eastbayexpress.com | News & Features | City of Warts | Let the Bulldozing Commence | 2006-01-11<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n \nYes, tear it down -- but just keep the parking lots!\n<\/p>\n \nMore Companies Ending Promises for Retirement - New York Times<\/a>. \nLast weekend, I learned about the Jewish concept of Lashon hara<\/a>, making me more conscious of my own need for good talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" eastbayexpress.com | News & Features | City of Warts | Let the Bulldozing Commence | 2006-01-11: On to the California Department of Health Services laboratory, at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Berkeley Way. On one end, you have the … Continue reading On to the California Department of Health Services
\nlaboratory, at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Berkeley Way. On one
\nend, you have the Gourmet Ghetto. On the other end, you have downtown
\nBerkeley's movie theaters, restaurants, and nightclubs. But for some
\nreason, there's an eerie no-man's-land that keeps the two from becoming
\none grand boulevard of eateries and nightlife. That'd be the
\nintervening parking lot and hideous eight-story monolith, where worker
\nbees once toiled in research laboratories run by the state Department
\nof Health Services. <\/ul>\n
\nAnother story about how companies (even companies that are doing really
\nwell) are moving away from their pension plans, shifting the long-term
\nrisk to employees. <\/p>\n