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Breaking: Jeff Scott resigns as Berkeley library director
Jeff Scott: resigned as director of Berkeley Public Library, effective Sept. 8 The Berkeley Public Library announced Monday that Jeff Scott has officially resigned from his position as director of library services. The move comes just 10 months after Scott took the position, in November 2014. The resignation is effective Sept. 8. Scott’s abrupt departure comes in the […]
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City of Berkeley unveils new open data portal
This municipal water map is one of 17 data sets and visualizations available in the city of Berkeley’s new open data portal. Image: City of Berkeley The city of Berkeley has officially launched a new website featuring 17 data sets related to everything from municipal water usage and employee salaries to crime heat maps, energy consumption, […]
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Berkeley police hope bike registry will deter thieves
An independent bike registry could help cyclists recover stolen bikes and ensure they don’t buy stolen ones to begin with. Photo: Marc Zuo By Francesca Paris Many cyclists in Berkeley know the all-too-common pain of losing a bike to thieves. Far fewer have experienced the opposite: the rare joy of a reunion. The Berkeley Police Department […]
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Berkeley reports possible case of measles exposure
Electron microscope image of the virus responsible for measles (paramyxoviridae). Photographer: Alain Grillet. Copyright Sanofi Pasteur The City of Berkeley has issued an alert after an adult with measles visited La Mediterranée restaurant in Berkeley on the evening of Friday February 20. The city is advising that patrons at the Elmwood neighborhood restaurant during that time […]
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Neighbors petition to rename South Branch Library after civil-rights leader
The South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library: a group of neighbors would like to see it named after Tarea Hall Pittman, a civil-rights leader who lived in South Berkeley. Photo: Richard Friedman Update, April 23: The Board of Trustees of the Berkeley Public Library voted against renaming the South Branch after civil-rights leader Tarea […]
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Want to know about the Grateful Dead? Go back to school
Peter Richardson shows off an advanced copy of his book No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead. He will teach a course with the same name beginning Oct. 1 at UC Berkeley’s OLLI. Photo: Natalie Orenstein. He will teach a course with the same name beginning Oct. 1 at UC Berkeley’s OLLI. […]
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Free events celebrate Berkeley’s revamped libraries
Kids browse the bookshelves at the December 2014 opening of the South Branch of the Berkeley Library. Photo: Richard Friedman Call it a “library warming.” As a way to celebrate the completion of its branch renovation campaign – and highlight the dozens of community programs it presents each month – the Berkeley Public Library is […]
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City website down because of expired registration
Instead of the City of Berkeley, visitors see Register.com It’s a bad dream for a lot of web-based organizations: someone forgets to renew a domain registration and you face days — or perhaps permanent — disruption of your service. That seems to be what has happened to the City of Berkeley, at least for people […]
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Berkeley block by block
New York Times visualization of data on racial and ethnic distribution Just how diverse are different Berkeley neighborhoods? What percentage of households earn under $30,000, or over $200,00? Where do a large percentage of mortgages consume more than 30% of household income? The treasure trove of data in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey can […]
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Gear up for the Big One with help from friends
The basement below Barrows Hall was buzzing with activity this morning, since it served as the command center for UC Berkeley’s annual campuswide disaster drill. At University Health Services Tang Center, volunteers simulated having injuries ranging from abrasions to a severed arm, allowing the clinic staff to practice triage and treatment. The university police and […]
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BP oil spill from Berkeley
If you need to bring home the scale of the BP oil spill, have a look at Andy Lintner’s In Perspective. He updates the map with the latest data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and uses Google Maps to let visitors center the map wherever they want. Needless to say, we wondered […]