Citizens have clashed with UC Berkeley once again. -more-

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A recent study published in the Journal of Housing Research titled Rent Regulation’s Pricing Effect in the Uncontrolled Sector concludes that rent controls, designed to lower the cost of housing for renters, may have the perverse effect of increasing rents for tenants in the unregulated sector. The study concludes that unregulated rents (such as those for vacancy decontrolled units in Berkeley) are $100 greater than they should be if rent controls were not in effect. -more-

René Magritte was the rugged individualist among surrealist artists and has endured as one of the most interesting. Now the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a vast retrospective exhibition of some 65 paintings covering his whole mature career, from 1926 until his death in 1967, including many unfamiliar examples from private collections. It offers us a very special opportunity, through September 5th. -more-

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The San Francisco Board of Education has decided that the superintendent of the Washington, D.C., school system is the best candidate to lead the San Francisco Unified School District. -more-

The Berkeley High boys volleyball team’s postseason fate, which has hung in the balance since the regular-season finale on May 11, was finally decided on Sunday, as the North Coast Section seeding committee rejected the Yellowjackets’ at-large bid for a playoff spot. -more-

Members of the public will get their chance tonight to tell the City Council what they think about the police communications tower, which some Public Safety Building neighbors are calling the “Eyesore Tower.” -more-

The entire Alameda-Contra Costa Athletic League got a dose of the Panthers’ depth on Saturday, as the St. Mary’s High track and field team dominated the league championship meet, winning both the boys’ and girls’ titles at Piedmont High. -more-

A surreal robbery and kidnapping experience early Friday morning left a Berkeley man with several minor injuries and without his wallet. -more-

The East Bay Community Law Center announced a new partnership last week that serves Alameda County families moving from welfare to work. -more-

An Oakland man was robbed early Friday morning in a parking lot on Fourth Street. -more-