Berkeley

Statements Stricken from AC Transit Challenger’s Ballot Statement

Editor — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

An Alameda County Superior Court Judge has taken the first vote in the 2008 local general election, ruling that certain portions of AC Transit At Large Board challenger Joyce Roy’s submitted ballot statement were either false or misleading, and ordering them removed.

Judge Frank Roesch’s ruling last week was in response to a lawsuit filed by Alameda County resident William Rowen. Rowen was represented by Oakland attorney David Stein, while Roy represented herself.

Roy, a retired Oakland architect and public transportation advocate, is challenging AC Transit Board President Chris Peeples for Peeples’ At-Large board seat.

Author event: "Stuffed and Starved:The Hidden Battle for the World Food System"

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:52 -0500

Meet Raj Patel, author of "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System" and join in a discussion of this book at Revolution Books,Berkeley.

http://www.revolutionbooks.org

Commentary: The Ripple Effects of Bus Rapid Transit

Editor2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By Russ Tilleman

Copwatch Benefit Show!

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:59:32 -0500

Look for signs directing you to back yard.

Copwatch Benefit Show!
Help support copwatchers heading to RNC and DNC, and enjoy local bay area hip-hop.

Featuring:
Christmas
&
Members of Thizz
and Thizz Latin

Seed Corn Gallery Opening

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:06:04 -0500

Community Art Show: Seed Corn Gallery - A Greenlining Community Arts Initiative Project Summer Exhibition The Seedcorn Gallery at the Greenlining Institute is proud to exhibit the work of 28 local artists. Come meet some Bay Area local talent, support local art, and meet friends. Our offices are accessible by BART (Downtown Berkeley Station) and the AC Transit #52 bus. Street parki

Sunday Convention Will Choose Rent Stabilization Board Slate

Editor2 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By Judith Scherr

On Sunday, a group of self-identified progressives will select five candidates to form a slate to fill the five vacancies on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.

The convention, open to all people living in Berkeley, will take place Sunday, August 3, 4–8 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Attendees are asked to pay a sliding-scale admission at the door.

Barbara Lee: Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:43:52 -0500

Representative Barbara Lee Hosts

Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair

Date: Monday, July 28

Time: 10-11:30 am: Panel Discussion; after the panel - 2 pm: Green Jobs Career Fair

Cost: free!

RSVP (or just come) or for more information: Maha Ibrahim at 510-763-0370 or maha.ibrahim at mail.house.gov

Location: Berkeley City College, Auditorium and Atrium, 2050 Center Street (between Milvia and Shattuck), Berkeley, CA 94704

Transit: 1 block from Downtown Berkeley BART

Parking: Center St garage across the street or Allston Way Garage

Program Description:

Opinion: Beating a Dead Horse: The Bus Rapid Transit Draft EIR

Editor2 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By Alan Tobey

Dean Metzger (July 17) and other opponents of a Bus Rapid Transit plan that would employ dedicated lanes, continue to quote the project’s obsolescent draft environmental report (DEIR) as if it’s holy writ, and as if everything preliminarily mentioned therein will inevitably come to pass. But this stance ignores the first word in the title: The 15-month-old DEIR is indeed merely a first draft that attempts to generally describe the project, but inevitably does so in a way that all interested parties know is incomplete at best and sometimes even misleading.

Planning Commission Leaps Tall Buildings

Editor2 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By Richard Brenneman

Berkeley planning commissioners continued their march through the Downtown Area Plan last week with a side excursion through a controversial economic study.

During its two-year term the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee (DAPAC) has struggled to decide how many buildings should be built in Berkeley’s downtown area and how high they should be.

Buildings of seven stories or higher have long been a focus of controversy in the city, pitting “smart growth” advocates against preservationists and neighborhood activists.

Opinion: Berkeley’s Anti-Environmentalist Movement

Editor2 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

By Charles Siegel

The current anti-BRT initiative highlights the split in Berkeley politics between environmentalists who support better public transportation and more walkable neighborhoods and anti-environmentalists who oppose these things.