The brown shingle home: A distinctive Berkeley feature
WEBOct 7, 2001 · Between 1895 and 1915 Berkeley established itself as a city with a distinctive architectural character. As Mission Revival is to Santa Barbara, and Pueblo Style is to Santa Fe, in the early decades of the 20th century, unpainted wood …
Life before Vaccines: Growing up in the 1930s and 40s
WEBAug 30, 2019 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. Medical science has profoundly changed our lives. I am sure that I would not have survived to this old age without antibiotics, advances in epidemiology and surgery.
Don't trust anyone over 30, unless it's Jack Weinberg
WEBApr 6, 2000 · The man who coined the phrase “Don’t trust anyone over 30” turned 60 years old Tuesday. Jack Weinberg uttered the phrase – which became one of the most memorable expressions of the turbulent 1960s era – during the height of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley.
Famed Deaf Sculptor Died 75 Years Ago in Berkeley
WEBAug 3, 2010 · Famed Deaf Sculptor Died 75 Years Ago in Berkeley. Tilden in 1903, when he was near the height of his success and popularity. Tilden’s “Football Players” on the Cal campus is the oldest piece of permanent outdoor sculpture on the University grounds. Thirty years ago Tilden’s “Bear Hunt” statue was plucked by a crane from the ...
Ex- child prodigy takes on a different role as son
WEBApr 27, 2001 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. SANTA CRUZ — Adragon De Mello, no longer the boy wonder who graduated college at age 11, is about to face a challenge that life as a child prodigy could not have prepared him for.
Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson Stanley Kept on Track
WEBJun 12, 2008 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. When Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson Stanley was growing up in West Oakland, she faced her share of challenges that could have deterred her life’s journey.
Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, 1968-2008 - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBDec 10, 2008 · Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, long-time advocate for disability rights, died at 10:45 a.m. December 3, at Highland Hospital, with her brother Renato at her side. Miya was being treated for inflammatory breast cancer. She was 40 years old. In November 1991 Miya was about to graduate with high honors from the Global Studies program of …
Try La Loma Park for Baseball and More - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBAug 21, 2008 · A stone quarry was built at the mouth of Codornices Creek in the 19th century. In 1962 the site was filled in and leveled and two additional properties were purchased from private owners in 1966 and 1967. The baseball field was added in 1967, and the upper terraces were developed in 1969-1970. On Nov. 1, …
Page One - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBAug 9, 2013 · In the early hours of June 18, Michael Hastings was found dead in the flaming wreckage of his car. The 33-year-old journalist was, perhaps, best known for the 2010 Rolling Stone cover story that ended the career of Army General Stanley McChystal. According to initial press reports, Hastings was driving south on Los Angeles' North Highland Avenue when he "apparently lost control of [his car ...
Home & Garden Columns - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBJan 23, 2007 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. If Chez Panisse were to serve up a menu to match its guardian bunya-bunya, it would include roast haunch of free-range sauropod and a salad of braised organic tree ferns.