When you live in a neighborhood overrun by donut purveyors and nail shops, with a fair number of fairly unappetizing Chinese restaurants sprinkled in between, the arrival of a new joint featuring a new regional cuisine is cause for at least a little salivation. In the Grand Lake district, we now have a Flavors of India restaurant, second outpost -- the first opened in Rockridge in 2006. It's not great Indian food. We'll be......

Jefferson Elementary in West Berkeley will get a chance to choose between keeping the original name, which honors the third president of the United States, or changing it to that of an American Indian scholar, Sequoia. At issue is Thomas Jefferson's ownership of slaves, which is a decidedly touchy subject in a district with a large african-american population. The issue was brought to the school's attention by parents and community activists. In an uncredited......