A Berkeley High student lost his yearbook in 1979. 42 years later, it turned up
Jim Manheimer, Berkeley High School class of 1979, reunites with his lost yearbook at Berkeley Public Library on Kittredge Street. Photo: Aimee Reeder The last time Jim Manheimer saw his Berkeley High School yearbook, President Jimmy Carter held office and the McDonald’s Happy Meal had just been invented. But with the help of a linguistics expert, a Facebook group, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s use of the word ‘hella,’ Manheimer was reunited last Friday with the yearbook he’d lost on the day he graduated in 1979. Let’s back up a few steps. The reunion started after Ben Zimmer, ...
Source: berkeleyside.com