Gaia

No More Youth Parties at Gaia Arts Center (The Berkeley Daily Planet)

Berkeley developer Patrick Kennedy announced at the Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board meeting last week that the Gaia Arts Center in downtown Berkeley will stop renting out space for youth events in light of a series of out-of-control parties there, with the most recent one leading to shots being fired in its aftermath three weeks ago.

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Letters to the Editor (The Berkeley Daily Planet)

Neighbors of the Thai Temple in South Berkeley never sought to shut it down or even end its Sunday fundraising restaurant. The Temple?s extensive campaign, therefore, to ?save? the Temple and protect it from ?religious intolerance? and ?racism? was irrelevant to the actual issues.

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Criticism surprises director of 'Story of Stuff' video (Missoulian)

Annie Leonard traveled the world for 10 years, following garbage tankers that ferried America's excess trash away from her shores.

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Tiger Profiles and Insulation's environmentally friendly T-Seam receives FM certification (AME Info)

T-Seam, the prestigious, environmentally friendly and superior standing seam roofing system by Tiger Profiles and Insulation has been awarded the highly regarded FM Approvals that now certifies T-Seam as one of the leading standing seam roof systems in the international market.

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BlizzCon 2009 announced for August (Geek.com)

Blizzard announced today that it will carry on the tradition of its annual BlizzCon event with the 2009 incarnation taking place Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22.� Per tradition, the Con will be on at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. This year?s BlizzCon will take a similar format to that of last year?s [...]

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