guess if Conan already did a parody of this Tumblr, it's gone beyond viral, but it's easy...
Hayward superintendent named top candidate for Berkeley schools
Source: The Berkeley Voice
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 15:04:53 -0700 | disasters-news
The school board has named Hayward Unified School District Superintendent Donald Evans as its only finalist in a search to fill the top job here. Evans who has been in the $229,000 a year position in Hayward for just 18...
Listen: New Songs by Manatee, Kids On A Crime Spree, and Thee Oh Sees
Source: East Bay Express
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 13:43:05 -0700 | entertainment-news
Manatee "Which Way To Go" and "Theme (Dugong Sing-Along)" The Oakland quartet Manatee has two new tracks out this week on the B-side of a seven-inch split with Stockton's Surfer Club . Manatee rocks hard and in a range of...
TV reporter attacked while filming in Berkeley
Source: Sacramento Bee
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 09:10:40 -0700 | entertainment-news
bit.ly/177bUe7) that reporter Stanley Roberts was filming on Thursday outside Amoeba Music on Telegraph Ave. for a segment about the increase of panhandlers in the area. Roberts said the men he was filming told him they did not want to...
Arcata to fine tune new smoking bans: Questions raised about APD's ability to enforce stricter ...
Source: Times Standard
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 02:40:33 -0700 | entertainment-news
Font Resize Cora Vay/The Times-Standard Creating a smoke-free Arcata continues to be the topic of conversation as council members pushed the issue into another round of discussions. During its meeting on Wednesday, the Arcata City Council decided to drop two...
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