Berkeley: random news and notes

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posts for Berkeley News and Notes for 2020 are here in a new thread:

Berkeley News and Notes 2020 [Berkeley]

from The Mercury News: … The restaurant has taken over the former Caffe Mediterraneum, a historic cafe famously featured in the movie “The Graduate.” Caffe Med closed in 2016 after six decades on Telegraph Avenue. … The restaurant offers traditional Taiwanese hot pots, like stinky tofu and curry pork, in addition to creative updates, like pumpkin milk with cheese, Japanese miso hot pot and even vegetarian options, like a mushroom-veggie tofu pot. Having your own personal burner for your po…