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Berkeley museum seeks record for world's largest play dough ball
2014-10-22 20:29:22| Toys - Topix.net
Berkeley's Habitot Children's Museum has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for the title of the world's largest play dough ball. The museum debuted its purple, 50-pound, roughly one and half foot diameter ball at Sunday Streets in Berkeley on Oct. 12. "It's going to be multi-colored," museum marketing and development manager Toni Mikulka, said.
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Soda industry spends $1.7 million to fight $0.01 per ounce tax in Berkeley
2014-10-21 14:32:43| Beverages - Topix.net
The City of Berkeley has about 80,000 registered voters , who will be asked to decide if the city should implement a $0.01 cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages on their November ballots. The proposal would tax sugary soda , energy drinks, fruit juices with added sugar, and the syrups that are added to coffee beverages.
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Berkeley Takes on the Sugary Drink Industry
2014-10-15 14:47:20| Beverages - Topix.net
Berkeley, California has been called the epicenter of many things. In the 1960s, it played a pivotal role in the anti-war movement , the counter-culture movement and the free speech movement.
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Big Soda Is Outspending Its Opposition 10-to-1 to Fight a Soda Tax in Berkeley
2014-10-14 19:38:56| Beverages - Topix.net
Drive around the streets of Berkeley, California and you'll see "Yes on Measure D" signs everywhere. This morning, on the one-mile drive to my daughter's elementary school, she and I counted ten.
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Soda-tax showdown heads for ballot in San Francisco, Berkeley
2014-10-07 19:35:14| Beverages - Topix.net
The 60-foot long Coca-Cola bottle stands near left field at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Aug. 5, 2006. Residents of San Francisco and Berkeley will vote on whether to impose a per-ounce tax on a list of sugar-sweetened drinks that targets primarily sodas, iced tea, and energy drinks.
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