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.
Last surviving son of William Hearst dies at age 85
WEBDec 19, 2000 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. SAN FRANCISCO — Randolph Apperson Hearst, the last surviving son of newspaper billionaire William Randolph Hearst, died Monday at a New York hospital following a massive stroke.
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.
Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved …
WEBMar 9, 2011 · ‘Pulp History’ Reveals a Corporate Plot to Overthrow American Democracy It was more than 25 years ago, while researching a story in a dark alcove of UC Berkeley’s little-visited newspaper library, that I chanced upon some transcripts from the first hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
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 ...
Ten Questions for Oakland Councilmember Patricia Kernighan
WEBJun 5, 2008 · PATRICIA KERNIGHAN . Oakland City Councilmember, District 2. First elected 2005. 1. Where were you born and where did you grow up, and how does that affect how you regard the issues in Oakland and in your district?
In 1937, Aquatic Park was a New Berkeley Gem
WEBMay 10, 2012 · In August 1937, the City was asking for additional funds of $280,000 from the WPA “to complete the Berkeley Aquatic park and Yacht Harbor”, the Oakland Tribune reported August 18. “The new appropriation…is for completion of the north and south seawalls at the yacht harbor, for a road around the park…and for additional landscaping.”.
Extra - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBFeb 2, 2011 · After 71 years in business at Telegraph & Durant in Berkeley, Larry Blake’s Restaurant & Bar, also known as Blake’s on Telegraph, has closed its doors. Blake’s was once among the most popular hangouts for the Cal community—both students and faculty/employees—and until the late1990’s was famous for the Blake Burger, voted Best ...
Robert McAfee Brown, leader of liberation theology movement …
WEBSep 8, 2001 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. PALO ALTO, (AP) — Robert McAfee Brown, a Presbyterian theologian who bridged tensions between Protestants and Catholics and became one of the best-known advocates of …
Columns - Berkeley Daily Planet
WEBJul 9, 2009 · The East Bay's Non-commercial Voice. It seems somewhat odd, doesn’t it, that our good friends at the Oakland Tribune waited until the State of California officially turned (back) over the keys to the Oakland Unified School District Administration Building to write one of the better articles summing up the damaging effects of the state takeover.