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"12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle" are hot on "Gravity"'s heels with 10 nominations each, with Paul Greengrass's "Captain Phillips" bringing up the rear for nine noms. A few films that have been overlooked by the different U.S. guilds and groups got BAFTA love, like "Philomena," which is up for best film, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay, and leading actress. Judi Dench is an Oscar favorite for her performance as Philomena Lee, but "Philomena" isn't high on many Oscar prognosticators' lists.
Plenty of familiar names pepper the list of nominations, like "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Saving Mr. Banks," and "The Act of Killing," but it also gives some attention to movies that have gotten lost in the shuffle, like "Rush." Fans of small and gritty British indies will do well to check out "The Selfish Giant," from writer/director Clio Barnard, which is nominated for outstanding British film.
The BAFTAs also nominated Matt Damon for his role in "Behind the Candelabra," which aired on HBO earlier this year. The Liberace biopic also snagged a nominated for production design (all those rhinestones!), costume design (ditto!), make-up and hair (Rob Lowe's face!), and adapted screenplay.
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- 'Trance' (Danny Boyle)
It seems almost unfathomable: the arty, white-hot director of "127 Hours" and "Slumdog Millionaire" (not to mention the triumphant opening ceremonies of the London Olympics), pairs with James McAvoy for a sexy art world thriller centered around the world of hypnotism... and nobody shows up. But this is the fate that befell "Trance" this past spring. A violent, clever, occasionally quite shocking little psychosexual thriller, it costarred Vincent Cassel (as a small-time gangster who recruits McAvoy to steal a priceless painting) and Rosario Dawson (as the mysterious hypnotist tasked with retrieving McAvoy's memories) and was an absolute blast. The narrative is twisty and turny, like a neon-lit version of "Memento," and there are some genuinely jaw-dropping sequences. But the response to "Trance" was the critical and commercial equivalent of a tumbleweed blowing past. Rent it and turn your sound system all the way up.
- 'The Bling Ring' (Sofia Coppola)
People complained that Sofia Coppola's dramatization of the recent string of burglaries perpetrated by bored teenagers against members of the listless Hollywood glitterati, was too vacant and superficial. That's because it's supposed to be vacant and superficial. If it was anything more, than it would be missing the point. It's a movie told from the point of view of the trendy burglars, as if it was a movie that they themselves were making. Of course it's going to be shallower than a kiddie pool. That doesn't mean that it's not also one of the year's very best films, featuring a host of fine young actors giving A+ performances (among them Taissa Farmiga, Emma Watson, and Katie Chung) and some genuinely gorgeous cinematography, including an all-in-one-shot nighttime break-in that's reminiscent of Brian De Palma's glitzy thriller "Body Double." Coppola, it turns out, was the perfect director to tackle this material. You got the sensation that she knows both the perpetrators and the victims a little too well.
- 'Upstream Color' (Shane Carruth)
Going into last year's Sundance Film Festival, only one thing was on people's minds -- "Upstream Color," the sophomore film by Shane Carruth, the mysterious director of cult favorite time travel flick "Primer." Rumors were rampant that it was one of the features Carruth had unsuccessfully tried to rally in the years following "Primer," or a plot-less, three-hour long, meditative sci-fi experience. It turns out it was neither. The film, which costars Carruth and Amy Seimetz (whose own film, "Sun Don't Shine," should be on this list but isn't), is one part love story, one part look at the interconnectedness of living organisms, one part heist movie (involving strange larvae), and all parts weird. The movie is unlike anything you've ever seen before, and a conversation starter for an adventurous cocktail party. But also strangely relatable, at least in the way that the couple at the center of the film seems to blur into one person. If you've been in a relationship long enough, you can sympathize with the experience. What's up with those pigs, though?
- 'Sightseers' (Ben Wheatley)
Imagine if Alexander Payne had directed "Natural Born Killers" and you can kind of get a sense of what "Sightseers" is like. The work of restlessly brilliant British director Ben Wheatley (whose other 2013 mindbender "A Field in England" awaits US distribution courtesy of Drafthouse Films), the film stars and was co-written by comedians Alice Lowe and Steve Oram. They play a couple going on the most unappealing vacation of all time -- in a rusty camper, through Britain's highlands. Along the way, they camp, sightsee and, oh yeah, murder. Saying any more would give away the gleeful, pitch-black fun. While "Sightseers" was selected for the Directors Fortnight program at Cannes and produced by British comedy kingpin Edgar Wright, it had a hard time finding its audience stateside, aided only by a small-scale release by IFC Films (it's now on home video but couldn't even get a Blu-ray). Don't wait until Wheatley's entire filmography is meticulously reappraised (which it will be, one day) -- get on the "Sightseers" bus now. It's a devilish hoot.
- 'To the Wonder' (Terrence Malick)
Everyone lost their minds over Malick's epic "Tree of Life," but "To the Wonder," a similarly obscure and poetic (but way less cosmic), look at love, is the far better film. More intimate in scale and modest in ambition, but no less powerful, the film stars Ben Affleck as a man who falls in love with a beautiful European woman (Olga Kurylenko) and who moves her (and her young daughter) to the dreary American south. The couple falls in and out of love, with Affleck taking up with a childhood flame (Rachel McAdams, who also starred in 2013's equally under-appreciated "Passion") and communing with another old friend who is now a priest (Javier Bardem). Emotionally gripping even when you can't make heads or tails of it, "To the Wonder" is full of Malick's gingerly swirling cinematography and attempts to grasp at the elusive fundamentals of humankind. It's beguiling and baffling, all at the same time. And this time: no dinosaurs.
- 'After Tiller' (Martha Shane and Lana Wilson)
A documentary about the four remaining late term abortion doctors isn't exactly going to be the kind of subject matter that's going to get asses in the seats. But "After Tiller" should be required viewing for everyone, no matter what side of the reproductive rights debate you're on. A touching, unflinching work place drama about these doctors, "After Tiller" never sentimentalizes its subject matter and never tries to make a "big point." It just shows these women and doctors as they are, and allows the viewer to make up his or her mind. While documentaries this heavy usually have the chalky taste of good-for-you medicine, this one is actually engaging as well. One of the most essential documentary films of the year.
- 'Short Term 12' (Destin Cretton)
There was only one movie that everyone at SXSW was talking about this year, and that movie was "Short Term 12." Written and directed by Destin Cretton, it's the story of a home for at-risk teens, and stars Brie Larson (in a star-making performance) and John Gallagher, Jr. as the center's eager employees and Kaitlyn Dever as a young girl admitted to the facility (much to her chagrin). "Short Term 12" is the kind of beautifully soft spoken independent drama that will make you bawl your eyes out, without ever resorting to manipulative or melodramatic tactics (no small feat). Like the kids that make it out of the program, it seems like kind of a miracle -- it's low budget and gorgeous-looking, is seemingly about an issue without ever becoming preachy, and features the kind of performances that would be showy if they weren't so nuanced and perfectly calibrated. When you watch it, you'll understand why everyone at SXSW was jumping up and down about it. It's that good.
- 'Metallica: Through the Never' (Nimrod Antal)
The year's biggest and most pleasurable surprise was "Metallica: Through the Never," a gonzo, IMAX 3D hybrid that blended ear-shredding concert footage with a mind-blowing narrative concept. The results are WTF-worthy in all the best ways. The ways that the narrative stuff (with Dane DeHaan playing a low-level lackey sent out on a mission by the band, on the eve of the apocalypse) and the concert footage melded, in surprisingly satisfying, altogether electric ways, felt like it bordered on the revolutionary. It was like a theme park ride from the bowels of hell. While the film's central mystery -- what, exactly, DeHaan was sent to retrieve -- is never answered, it's kind of beside the point. By then you'd already spent close to two hours in head banging heavy, so it was kind of hard to complain. Even those of us that know maybe a handful of Metallica tunes were satisfied; it's a bold, borderline experimental experience directed with aplomb by the chronically underrated genre filmmaker Nimrod Antal. After the movie, I kind of wanted to by a commemorative T-shirt.
- 'Prince Avalanche' (David Gordon Green)
Set in Texas after the Bastrop County fire, the film stars Emile Hirsch and Paul Rudd as a pair of workers repainting the stripes in the middle of the road. They bumble around and talk about life and that's kind of it. But out of this seemingly simplistic idea (itself a remake of an Icelandic film called "Either Way") came one of the more emotionally resonant, charmingly oddball independent comedies in recent memory. Much of this has to do with the pitch perfect performances of both Hirsch and Rudd, who seize every scene as an opportunity to riff and bicker, with amazing dexterity and wit. There are little surprises along the way, too, that keep you hooked for the entire 94-minute run time, and it felt like a welcome return to the smaller, more naturalistic work of director David Gordon Green, who started out with small comedic dramas, like "All the Real Girls," before transitioning to big-budget studio fare, like "Pineapple Express." Oh, it's also freaking hilarious.
- 'The Lone Ranger' (Gore Verbinksi)
Before "The Lone Ranger" opened, it had the stigma of being a "trouble production" and a marketing roll out that tried, desperately, to convince potential audiences that it was like "Pirates of the Caribbean" on horseback, a tactic that makes even less sense looking back on it now. When the movie was finally released, critics seized on talking about its budget more than the actual, you know, movie. The result was a box office dud that wound up costing Disney almost $200 million. How similar was it to "Pirates of the Caribbean" now? Directing with a knowing-winky flair by Gore Verbinski and starring a more-than-game Johnny Depp as Tonto (the titular ranger was played by Armie Hammer), the movie was dark and weird and complex, incorporating everything from Native American genocide to the transcontinental railroad to mystic shamanism in a tale that was, ostensibly, supposed to be a feel-good summer blockbuster. The schizophrenic tone can be chalked up to its unreliable narrator (an old-age version of Tonto), and there was no tent pole that looked quite as good as "Lone Ranger." Plus, it was anchored by the most jaw-dropping action sequence of the year -- the greatest, most wittily constructed cinematic train chase of all time.


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Taliban suicide assault team strikes police HQ in eastern AfghanistanFive policemen and eight Taliban fighters were killed after the suicide assault team penetrated security at the Quick Reaction Force headquarters in Jalalabad.
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Pakistani Taliban threaten former President Musharraf with 'death squad'Adnan Rasheed, who escaped from a Pakistani prison during a Taliban jailbreak one year ago, is shown with his "death squad," which is split up in groups of "fedayeen, sniper team, special assault team, and close combat team."
Libya becomes an international weapons bazaar
Al Nusrah Front, allies seize border area across the Golan HeightsAl Qaeda's affiliate in Syria teamed up with several rebel groups to overrun an air force base and several checkpoints in Dara'a province. The operation put Al Nusrah and its allies in effective control of an area that borders both Israel and Jordan.
Social Media Jihad: Egyptian jihadist lionizes slain al Qaeda leader
Suicide bomber kills 17 Pakistani troops in North WaziristanThe suicide bomber rammed a water truck packed with explosives into a camp run by the Pakistani military's Frontier Works Organization.
Syrian with ties to 9/11 hijackers still in US, virtually immune from deportation
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Senior pro-Assad Sunni cleric killed in Damascus suicide attack
US posts $5 million reward for American suspected of being Zawahiri's emissary to ShabaabThe FBI told The Long War Journal that Jehad Mostafa is thought to be Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, the American who distributed aid at a Somali camp in 2011 on behalf of al Qaeda's emir. The US also offered a $5 million reward for Omar Hammami.
Al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for rocket attacks on IsraelThe al Qaeda-linked Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) claimed responsibility for rocket attacks in Israel earlier this morning. The attacks were in protest of President Obama's visit.
Magharebia: 'Tunisian salafist[s] announce al-Qaeda support'
US drones kill 4 'militants' in PakistanThe strike took place in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in North Waziristan, where some of al Qaeda's top leaders have been killed in the past.
Swedish jihadist killed in Syria while fighting for the Muhajireen BrigadeAlbu Kamal As Swedee joined the al Qaeda-linked group after expressing disdain for the Free Syrian Army. Jihadist have urged Swedes to join the jihad in Syria.
Al Nusrah Front, allies impose sharia in Aleppo

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Mayor Alvin Brown and Congresswoman Corrine Brown will host the 2014 Citywide Job and Resource Fair on Monday.
It's from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. It's free and open to the public.
More than 150 companies are attending.
One local woman recently got a job at Brumos Motor Cars through a job fair at TPC Sawgrass. Lee Harrelson and her husband recently moved to Jacksonville and were having trouble finding a job, until they attended the job fair. Harrelson encourages any job seekers to attend today's job fair.
"I think it's a great opportunity to be able to interview with lots of companies, and basically you tell them what you want to do and instead of specifying it to every company," Harrelson said.
Harrelson said that the atmosphere of a job fair is much less stressful and intimidating than a one-on-one interview.
During the event, there will be a series of workshops to help job seekers with a range of topics, including interview skills, resume preparation, using social media, dressing for success and more.
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Being undecided in your major is not uncommon. Of college-bound high school students, approximately 80% are undecided on a major. With over 70 degree programs at the university, the process of finding the major that fits a student best can be daunting. The Advising Center is here to help guide students to the resources and tools to make an informed major and career decision. To facilitate this process, the Advising Center has several different ways of getting students in the right direction.
All freshmen are required to meet with an advisor for their first two semesters. Understanding the process of deciding a major does not end after two semesters, undeclared students have the benefit of continued one-on-one advising every semester until they have declared a major. During this time, students are exposed to more resources to help them make their decision and to keep them on track for graduation.
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Backup Exec 2012 is terrible IMHO they have completely ruined it!
Its much better than Microsoft DPM that's for sure.
And your right the new 2012 version of backupexec is awful. The 2010 version is excellent though, been using it for years and it is very reliable.
I am looking into something new for Hyper-V though. Possibly Veeam as recommended in another thread on this forum.
I have used previous version of Exec which work fine and are good. But in Virtual only Environments Veeam is brilliant. In terms of both replication and backup.
Backup Exec is, and always has been, a powerfull but also complicated product. I've used it since version 9 (now on 2012)
and i'm still overwhelmed at times.
That said, we had WAY more bugs/problems when it was still Veritas. Not a month went by where we didnt hav to fix mysterious bugs. Right now its pretty stable and does its job. In fact, a year ago after a disaster, we've succesfully done a complete restore of all our
domain controllers, exchange servers & some member servers within 2 days...
Was going to upgrade to 2012 this week...maybe I'll leave it!
Does anyone know where to purchase Veeam from?
I'd like to test it out as an alternative to backup hyper-v computers.
I'm using 2010 here and it's fine... I've been using B-Exec for years in fact and have never had any major issues at all.
I think it's pretty straight-forward and does what it says on the tin - it's as complicated as you want it to be really.
I also use Veeam to complement it though - and that is truly excellent.
@zag - download a trial of Veeam from their website... then just contact your usual IT resellers for a quote.
2010 Version of backup exec is fine - its just the updated gui in the new version which is horrible!
With Veeam if you go onto there website you can locate a reseller.
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Having just found out about Veeam I can understand why everyone is raving about it.
Its so much better than backupexec for hyper-v imaging. Just check out this video it really is quite simple.
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Diavola Pizzeria & Salumeria, Geyserville
My wife and I are from New Jersey so our standards for pizza are pretty high. Most of the recommended pizza joints out here in Ca. are… well lets be nice and say their different :)
Enter Diavolo Pizzeria and Salumeria in the little town of Geyserville. This is certainly the real deal, an assortment of specialty pizza that could convert some die hard NJ'ers :)
Besides the pizza, Diavolo offers a nice array of appetizers, pasta and mains.
Last night 4 of us ordered 3 apps and 3 pizza and shared everything.
Starters were Vegetable Antipasto, tutto beans, marinated butter beans & sea salt, Cauliflower with pinenuts, golden raisins and anchovies, marinated red beets.
Octopus salad with potato, arugula, fennel, oranges, celery hearts and EVOO.
Roasted red beets with goat cheese, oranges, faro, arugula, herb & lemon vinaigrette.
All the apps were full of flavor yet light, excellent start to the meal.
The pizza were just as varied: margherita with mozzarella, basil and tomato. Cicciona was a meat lovers delight with beef brisket, pork belly, sausage, pecorino & onion. Next was the Diavola with roasted red peppers, house made Sicilian meatballs, pinenuts, currents provolone and arugula.
All were delicious, hard to pick a favorite.
We finished the feast with a frozen cannoli or something resembling one and it was also very good.
Washed it all down with a 1992 Ridge Geyserville and a 1998 Spottswood Cab. Both wines were great and still quite young.
If your near the town of Geyserville, Diavolo is well worth the detour of Rt 101.
21021 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, CA 95441
Gosh, has it really been three years since Diavola opened?
And more baffling, that long for me to return? Not without trying, but the wait has been too long each time I made an attempt on the spur-of-the-moment. My luck changed last week though when driving by with my house guests. We sent one in to see how long for a table, and got an immediate text message back, "Table now". Woohoo!
Three of us shared two items.
Bambino pizza, Sicilian-style thick crust baked in a pan and topped with housemade salami, black olives, oregano, and fresh mozz. Guess I prefer the thin-crust, though this was fine if too salty for my taste.
Potato gnocchi with braised local rabbit, funghi, green olives, and pancetta was the dish that knocked me out. Little tender potato-y pillows tossed with perfectly balanced slow braised, cured, earthy, bright, briny flavors in each bite. My Italo-phile friend commented that he'd never had this dish in Italy but it tasted truly Italian to him. For me, it brought back the spirit of Santi once more.
21021 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, CA 95441
Got there at 3 in the afternoon last week and picked up a Diavola and a Cicciona to take home. Added a little of their homemade salami to one of the pies. Bottom line - absolutely terrific. Great crust, toppings of remarkable integrity and taste, and yum from first bite to last. Not to be missed if you're in the area.
21021 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, CA 95441
re: upvalley
Did you reheat them or were they take and bake? Always looking for a decent take and bake!
re: The Librarian
I just reheated them. By the way, I froze half of one and had it a week later - hard to believe it was ever frozen it held up so well. And the service was wonderfully friendly as well.
everything we've tried at Diavolo was very good to excellent. they have the best Tuscan style tripe we've found in this country. did not eat at Santi until its last few years in Geyserville (Diavolo was just getting started), but we found Diavolo's food (in a more casual ambience) more to our tastes, as much as we enjoyed Santi. we always take home a couple varieties of sausage for the freezer -- they are like no one else's.
re: moto
The tripe was a long time favorite at Santi. I'll have to order it at Diavola the next time I feel nostalgic. When I've been rebuffed by the wait time, I grab some sausage from the case to take home for an immediate meal. I love the Calabrese. And I noticed jars of Sugo in the case now, will try that next.
21021 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, CA 95441
re: Melanie Wong
this past Sat they were selling quart containers of the tripe and the pork cheek ragu from the deli case in the front ; of course we bought one of each for the freezer, along with a chunk of pancetta and some sausage. our lunch there included a roasted beet salad, which was a light, refreshing, and delicate version with citrus slices, and an absurdly good panini with roast pork loin, eggplant, and skordalia.
re: moto
Wanted to say that I've been enjoying the trippa alla fiorentina this winter. The first time, I was amazed at the tiny mirepoix, knifework worthy of a Michelin 3-star! And of course, the tripe was delicious. The second time, the preparation was more rustic, but still tasty. Quite a bargain at $10 per quart from the take-out case.
re: tom246
Welcome home! Are you working crush?
I love adding the housemade chili oil to the pie.
re: Melanie Wong
Wish I could say it is home, not yet but will be in 6 months or so. Your a mind reader :) wife and I will be helping with our son's crush, for me hopefully in the next week or so.
Diavola would be a great place for a small group. The pies are big enough for 5-6 people to get a healthy taste and you can order 6 different ones.
21021 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville, CA 95441
re: tom246
Very cool, do sign up for the chowdown groups. North Bay's not so active these days but we can change that.
Something I meant to mention in my original post is that Chef Dino was not in the kitchen the night I ate there. So I have to give extra kudos to his team for a great job.
Four of us enjoyed a variety of food (and wine) last night at Diavola. Starters included sweetbreads, frito misto and grilled veggie platter. Had two pizza, the Diavola and Inferno with an egg added for some protein :)
Didn't need dessert but that never stops us, cheesecake with berry jam, a stout beer float and an order of make your own Smores finished us off. Excellent food and a relaxing evening.
re: tom246
Very late post, but I have some photos taken November 2011, two months after you were there.
Here's the Diavola pizza, same as you ordered - Roasted red peppers, provolone, arugula, house meatballs with raisins and pine nuts. $16.50.
And a look at the upskirt - the bottom is just about perfect for my tastes, but one side of the topside was over-fired.
To draw a comparison to the better known wood-fired pizzas in the Bay Area, I'd say it's closest to Oakland's Pizzaiolo/Boot & Shoe in crust, execution, and style of seasonal toppings.
We also had a winter vegetable salad . . . and winter never tasted so good. Local arugula, winter vegetables, house cured pancetta, fried butter beans, parmigiano and cherry tomato vinaigrette, $12.
I loved those crisp, creamy beans, here's a close-up. The little touches like this are what make Diavola so special.
Diavola is our overall favorite restaurant in Sonoma County and last night was pretty typical.
Shared an antipasti, pasta and pizza, all were delicious.
Antipasti was a crispy duck confit salad, greens, very thinly sliced carrots and potatoes dressed perfectly. Great start to the meal.
Pasta was Heirloom Squash Ravioli whose filling was actually a leeks and sage mixture along with chunks of roasted butternut squash, kale and parmigiano. This looked as good as it tasted, a beautiful mix of flavors.
Pizza was the Prosciutto & Funghi, with wild mushrooms, hot pepper spread, prosciutto cotto, basil, gorgonzola and tomato. Had not seen this pizza before and glad we ordered it. Savory with a bit of heat, very tasty combination. Having some for lunch right now :)
Very busy on Sunday evening but the service was friendly and informative as always.
Chef owner Dino Bugica has a real gem in Diavola. You could dine here once a week for a year and not get through the menu updates and specials.
A bit out of the way in Geyserville but well worth the effort to get here. If your looking for chicken parm and standard Italian stuff look elsewhere but come here for some awesome rustic Italian creations.
re: tom246
Diavola is also a favorite of ours and we will not miss it when traveling north into Sonoma county.
We were lucky to stop by on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon (weekend before last) and they had the back patio open, so we were able to enjoy a leisurely meal. The patio is dog-friendly, When the patio is not open we just get a pizza to go.
Shared a salad of grilled romaine with grilled shrimp, great starter. My SO had their burger special (I believe it was a sirloin and brisket grind) and a salccisia pizza. Lots of food but we took most of the pizza with us for later snacking.
Interesting selection of local wines by the glass. The back patio is closed in and shaded so it's probably comfortable most of the year.
Almost next door to Diavola is the Locals Tasting Room. This tasting room offers wine from very small local producers who do not make enough wine to support their own tasting rooms. It's very casual and you never know what you might find there. I may be wrong but I don't think there is a tasting fee, if there is, it is offset by wine purchase and whenever we have been there we have purchased at least a couple of very reasonably priced bottles.
Geyserville, is definitly worth a detour off 101.
Sunday's lunch was an afternoon stop at Diavola. On my first visit six years ago I tried the Margherita. This time I returned to that classic to see how it might have evolved over the years.
This time of year, the zippy sauce is made with fresh tomatoes. A little more seemed to be applied. The crust has the same puffy rim but a more developed yeasty flavor than before. It's also darker with more variable spotting and more smoke influence. The basil's baked in rather than added after cooking. The flavors seemed to knit together more. This is another Diavola pizza to love.
I had started with the squash blossom app, and recommend it highly if you can get in there soon.
Eating in Season: Squash Blossoms
re: Melanie Wong
We have had those squash blossoms twice in the past few weeks. Each time they were perfect, crispy, flavorful filling without a bit of grease.
One of the many fine dishes at Diavola including a wide range of pizza and some excellent preps of octopus depending on the season.
re: tom246
These squash blossoms were surprisingly light, aren't they? Maybe because they were filled with less cheese and more squash and seafood, plus being fried so well. I had thought that the appetizer alone would be enough for lunch, and I did realize that this would be the first time eating at Diavola where I didn't have pizza. But after finishing the dish, I figured I had room for a couple slices of Margherita and could take the rest home. ;)
Had lunch there the other day. Very pleasant to sit on the patio. Fish tacos, beet salad with green goddess dressing, and a special "Reuben" pizza with corned beef, horseradish Havarti, etc., all very good. Small but excellent selection of wines by the glass. I wish I'd had the appetite to try the cannoli.
Diavola would be a great place to eat, drink and watch the Series. I had a solo dinner at the bar yesterday and the staff said they were not busy during Wednesday night's game.
This was my first ever time to not have a pizza here. I was distracted by two autumnal additions to the menu . . . and have no regrets.
A special appetizer of Cinta Senese Blood Sausage, $11.50, turned out to be a huge serving enough for a whole dinner on a plate. The locally raised Tuscan heritage pig has been showing up on menus in the area. Cured, poached and then sliced and grilled, a portion of blood sausage had four thickly sliced 2" rounds. Not just blood pudding, the creamy part was studded with a dice of firm fat, a bit of ground pork, pine nuts, and grain (maybe rice?) in a mild cure. Sweetly fresh tasting without a trace of iron though they look ghoulish enough for Halloween, the non-funky flavor won't scare anyone. The braised bed of puntarelle and radicchio offered juicy and slightly bitter contrast. Some roasted winter squash, pomegranate tartness and crunchy marinated red onions rounded out the plate.
My second platter of blackness was Squid Ink Linguine with Baccala. Very firm and briny pasta nero was swathed in a lightly tomato-tasting stock and embellished with threads of salt cod, sweet shrimp, crisp rapini, melted leeks, waxy potato rounds, and pepperoncini. Wow.
I adore Diavola.


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Berkeley on the Cheap?
- janetofreno Jun 23, 2008 11:18 PM
Son is going to Berkeley for a conference most of next week. He is an undergrad going with a grad student whom he's been collaborating on some research with. Neither one of them has much money, obviously. They are staying in a dorm (Foothill Hall, which is up near Stern Hall on Hearst...so close to the Northside...), and breakfast and lunch are included...but not dinner. So they are looking for good, cheap places to chow. He asked me since I went to school there, but things have changed in 30 years so I might not be the best resource. Obviously Vik's (if he can get there before they close for the evening) and Top Dog are possibilities...but where else do you recommend? He will have a car.
I figured the Hounds might have some ideas.....
re: lexdevil
yes, BONGO!
while listening to the constant dulcet and montone refrain from the kitchen "falafel, falafel, falafel, lule kabob, lu-le ka-bob"
it's been years since the SO was in grad school and lived on LeComte, but there were (and I would bet still are) a slew of cheap and cheap-ish places on that stretch of Euclid and Hearst.
re: hill food
A 4th or 5th on Bongo...nothing like a Persian burger at 10 p.m.
Pie in the Sky and Mario's La Fiesta are good picks too.
re: ML8000
Holy crap! Bongo Burger has updated their website. And they're using Niman Ranch... Menu is here: http://bongoburger.com/menu.htm
Also reminded me that they have a real bargain breakfast. Three egg cheese omelet w/ toast and home fries for just $4.15. Two eggs, sausage or bacon, toast and home fries for less than $5.00. The 'shroom and cheese omelet is great for the price.
on the southside, cafe intermezzo is very good and cheap - it's the only salad place that i would actually go to. good sandwiches and bread. also raleigh's is a good pub a couple doors down, both are on telegraph.
le bateau ivre is a few blocks farther down on telegraph. it's a nice, quaint french restaurant, but it's also great for a drink before dinner.
le petit cheval on bancroft has good vietnamese for the price.
i don't think there are any good places on hearst / euclid northside, except for maybe the top dog.
if he's willing to drive or go for a long walk, the gourmet ghetto has good places. cheeseboard pizza is especially good and cheap (maybe he could compare it with blondies).
re: cornflower55
Bongo Burger = exception to Northside = nebbish rule. Good falafel, Persian (lamb) burger, grilled eggplant sandwich...
re: cornflower55
Cheese Board Pizza's the only good place (maybe the only place, period) in the not-so-Gourmet-anymore Ghetto that's anywhere close to the same price range as Vik's and Top Dog.
re: cornflower55
>le bateau ivre is a few blocks farther down on telegraph. it's a nice,
>quaint french restaurant, but it's also great for a drink before dinner.
if i were on a budget [and had access to a car], i think it would be a
shame to make bateau ivre my "splurge" destination ... i thought
the food was "blah" and the service was sort of inexplicably lame ...
like service would take a surreal amount of time even when the
resto was close to empty.
i suppose they might be ok for a drink
i did like the espresso milkshakes with a shot of cointreu tho ...
even if it took an insane amount of time to make the transaction happen.
[this is based on quite a few years ago ... pre-Y2K]
in my book ptit cheval, raleighs, are pretty fair for the money.
i used to like intermezzo more but the last couple of time there
it didnt measure up so much ... maybe my tastes have shifted
in the gregoire direction.
cheeseboard of course is a crown jewel.
One of my favorite cheap eats in Berkeley is Lucky House Thai on the south side of University between Oxford and Shattuck. Large menu and super fresh ingredients on the cheap.
Also, there are tons of student options on the south side of campus like the Durant food court. Very cheap and surprisingly tasty, at least by student standards...
re: walker
fair and cheap are too different things, and Gregoire is not cheap, IMO.
re: susancinsf
Yeah, Gregoire is not cheap at all. If they want pizza, I've found Jupiter on Shattuck to be pretty affordable, and if it's a nice night, they have a good sized patio in the back. There have also been good reports on Bobby G's pizza, which is nearby.
FYI, Vik's closes for the evening at 8 now (this is a relatively recent change), so unless his conference runs really late, he should be able to easily get there in time.
re: JasmineG
Is Vik's open every night until 8? I thought that only applied to the weekend nights....
re: janetofreno
Hmm, that could be true, but the hours on their website still say 6 everyday, which I know isn't true. Maybe he should call.
South side House of Curries, Top Dog, new Chinese place on 2nd floor across from Durant Cafe. take a long walk to Maritime East on Telegraph, for one of the best burgers in the East Bay. Catch the perimeter shuttle to other side of campus, on University, Brasil Cafe, Bobby G's Pizzeria, Anh Hong for vietnamese food, Turkish Kitchen.
re: nicedragonboy
I hate to sound like a grump, but to me, cheap means cheap, and the $10.75 burger at Maritime is NOT cheap (and is by far the cheapest thing on the menu if one of the guys decides they don't want a burger). I really like Maritime East, but for broke college students it is more of the type of place one goes if ones parents are paying:
Turkish Kitchen seems like it would be a good choice though.
Cafe Tibet would probably be something they can't get at home, and is inexpensive, though perhaps not downright cheap.
Also, though I haven't been in a long while myself, what about Ryowa?
2068 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
Cafe Tibet
2020 University Ave, Berkeley, CA
Maritime East
2826 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA
Turkish Kitchen
1984 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
re: nicedragonboy
Maritime East's burger is cheap only compared with Eccolo's or Flora's.
Bobby G's is relatively expensive compared with Cheese Board Pizza.
Anh Hong is one of the more expensive Asian places in the immediate area and is relatively expensive compared with some of the Vietnamese places in downtown Oakland.
How cheap is cheap. Some ideas for inexpensive ... $10 or less
I like Turkish Kitchen a lot. Across the street Brazil Cafe is good. Down San Pablo in Emeryville is Wally's which is Lebanese / Meditteranean ... but I like Turkish Kitchen more.
What kind of food does he like? How large portions?
re: rworange
That search turns up a really random selection of places. I wouldn't recommend most of them.
Casa Latina on San Pablo two blocks north of University has incredibly fabulous tacos that are ridiculously cheap.
Second (or should I say third) for Bongo Burger.
re: TopoTail
Casa Latina's good but not particularly cheap for Mexican.
re: Robert Lauriston
Are you thinking of the same place? If anything in there is more than $7 I'd be shocked.
re: rworange
I'm definitely thinking of Casa Latina. I was a little surprised by the prices, but they use some organic ingredients and Niman meat and so on.
re: Robert Lauriston
I haven't been there for a while, but I'm pretty certain you can get two tacos piled high with meat and extra cheese for under $5, and that's a cheap meal in my book.
re: TopoTail
Their prices have gone up. You could definitely fill up for under $10, it's just relatively expensive compared with some of the places in Oakland.
In the immediate area, I think Indus Village, Lanesplitter,
De Afghanan, and Kabana are better values. Maybe the lunch buffet at Priya, too. The no-choice hot lunch buffet at Indus Foods is ridiculously cheap.
Speaking of cheap Indian, there's also Dollar Curry House (Khana Peena) and the small but good lunch buffet at the Indian grocer next door to Viceroy.
re: Robert Lauriston
Yeah, but from what I've read, including hhc's report on chowhound, you get what you pay for at Dollar Curry House.
re: Robert Lauriston
Dollar Curry House is pretty terrible. I've gotten spinach and potatoes there that was almost inedible. I like Naan and Curry a whole lot better.
re: Robert Lauriston
I think you may have misread the menu. I was in Casa Latina today and the most expensive thing on the menu was a dinner plate for $8 that came with choice of meat, rice, beans, salsa, tortillas, Everything else was $4 - $6.75. Tacos were $2. each and the Tamarindo aqua fresca I bought was $1.50. Chipotle a few blocks up is more than that. On top of it you are getting quality ingrediants. The baked goods today looked fabulous. There were all these great cheese-filled flakey baked goods ... I hesitate to call them Danish because ... well, it just isn't done.
Anyway Janet, probably a better place that is owned by the same people is Montecristo Taqueria. I stopped in today and had some soup which was good.
I have shunned this place forever because it looked Americanized I'm really sorry I did. This is somewere mid-point between Montero's and Casa Latina
Like Casa Latina they have a mix of Latinos and non Latinos.
I was really suprised to see that they serve Margaritas ... with tequila ... for only $5.50. They make their own sangria which is $4.50.
The most expensive thing on the menu is the Mexican Plate which has the same stuff as Casa Latina but a bit more ... $8.95. However, the prices are still the same range as Casa Latino .. the tacos are actually only $1.85. It is such a nice little restaurant. Nice salsa bar. I'll do a report soon but I'm just too tired today. Tell your sister that theya have chilaquiles for breakfast ($5.90) What is cool is for an extra $2 they add chorizo to it. That just sounds great.
It is next door to Andronico's on University. There's a parking area.
re: rworange
I stand corrected. $2 is a bargain considering the quality.
re: Robert Lauriston
Eh, I was just panicked that they had raised prices drastically. I haven't been for a few months. I really like the place and didn't want to get sticker shock on the next visit.
Along similar lines ...slightly more American is Tacubaya on 4th Street which tops out at $7.95. Not everthing is great there, but on the weekends they make the best menudo.
re: rworange
I was startled by the tab at Casa Latina, but I guess it was mostly beers.
re: rworange
I'm not sure how I got confused, but I went for lunch today and the prices were low, from $2 for tacos to $8 for a plate with meat, rice, beans, 5 tortillas, guacamole, etc.
Carnitas were delicious (not the crispy type). I won't make the mistake of ordering the chicken again.
re: Robert Lauriston
What was wrong with the chicken?
re: sydthekyd
Dry and tasteless in both a taco and a tamale. The sign says they bake all their meats in olive oil. They might do better to poach the chicken or switch from white meat to dark.
re: TopoTail
I'll endorse CASA LATINA too.
Their horchata was also quite good [$1.50/$2].
I didnt analyze the fruit Aqua Frescae.
BTW, while I'm at it ... unless you are looking for mass quantities,
lunch at GREGOIRE isnt that expensive ... the potatos are at $4,
but lots of places are in the $7-8 range for a sandwich/burger.
[pretty much in the same range as fatapples with tip. less
than sauls ... which i'd call pricey].
Lanesplittler is pretty good ... i like arinell when they are on, but
it is pretty hit and miss. Might try cross my fingers and try Arinell
just to stick a toe in the controversy.
re: Robert Lauriston
arent we being a little pedantic? ... particularly given
that i qualified as *lunch* ... which is generally pretty portable food.
yeah gregoire is a togo place ... which means "low(er) tip" ... which
means you can pay retail for you drink of choice etc.
how about mentioning driving to CL or Viks will burn 50cents in gas.
TAIWAN RESTAURANT at University Ave and Shattuck is my favorite
Their weekend lunch specials such as the South Taiwanese noodle soup (under $3) is really good. The tofu pork skin roll (almost like a sausage) is very good as well and cheap + rice = best comfort food. Stick with tried and true dishes that were already discussed on the board.
JAYAKARTA is another good one for Indonesian restaurant. Rice plate should be cheap. Their special fried rice should be quite good as well.
With a car, Champa Garden is an option. The #14 Champa Sampler ($10) is a particularly great value. More suggestions:
As a fellow Bear who graduated not too, too long ago, here were my favorite spots for cheap eats around the campus:
1. Cheeseboard Collective - Fun, irreverent pizza place with 1 option of pizza per day. The lines are long, but sometimes they have someone playing the cello!
2. Top Dog (across the street from Durant Square) - It's an institution.
3. Durant Square - this is where I spent my freshman year nights. The food goes from good to suspect depending on which of the ~8 small food restaurants you go to. My favorite was the Korean BBQ place and in particular, the short rib plate.
1. La Note is the best brunch place in all of Berkeley. :) Toasted cinnamon brioche with lavender honey used to cost me $1.50 but expect inflation over the years.
2. Unicorn is the best Vietnamese place in all of Berkeley. Lunch is a much better deal as all the professors have caused prices to double since it first opened. Best plates there are: 1) Unicorn rolls (sounds hokey, I know) but so much better than the rolls at Slanted Door, 2) Prawn claypot.
College is the best foodie place in Cal, but would take him say ~20 minutes to walk from the Northside of campus. There's a stretch that goes for about 2 blocks near college and Ashby where I spent my senior year. It's a bit pricier but good for some of the fun treats that way, including Icee - this great ice cream parlor. Yum.
re: wdot
Durant Square and the original Top Dog are on southside. As mentioned above, there's another Top Dog in northside, on Hearst.
La Note is very good but about as expensive as breakfast gets around here. It's downtown on Shattuck.
Unicorn is pan-Asian. The chef opened a second branch in SF. I'm not sure we've had any reports since then.
The stretch of College near Ashby is the Elmwood. Unfortunately it's a relatively affluent neighborhood, and the only good cheap places there are Holy Land, which is worth the trip, and House of Curries, which is quite similar to Naan N Curry on Telegraph near campus--but if you're going out of your way there's better Indian. Ici makes some of the best but also most expensive ice cream in the area.
re: Robert Lauriston
Having some work done in my house...
My El Salvadorean and Mexican workmen have been raving about Gordo's cheap, juicy super burritos. (Elmwood, on College.) I checked it out - wow, what a pleasant surprise. Everything was made fresh. Lunch hour wait was a tad too long, however. Line was out the door, down the sidewalk.
I used to *love* Taiwan Restaurant on University Avenue, just a minute's walk from campus. I ate there almost every day. The real Chinese dishes (e.g., steamed dumplings, noodle soups) were so delicious and inexpensive -- and the American-Chinese stuff was about as good as it gets.
Also, the Mexican dive on the corner of University and Shattuck (across the street from McDonald's; same general area as Taiwan Restaurant) had the best burritos in town.
Also there was a good Thai restaurant (Thai House?) on, I think, Durant. It's visible from Telegraph at any rate.
May I also suggest (like the other Chowhounds) Durant Square (the food court across from Top Dog). The locals (or at least my friends and I) call it the "Ghetto" or the "Asian Ghetto" because of the Asian restaurants that surround that area. My favorite is going to the Bear House (Korean) and ordering kim chi fried rice. It's absolutely my favorite dish to get there. There are also Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese places.
re: westcoaststyle
Haha. My friends all call it the "Asian Ghetto," too. Must be an Easy Bay thing.
As a student, I'd like to throw my two cents in about what constitutes "student eats." On most nights, I'd prefer most of my meals to be $10 or less. $15 is passable, $7-8 ideal. Gregoire, while very lovely food, is not student eats.
Here's the list of places where I tend to go for decent food on a "student" budget that are within walking distance of campus:
-Bongo Burger - LOVE their shish kabab sandwiches.
-Cheeseboard on Shattuck for a slice.
-Cheese 'N Stuff for deli sandwiches (under Durant Parking garage... ask Moe at the flower shop, he'll direct you).
-Turkish Kitchen on Shattuck at University.
-Brasil Café for tri tip sandwiches or plates on University. I like sitting outside at the funky shack in the Ace Hardware parking lot. It's oddly peaceful.
-Top Dog on Durant for sausages/hot dogs.
-Jupiter on Shattuck for salads/pizza.
-Kabana on University for Pakistani (greasy but oh so good).
-"Asian Ghetto" aka Durant Food Court. I always go to Thai Basil on the back left and get the #45 with lots of sriracha.
-Raleigh's to watch the game.
Avoid at all costs:
-Blake's. Lousy food, worse service.
re: adrienne156
Just a note that Brasil Cafe has two locations now. The orginal on University and another indoor restaurant across from Turkish Kitchen on Shattuck. The Shattuck location serves a few more dishes. There is usually a Brazilian special each day.
re: adrienne156
Raleigh's for their good selection of microbrews. That's where I had my first taste of Anchor's Old Foghorn barleywine -- at a mere $2.75 per pint! I'm sure that's no longer the case. However, last I heard, Raleigh's maintained their fine selection of CA. micros.
In college there were two things I loved more than anything else: long walks and
Indian food. And if I could combine the two .. heaven. On the off chance your son
has the same problem, here's what I'd suggest.
Day 1: Walk south across campus to College Ave. Head a mile or so down to House
of Curries. Have the lamb vindaloo. Afterwards, stop into Espresso Roma for a coffee
with thirty thousand other people just like him. Here's a map. It's about a mile and a half:
Next night, head down University to either Indus Village or Kabana. On the way back,
dessert at Fosters Freeze. Two miles:
Day three, the big walk to Cafe Raj on Solano in Albany. After dinner his grad school
friend can buy him a beer at the Pub. Three miles:
These places are all pretty inexpensive and they're different enough that if he
cheaps out and gets the chicken tikka masala at each one, it will be a different
meal each time.
The reason for all this walking is because Berkeley is one of the nicest walking
towns in the country and there's no better way to see it and no better time of year
to be doing it. Roses and geraniums are really happening right now. Loquats and
plums in the trees are ripe.
re: Chuckles the Clone
House of Curries
2984 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
Roma Cafe
2960 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
Indus Village Restaurant
1920 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
Schmidts Tobacco Trading & Pub
1492 Solano Ave, Albany, CA
Kabana Restaurant
1106 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
Foster's Freeze
1199 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
re: Chuckles the Clone
Placifying ... love it ... going to steal that.
Anyone been to the new Indian place on University and Shattuck? I think one of the papers did a review recently.
re: rworange
Biryani House, in the former Burger King / Curry in a Hurry / Mount Everest space? No reports yet. It looks considerably nicer inside. A review in the EBX last month listed prices of $4-6 for vegetarian dishes.
re: Robert Lauriston
Yep. Thanks
re: janetofreno
The smoke tends to blow off during the day, when the wind is blowing in off the ocean.
re: Robert Lauriston
to try and keep it chow focused, I couldn't see the Carnelian Room (aka Bank of America Building) from the SF end of Bay Bridge yesterday, at three-thirty in the afternoon.
asthma sufferers are being adivsed to stay indoors, though next week may improve.
re: susancinsf
Things cleared up today in Berkeley/Oakland. Pretty much straight westerlies blowing through the bay at 10-12 mph. Everything is clear and quite nice out.
Just a quick update:
Son just got back from Berkeley and reported in.....he never made it to Top Dog, which I consider a travesty. But he did eat at Vik's, and at a Salvadorean restaurant somewhere on the south side that he liked (he couldn't remember the name.....), as well as Durant Square where all the asian places are.
But his favorite meal was the "splurge" of the week, at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen on Shattuck. Son's girlfriend is off to Tulane in a few months, and he's trying to figure out how to get the medical school to admit him so he can join her next year...so he's currently enamored of all things New Orleans. He said that the food was good (although a little pricey by his standards) and the live jazz better.
Of course, Mom hopes he does make it to Tulane....because then of course I will have an excuse to visit!
re: janetofreno
thanks for the report back. I could see Angeline's being a good splurge choice for a college student: food can be good if one orders right, and it is more upscale than somewhere like Vik's, but still casual and reasonable. (and of course the music helps)
The Salvadorean place was probably Platano, on University? I think it might be the only Salvadorean restaurant in Berkeley. Here is an old thread, with some fairly recent updates:
He didn't by any chance try the albondigas did he? :-)
Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
2261 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
Cafe Platano
2042 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
re: susancinsf
On College Avenue between Ashby and Webster and near Holy Land is Gordo's. Often with lines out the door, it is a favorite.. Their super burrito is big and affordable. Take the AC Transit line 51 (catch at Telegraph and Durant) and get off at Ashby and College (same bus will take you right back to campus area). And if he sees a line at a place called Ici -- it's worth the wait for amazing ice cream (albeit not cheap!)
re: susancinsf
Yes, Platano WAS the Salvadorean place. I remember thinking something like "yuk, they must use a lot of bananas" when he finally remembered the name....:-). I'll have to ask him what he ate.....Not sure why I thought he said it was on the south side if its on University.
re: janetofreno
it IS on the south side of University. I've only been there once, but what we had was great.
re: janetofreno
Further update...no, he didn't try the albondigas...But I learned today (over a delicious Vietnamese lunch in Reno at a place he suggested; so glad my sons are branching out in the culinary sense...) that the grad student he went to Berkeley with is from El Salvador...which explains why/how they managed to find the only Salvadorean place in Berkeley. And his friend did give the place a thumbs up, so that's a good sign......
re: janetofreno
The pupusas at Platano are the best I've had, which makes it somewhat shocking that the curtido is tasteless. I wonder if they keep the real stuff in back for their salvadoreño cusomers?
re: janetofreno
There's actually another Salvadoran place on San Pablo, Maiz


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Scottsdale school board president Sandra Zapien-Ferrero has come full circle. After falling head-first into an emerging district bidrigging and Open Meetings Law scandal when first elected to the board in 1997, the veteran school board member will end her second term leading her second search for a new superintendent.
With the resignation of Superintendent Barbara Erwin, effective June 30, Zapien-Ferrero, 49, plans to search for a candidate with "strong public relations skills."
Erwin's job, she said, is completed: The Scottsdale Unified School District has established a better system of checks and balances to prevent future violations, including establishing an office of internal auditor, and has created a distance for the next superintendent from past upheaval.
"I'd like to make sure there is a lot of community input, employee input, to help us develop a profile for who we want for our superintendent," Zapien-Ferrero said.
She will ask the board to hire a local firm to search nationwide, but agrees with other board members that a local candidate experienced in Arizona law would be welcome.
Her priorities for this year include establishing foreign language courses in elementary schools to enable the district to produce more bilingual students.
"Scottsdale is truly a diverse city, and I will do my best to help all students achieve success in the education system," she said.
Board member Christine Schild applauded Zapien-Ferrero's plan to improve communication among board members, adding that she looked forward to a promise of more interaction among members on important decisions.
Zapien-Ferrero, whose husband, Paul Ferrero, is a Phoenix police sergeant on an antigang task force, moved to Scottsdale two decades ago. She is the human resource director for the 8,773-student Isaac Elementary School District in central-west Phoenix, where she also has been a teacher 18 years, and alternative school principal.
Zapien-Ferrero said she first ran for the school board to address a growing concern that schools did not receive equal treatment based on their socioeconomics.
But, she said, when former Superintendent Linda Powell that same year uncovered bid-rigging and purchasing violations by the building manager, she stayed to help stabilize the district.
She voted against a buyout of Powell's contract in 1997 that placed assistant superintendent Betty Pepper in line to become superintendent in 1998. After Pepper brought back building management employees Powell had fired, who were at the heart of the bidrigging allegations, Zapien-Ferrero led the vote to buy out Pepper's contract.
In 2000, Zapien-Ferrero was board president, and led the search for the superintendent that resulted in the vote to hire Erwin.