Today, Telegraph Avenue bids goodbye to Volcom, the fashion store that has for four years provided a shopping ground for students. Read More…
Tears were shed Friday night at the world premiere of Eve Ensler’s “Emotional Creature” at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Ensler — Tony Award-winning playwright of the renown “The Vagina Monologues” — brings forth a new play based on her New York Times best-selling novel of the same name under the Read More…
Real heads (hip-hop enthusiasts) know. That’s another way of saying most people reading this have Main Source’s watershed classic Breaking Atoms. A more pithy way of stating would be that those same cats downloaded the long-delayed (over 10 years) The LP from a source the RIAA would probably take issue Read More…
A chance encounter leads to a quick marriage, an ordinary man is followed around the city by a pack of paparazzi and there’s a young guy trying to justify his impending act of infidelity. The word “pseudo-intellectual” makes an appearance at some point as does an old Jewish New Yorker Read More…
Governor Brown finalized the state budget when he signed it Wednesday night. However, as of press time, it remains unclear whether he approved the bill that would allocate the funds to the UC and CSU.
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An Alameda County Superior Court grand jury report was released Monday criticizing the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board for misconduct regarding fees charged by the board, hiring procedures and bias in favor of tenants.
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The Network for a Healthy California—African American Campaign and Farm Fresh Choice, a Berkeley Ecology Center program, are teaming up to bring fresh produce and healthy eating habits to the Berkeley community. Read More…
A Berkeley resident was sentenced to 15 years in prison last Friday for running an extensive marijuana operation in the East Bay from 2008 to 2010. A criminal complaint against Trinh, 45, and operation participants Lan Jin, of Berkeley, and Andy Wong, of Oakland, was filed with the court. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to send a $19.4 million bond and $604,000 parcel tax measure that would fund construction and renovation of the city’s swimming pools to the November ballot. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council unanimously voted to adopt its biennial city budget update Tuesday night, which hopes to close a projected $1.8 million deficit through loan adjustments and cost reductions. Read More…
