Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Artist Contributes 'New Yorker' Cover With Evil Wall Street Theme Berkeley-based artist Eric Drooker painted this lovely-but-ominous cover, which he submitted to The New Yorker about a year ago, but only this week did the magazine decide it was thematically appropriate for the
Arts & Entertainment 'I Want to Come Back in My Next Life as Darren Criss,' Says Jane Lynch Jane Lynch was the guest of honor at Fall Free for All, the season-opening celebration for Cal Performances, this past Sunday. While speaking to a (rapt) audience, Lynch said, "If I could choose
Arts & Entertainment Cal Men's Water Polo Team Plays McCovey Cove While the Cal Bears football team was busy trouncing Presbyterian 63 to 12 in AT&T Park this past Saturday (and bringing Jeff Tedford his 75th career win in the process), alumni
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, in Berkeley: Alice Waters Groupies Act Unruly, Get in Trouble Berkeley police were called to the scene on Saturday when a motley assortment of Berkeley residents gathered for a 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse at the Cheese Board Collective next door. At 10pm,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Amalia Mourad, an 18-year-old UC Berkeley student, hawks baked good on Solano Avenue in order to pay for tuition. According to Berkeleyside, "She takes out a $12,000 subsidized loan for the year,
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Tech / coffee / flowery-license plate love on the other side of the Bay.
SF News Two Ladies Bring 4-Month-Old Along During East Bay Crime Spree Raven Stewart, 26, and Lache Rodriguez, 24, were arrested on Friday in connection with a series of car burglaries in Emeryville and Berkeley. They are suspected in at least five smash and grabs,
Arts & Entertainment Portishead Coming to Berkeley The grating '90s revival continues at fullblast with a not-so-grating '90s band coming to town. "British downtempo" group Portishead just announced their first North American tour in 13 years, which will include a
Arts & Entertainment Adele Cancels Tour Due to Illness British singer Adele, scheduled to perform at the Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley on Saturday, June 4, has canceled the North American leg of her tour. Citing laryngitis, Adele explains on her
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Berkeley... Friend of SFist, Kate, picked up this awesome pastel drawing on a sidewalk in Berkeley the other day, which features the intriguing headline, "Vicodin Pool Party." Kate hopes to return the poster to
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley: Paw Fund to Help Pets of the Homeless Berkeleyside effortlessly tugs our heart strings today with a story about Paw Fund, a clinic for pets of homeless people started by Jill Posener, a photographer and onetime Animal Care Commissioner. Behold: In
SF News Man Barricades Himself Inside Berkeley Home The fuzz have closed down parts of a Berkeley neighborhood this morning after a man barricaded himself inside a home at around 7 a.m. The standoff is happening in the area of
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Berkeley... Our friends over at Curbed hipped us to these (ahem) Lawn Chairs on the campus of UC Berkeley. Twitterer Javier Panzar, who snapped the photo out on Sproul Plaza, rightly calls them "the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, In Berkeley... A vegan (duh) Caramel Chocolate Chip bun from Cinnaholic (2132 Oxford). Photo by Gina Guillotine.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Breakfast hedonism at Sunnyside Cafe in Berkeley.
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley: Hunger Strike Day 8 Did you know that several students at UC Berkeley are once again in the midst of a hunger strike? True. This time they're protesting the erosion of the school's Ethnic Studies program. According
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Yes, it's in San Francisco, but it's going... back to Berkeley. (Photo credit: DavityDave)
SF News UC Berkeley Doctor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Students Dr. Robert Martin Kevess, 53, has been charged with sexually assaulting six male students. He had been working at the University of California at Berkeley's Tang Center for almost 22 years when 19
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Pete Cat snapped this shot of a gate in Berkeley used to crucify old mobile communication devices. Gruesome stuff.
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... An abandoned house in Berkeley has something to say about hope.
SF News UC Berkeley Police Release Sketch Of Man Suspected Sexual Assaults UCPD released two sketchs of the man they suspect of sexually assaulting at least two UC Berkeley students on campus earlier this month. The first incident, according to campus police, occurred thusly: On
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hey, Berkeley: Free Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Today From noon to 8 p.m. today, the Ben and Jerry's at 2130 Center Street (near West side of campus) will hand out free scoops of ice cream. And that sounds positively delightful.
SF News Another UC Berkeley Sexual Assault UC Berkeley police are asking the public to help catch that man they think responsible for a series of robberies and sexual assaults. The latest incident occurred Friday morning. "Police say it happened
SF News Berkeley PD Shoot and Kill Dog During Weekend House Call In Berkeley over the weekend, police officers responding to reports of a man firing a handgun in a backyard off of Shattuck Ave ended up killing a pit bull in a tragic miscommunication.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Twitter Announcement Watch While we (and you!) rock back and forth in a near-catatonic state of anticipation for Alice Waters' big announcement -- on Twitter, no less! -- we'll keep you saffron-infused-olive-oil-poached abreast of her updates
