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  • Blogs

    January 15, 2013

    New Storytelling Dinner Theater is Now Seeking Submissions

    An intriguing new event is coming to the Bay Area next month. Eat My Heart Out Supper Club is a storytelling dinner theater that pairs specially created food courses with personal stories like you'd hear on This American Life or The Moth. The event has thus far only been held in New York, but with d ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 19, 2012

    Now Playing

    An intriguing new event is coming to the Bay Area next month. Eat My Heart Out Supper Club is a storytelling dinner theater that pairs specially created food courses with personal stories like you'd hear on This American Life or The Moth. The event has thus far only been held in New York, but with d ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 12, 2012

    Now Playing

    An intriguing new event is coming to the Bay Area next month. Eat My Heart Out Supper Club is a storytelling dinner theater that pairs specially created food courses with personal stories like you'd hear on This American Life or The Moth. The event has thus far only been held in New York, but with d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    UC Berkeley Scholarships to Pay for Undocumented Students

    Well this should help some Berkeley students with their skyrocketing tuition. U.C. Berkeley announced this morning that it received $1 million from the Evelyn and Walter Hass Jr. Foundation to help fund scholarships for undocumented students -- the largest gift of its kind in the nation. See also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    Sex in the Library: Kids Have Fun, Librarians Gripe, and the Internet Explodes

    We're late to the party, admittedly. But it has come to our attention that the sex columnist for U.C. Berekley's Daily Californian wrote an autobiographical column about coitus in the library -- and the Internet has reacted. Per the column, the writer inveighs in favor of sex in the library. A comme ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 5, 2012

    Now Playing

    We're late to the party, admittedly. But it has come to our attention that the sex columnist for U.C. Berekley's Daily Californian wrote an autobiographical column about coitus in the library -- and the Internet has reacted. Per the column, the writer inveighs in favor of sex in the library. A comme ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 21, 2012

    Now Playing

    We're late to the party, admittedly. But it has come to our attention that the sex columnist for U.C. Berekley's Daily Californian wrote an autobiographical column about coitus in the library -- and the Internet has reacted. Per the column, the writer inveighs in favor of sex in the library. A comme ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 14, 2012

    Now Playing

    We're late to the party, admittedly. But it has come to our attention that the sex columnist for U.C. Berekley's Daily Californian wrote an autobiographical column about coitus in the library -- and the Internet has reacted. Per the column, the writer inveighs in favor of sex in the library. A comme ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 7, 2012

    Now Playing

    We're late to the party, admittedly. But it has come to our attention that the sex columnist for U.C. Berekley's Daily Californian wrote an autobiographical column about coitus in the library -- and the Internet has reacted. Per the column, the writer inveighs in favor of sex in the library. A comme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2012

    Maison Bouche Finds a Good Use for Rhubarb

    Maison Bouche, the very French-looking chocolatier from Berkeley, has recently issued a new dark chocolate bar that finally makes the best use of one of the current season's most perplexing offerings: Rhubarb. It's a small but sumptuous product that pairs the stalk with its familiar foil, strawberr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2012

    Families of Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Kids to Convene in Berkeley

    Berkeley will be hosting the 2012 Gender Spectrum Family Conference, a "gathering dedicated solely to the needs of gender nonconforming children and teens, their loved ones, and the community of professionals who surround them."The aim of this conference is to build community among children and thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2012

    Occupy Berkeley: New Report Says Cops Were Definitely Too Mean During Protests

    If Occupy protesters could garner sympathy anywhere, it's going to be in the hypersensitive city of Berkeley. A new report released this week sides with UC Berkeley protesters, claiming police were a bit too heavy-handed during last fall's protests when they repeatedly clubbed student protesters wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Occupy Refuses to Leave UC Berkeley Farm, University Officials to "Take Action"

    University officials gave Berkeley's latest crop of protesters until Saturday to vacate the vacant tract of land the group had occupied last month, which they've used as an urban farm.On Friday, Berkeley officials issued a stern warning to the Occupy the Farm, demanding the group leave the 10-acre A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Is the Pollo a la Brasa Better at Bayview Limon, Brasa, or Inkas?

    You could make a case for the diversity of the Bay Area's food scene just by focusing on roast chicken. We have more than one Jordanian roast chicken shop, as well as French and Italian roast chickens, all-American roast chickens, Hakka salt-baked chickens, and these days, a robust competition in po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Berkeley's Sgt. Mary Kusmiss Regrets Stoking High School Prostitution Hype

    Here, this always helps us journalist interpret stats ​The source of the Berkeley High School prostitution hype has fessed up, and believe it or not, the informant is a cop. Actually, the frenzy over talk of teen prostitutes at Berkeley High can be chalked up to a innocent, yet damning mistake.&nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Reports of Prostitution Referrals from Berkeley High School Hyped - But By Whom?

    Who's to blame - the source or the messenger? ​The Berkeley police are disputing a KTVU report last week -- that SF Weekly then blogged -- about the number of possible cases of student prostitutes that Berkeley High School refers to the Berkeley Police Department.Last week, KTVU reported that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Teen Prostitution Is a Growing Concern at Berkeley High School

    How can we make them more interested in science?​The Berkeley community is freaking out over increasing reports of high school students who are apparently working as prostitutes when they should be working on their math homework. Berkeley police confirmed that they are getting at least one or two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Parenthood Is NBC's Lovingly Absurd Take on East Bay Life

    Jason Katims' Parenthood -- now in its third season -- is well-written, well-acted, and achieves a goal once thought impossible in making the presence of Dax Shepard tolerable. A spin-off of the 1989 Steve Martin film of the same name, the series follows the extended Braverman clan of Berkeley, led ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Man Shot at UC Berkeley

    Someone shot at Berkeley ​Update (3:40 p.m.): According to the media relations office, the suspect was seen carrying a gun on campus. Police were contacted and spotted the man who was walking into the building's computer lab. Police followed the man, ordering him to put his hands up. When the man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Need Encouragement to Eat More Veggies? See Vegucated This Week!

    ​What: Vegucated screening Where: David Brower Center and Victoria Theatre When: Tue., October 24, 7 p.m., and Wed., October 25, 7 p.m. Cost: $15-$40 The rundown: Vegucated is an charming documentary that follows three entertaining New Yorkers -- hilarious, smart, and weird -- who eat onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Get Pickled at Berkeley's Pickle Picnic!

    ​What: Pickle Picnic! Where: The Cultured Organic Pickle Shop When: Wed., October 21, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $15 The rundown: Remember how I said Food of the Americas was the most Berkeley event in the world? You don't? Well, anyway, boy were we wrong because this is pickle picnic is way more Ber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    About as Berkeley as You Can Get: Food of the Americas Day!

    ​What: Foods of the Americas Day Where: Berkeley Botanical Gardens When: Sun., October 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Free with garden admission The rundown: The weather's supposed to be bright and beautiful on Sunday, so why not head to Berkeley where it's even brighter and more beautiful, and ... More >>

  • Music

    September 7, 2011

    Rancid: Show Preview

    ​What: Foods of the Americas Day Where: Berkeley Botanical Gardens When: Sun., October 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Free with garden admission The rundown: The weather's supposed to be bright and beautiful on Sunday, so why not head to Berkeley where it's even brighter and more beautiful, and ... More >>

  • Music

    September 7, 2011

    Fleet Foxes: Show Preview

    ​What: Foods of the Americas Day Where: Berkeley Botanical Gardens When: Sun., October 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Free with garden admission The rundown: The weather's supposed to be bright and beautiful on Sunday, so why not head to Berkeley where it's even brighter and more beautiful, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale

    Edible SchoolyardThe Edible Schoolyard's Adorable Sign.​Edible Schoolyard's Annual Mother's Day Plant Sale Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose (at Grant), Berkeley, 510-558-1335 When: Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Prices vary for individual items The rundown: There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Japan Radiation Makes its Way into Milk

    It does a body good ... or does it?​Before you pour that next bowl of cereal, read this: Scientists in Berkeley told reporters that indeed the radioactive plum from the disastrous nuclear leak in Japan has made its way into an American staple -- milk.The good news is that scientists said the low l ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 30, 2011

    Ruined: Theater Review

    It does a body good ... or does it?​Before you pour that next bowl of cereal, read this: Scientists in Berkeley told reporters that indeed the radioactive plum from the disastrous nuclear leak in Japan has made its way into an American staple -- milk.The good news is that scientists said the low l ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 23, 2011

    Ruined: Theater Review

    It does a body good ... or does it?​Before you pour that next bowl of cereal, read this: Scientists in Berkeley told reporters that indeed the radioactive plum from the disastrous nuclear leak in Japan has made its way into an American staple -- milk.The good news is that scientists said the low l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    S.F. Rising: Persian Herb Bread from Middle East Market

    Jonathan KauffmanBerkeley's Middle East Market bakes LP-sized herb breads. ​ A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Persian herb-cheese bread Source: Middle East Market, 2054 San Pablo (at University), Berkeley, 510-704-8800.Price: $3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    What to Do This Weekend, Mar. 18-20

    Janice V./YelpOff the Grid returns to Fort Mason Center. See Fri., Mar. 18.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Mar. 18: Whole Beast Supper Club Rabbit Tasting La Victoria Mexican Bakery and Café, 2937 24th St. (at Alabama), Seatings at 6:15 and 9 p.m. Pop-up chef an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Does Berkeley Hate America?

    ​It pains us, Dear Reader, to ask the question. We like Berkeley. It has nice fruit trees and bright college students. But ask we must, because the Berkeley City Council has given us no choice.I mean, come on. When you schedule votes on two resolutions -- one supporting alleged Wikileaker Bradley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Watch: The Pack's Young L Comes Down From Outer Space and Gets 'Conscious' -- for a Second

    Young L​If you haven't been paying attention this year, The Pack's Young L has emerged a production tour-de-force, giving birth to some of the most original sounds this year. On his latest track, "Conscious Minds," the Berkeley native steps away from his usual, out-of-this world sounds and plays a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    KQED's Nourish: Feel-Good Critique of the Food System

    Around here, questioning where your food comes from is as reflexive as recycling, even if you lean on Safeway far more than you admit. A series starting on KQED next week drives home the question. But where Food, Inc. employed shock therapy to get you to cold-turkey factory chickens, Nourish: Foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Heritage Birds Flock to Cafe Rouge for Thanksgiving Preview

    traditionalfoodstore.comHeritage turkeys at BN Ranch.​Thanksgiving's a month away! Next week at Berkeley's Café Rouge, meat guru Bill Niman holds forth on heritage turkeys, a specialty of the BN Ranch company he founded with his wife, Nicolette Hahn Niman. Actually, the event's a heritage pou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Huerta Vida, a Smoky and Spicy Intoxicator by Gather

    Tamara Palmer​Esquire named Sean Baker of Gather its 2010 Chef of the Year earlier in the week, so spirits are particularly high in this charming Berkeley restaurant right now. The cocktail we chose to toast his success succeeded in getting us pretty twisted. The Huerta Vida is a masculine concoct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Peeping Tom -- In Drag -- Accused of Stalking Women's Locker Room

    Hello ladies! ​In Berkeley -- as in San Francisco -- the sight of a man in drag with a towel obscuring his face doesn't warrant a second look. But in the women's locker room? Not cool. The Daily Californian is reporting just such a man has breached the women's showers of U.C. Berkeley's Recreation ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 6, 2010

    Ippuku uses every part of the chicken to its best effect

    Hello ladies! ​In Berkeley -- as in San Francisco -- the sight of a man in drag with a towel obscuring his face doesn't warrant a second look. But in the women's locker room? Not cool. The Daily Californian is reporting just such a man has breached the women's showers of U.C. Berkeley's Recreation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Where Can I Take a Vegan Friend and a Meat-Crazy Husband?

    If this mixed couple can stay married for 19 years, you can bring a carnophile and a vegan together for one dinner. ​This morning, I got a series of tweets from @aynsavoy, whom I'd helped out a few months ago:My (mostly) vegan best friend is visiting this weekend from Texas. My husband is a bit of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    It's Perfectly Natural

    If this mixed couple can stay married for 19 years, you can bring a carnophile and a vegan together for one dinner. ​This morning, I got a series of tweets from @aynsavoy, whom I'd helped out a few months ago:My (mostly) vegan best friend is visiting this weekend from Texas. My husband is a bit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Cuban from Berkeley Bowl West Cafe

    John BirdsallCuban sandwich with Fra'Mani rosemary ham, pork loin, Gruyere, and house pickles ($7.50).​Monday, August 23, 2010 Marc A./Yelp​The original Berkeley Bowl on Oregon Street is the one place in the Bay Area where you never have to doubt the presence of Armenian cucumbers, fres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Baylinks: Arson, Lake Tahoe, Momblock

    Welcome to Berkeley. The times, they are a-changin'!​Tenants believe apartment fire was an act of revenge [Mission Mission]U.C. Berkeley ranked among most "military friendly" schools. No spitting. [U.C. Berkeley News Center]Restoration of Lake Tahoe is flowing smoothly [SF Gate]

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Cinnaholic Opens Tomorrow in Berkeley

    Kat Spoer​We reported on its lease signing back in March, and now Cinnaholic is finally ready to unleash its 30-plus varieties of vegan cinnamon rolls this weekend in Berkeley. Cinnaholic's pinup owner Shannon Michelle Radke told SFoodie the store will be open to the public tomorrow (Sat., Jul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    The Xocolate Bar Launches Chocolate CSA

    Tamara PalmerThe Xocolate Bar's idea of fresh produce.​Berkeley's the Xocolate Bar has come up with a sweet twist on Community Supported Agriculture, which enables members to pick up regular shipments of farm-fresh produce. Instead of a CSA, the Xocolate Bar is now enrolling members in its CSC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    New Measures Leave Berkeley Poised To Be Detroit of Pot

    Meanwhile, down at the pot factory...​Two new measures encouraging pot-growing warehouses in Berkeley's industrial district and permitting a fourth retail outlet on the city's commercial strips lay the ground for the East Bay city to become to marijuana what Detroit used to be for cars. By the wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Baylinks: Naughty Knitters, Muni Money, & Time Travel

    These knitters aren't quite so innocent.​ Renegade knitting pranksters set off a war of (knitted) words in Berkeley. [Daily Clog]Rant: Hipster Apocalypse, otherwise known as the hipocalypse. [Uptown Almanac]Do you like to get drunk? Do you own a cat? Have we got a project for you. [Pawsome]Could M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Philz Coffee Opens in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto

    Philz Coffee/Facebook​Philz Coffee, a perennial winner of SF Weekly's readers poll for Best Coffee, just opened its seventh location in the heart of the Gourmet Ghetto, just across the street from Chez Panisse and down the block from the Cheese Board.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Baylinks: Pot, Cybermemos, & Fake Taxis

    ​Plans to give Sunset District its very own pot club approved. [SFAppeal]The strange new world of the Internet! [Boing Boing]Did you read my cybermemo yet? [Sex Pigeon]Muni driver helps rider out with those awkward bike racks. [Muni Diaries]Can you tell a real taxi from an impostor? [Akit's Compla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Future of Food's Deborah Koons Garcia Previewing New Film Next Week

    ​Ever wondered what it'd be like to attend a soil science convention? We're not sure we'd make it past the dreary continental breakfast. Nonetheless, we're excited about Symphony of the Soil, a new multi-film project by Deborah Koons Garcia, maker of the excellent The Future of Food. This docu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Cabbie Charged with Molesting Passengers

    His flag was up... ​Usually when you hear about crime in a cab, it's because the cabbie has been held up or brutalized by some bat-shit passenger. But in ass-backwards Berkeley, apparently, its a cabbie allegedly doing the attacking these days. Cab Driver Ali Al Obadi, 29, allegedly invited female ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Google Knows a Thing or Two About the Bay Area

    I love playing around with the automatic results for Google searches because they're like a window into the public's brain. Often a terrifying window. I decided to plug in the names of Bay Area cities and see what came up. I conducted my experiment as an homage to the "name game," i.e. you type in y ... More >>

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