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Foie gras fever is hitting CA as ban nears. I can attest to that. I have succumbed. bit.ly/L2P7aZ 9:22 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
DMendelsohn1960 For Graduation Weekend: my 2008 Berkeley Commencement Lecture on the value of the Classics: theamericanscholar.org/lost-classics/ 7:51 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by Frannydink and 1 other
MT @paulrauber: Google map to urban foraging in Berkeley sc.org/MuxcrK I'm curing olives this fall! via @Berkeleyside 2:16 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
Berkeley police chief defends search for son's stolen iPhone.: There was no "preferential treatment" involved, bit.ly/MIg9oI 7:18 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
Probe into Berkeley police chief's decision to send sgt to reporters home only cost $15k, instead of the expected $25k bit.ly/MIg9oI 5:59 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
RT @berkeleyside: Berkeley police chief: Looking for son's iPhone was "not preferential treatment" berkeleyside.com/?p=79213 4:30 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
@sspringfields Have no Fear. Lengthy meetings will Be waiting for u when you decide to Return. They are 1 thing you can count on in gov't . 10:45 PM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to sspringfields
Since fois gras will be illegal to eat in CA after 7/1, I had some at Prospect restaurant. Hot & cold. Delicious twitter.com/Frannydink/sta… 10:00 PM May 22nd via Photos on iOS
@berkeleyside More public comment on West Berkeley Project? Berkeley Council Has already heard 10 Hours of testimony. #berkmtg #overkill 8:51 PM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to berkeleyside
RT @berkeleyside: Hunt for police chief's son's iPhone cost Berkeley $740 in overtime. berkeleyside.com/?p=79024 11:42 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
@jef_poskanzer You are right. Seems Berkeley police are selective about which stolen iPhones they look for. 7:13 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to jef_poskanzer
@OakScott Missed that joke about wayward journalist until now. Very funny.But sad. 7:12 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to OakScott
Berkeley police chief can't be looking forward to work after news broke he sent 10 cops to look for son's stolen iPhone bit.ly/Lgx9QE 7:11 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
#Berkeley police chief's judgement in question again after he sends 10 cops to look for son's stolen iPhone bit.ly/Lgx9QE 9:32 PM May 21st via web
Check out these amazing pictures of the eclipse of the sun taken Sunday in #Berkeley bit.ly/JgBMYD 7:06 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart zite.to/L8302Y via @zite 10:18 PM May 19th via Zite Personalized Magazine
RBReich Starting in 70s, US economy shifted from goods to services. In 90s from services to ideas. With FB's IPO, from ideas to smoke & mirrors. 7:19 PM May 17th via web Retweeted by Frannydink and 658 others
RT @karenlaws: Novelist Edie Meidav finds inspiration among naked women on metal folding chairs tinyurl.com/7wck5xa 3:55 PM May 17th via TweetDeck
RT @romenesko: What newspaper journalists said about Facebook "friending" in 2004: bit.ly/JaWcpf 3:54 PM May 17th via TweetDeck
How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit zite.to/IWNZQS via @zite 9:30 PM May 16th via Zite Personalized Magazine

Name Frances Dinkelspiel
Location Berkeley, CA
Web http://www.berkel...
Bio Author, journalist, co-founder of Berkeleyside.com. Freelance work in NYT, WSJ, LAT.