Bagpipes Never Sounded So Good
Our neighbor here in Berkeley has been playing bagpipes in the evenings, in his apartment, for nearly 15 years. But
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Academic Performance Trends For Berkeley’s Middle Schools, By Student Subgroup
Update: Read Berkeleyside’s Jan. 28, 2020 deep dive on the situation at Longfellow. For those who saw my previous post
Academic Performance At Longfellow Middle School Has Plummeted, While Willard and King Thrive
Update: Read Berkeleyside’s Jan. 28, 2020 deep dive on the situation at Longfellow. Dec. 15, 2019 – The latest school
Berkeley Wants To Buy Nine More Fossil-Fueled, 15-mpg Pickup Trucks… Just Say No!
There’s still time to stop this purchase. Let’s avoid buying nine new vehicles that will keep emitting carbon for decades.
(Updated With More Ideas) How Berkeley Can Lead The World In Bold, Aggressive Climate Action
Let’s act now with radical climate policies that can change the global trajectory. Berkeley’s been an environmental leader for decades.
Let’s Fix This: Berkeley’s Sidewalk-Cleaning Trucks Are Spewing Noxious Emissions
Update: On September 26th I received this email from the Downtown Business Association, which owns the truck: “Dave, Thanks for
Running For Berkeley City Council Is Easier Than Ever (Updated for 2020)
Thinking about getting more involved in Berkeley? It’s never been easier to run for City Council: there are four seats
How Berkeley’s Biggest Donors Helped Hillary Beat Bernie In 2016
TLDR: Wealth and political giving are extremely concentrated in Berkeley. With the 2020 primaries around the corner, I thought I’d
Why Berkeley Should Ban Natural Gas Hookups, Now
Update: On July 16, 2019, Berkeley became the first California city to ban natural gas in new buildings. I’m a businessperson.
What Does Berkeley Get When We Spend $20 Million?
$19 million for 23 affordable housing units, and $22 million for a seismic retrofit. Update: After I published this post
Berkeley’s Wall For Peace, Revisited 30 Years Later
How long can a symbol of hopeful activism last? A long time, in the case of Berkeley’s Wall For Peace,
Introducing ‘Watch Berkeley Gov’
Note: due to low viewership, I’ve decided not to go forward with this experiment… its not worth the time. While
Why Run For Berkeley City Council?
Thinking about running for Berkeley City Council? You should! There are four seats open in this year’s election, and there’s
Local Music Moments, Caught on Video
Wurlitzer Organ at Berkeley High School, Jan 13, 2018 Was walking by Berkeley High today and saw the door to
The Best Lap Swim Pools in the East Bay (Updated)
Looking to swim laps in the East Bay? We have some awesome pools here. Here’s my roundup so far, after trying
Homelessness: A Reading List
Want to learn more about homelessness in the United States? I spent a couple of days trying to find the
Bay Area Artists I Like (Updated)
Here’s a list of local (Bay Area) artists I’ve discovered – and liked – for one reason or another. I’ll
Capitola Sea Wall Tiles Project
I was in Capitola last weekend and came across this awesome public art project, on the boardwalk downtown, from 2008. What’s
A Few Local Bluegrass Jam Resources
Here’s a few resources I’ve come across (or am developing myself), that may be useful for people getting more into playing
Hour By Hour, See the Excess Solar Power
California already has more mid-day solar power than it knows what to do with. The above graph, published yesterday in
Berkeley Protest Posters, 1968 to ’73
The late 1960s and early ’70s were a period of intense innovation in poster design, from psychedelic music posters to
BART’s Launch Marketing, 1972
When the sun rose on BART in 1972, it was a joyous, miraculous thing – the future had arrived. At
1950s Drawings for a New Berkeley Civic Center
I visited the Berkeley Public Library the other day looking for planning drawings, to see what kind of ideas or
Inside Berkeley’s Hidden History Vault
It’s no King Tut’s tomb, but the History Room at the Berkeley Public Library is worth a look. Due to
Berkeley Salmon Drowns in Packaging, and Andronicos Doesn’t Care
A quick interaction tonight convinced me that either Andronicos market doesn’t really care about the environment, they don’t give their