Clerical workers at UC Berkeley say they will not give up until they get what the want. -more-
The preliminary hearing in a felony drug possession case involving an Oakland medical marijuana club was once again postponed yesterday in Berkeley’s Superior Court when a key prosecution witness was not available to testify. -more-
Berkeley High School students may feel a little like “1984” protagonist Winston Smith this year if the School Board OKs security cameras for the school. -more-
Nine months of protests ended in July with an agreement to unionize the workforce at the Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel, but a contract has yet to be signed. -more-
A permit to alter the facade of the old Houston’s Shoe Store on the 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue was issued a decade ago, but the remodeling was never done. -more-
Tuesday was the first day of school for Francis Lynch. -more-
Monday morning, Lynn Kleinn and her neighbors put their bodies on the line for the protection of vegetation that serves as a natural barrier between her Alvarado Road neighborhood and the Claremont Hotel parking lot. -more-
An overflow audience squeezed into Intersection’s tiny theater space in San Francisco’s Mission district last week to see Campo Santo theater company present a superb world premiere production of Denis Johnson’s first play “Hellhound on My Trail.” -more-
Monday evening Superintendent Jack McLaughlin was directed by the school board to give a call to the successful candidate for the job of principal of Berkeley High School. -more-
Five years ago, one wouldn’t have known a creek rushed beneath the Berkeley-Albany border. -more-
With one week to go for candidates for school board, rent board and City Council to file their formal intentions to seek office, only one candidate had completed the process by Friday afternoon. -more-
Turning loose 3,500 hungry teenagers into the city’s small downtown area at lunchtime has created friction between the students and businesses. -more-
Let me begin this by saying I have never spent more than $200 a month on housing until I moved to Berkeley. -more-
Great protesters are not born – they’re made. -more-
Why is there no emergency plan for College Ave. closure? -more-
As the end of summer approaches and people flock to the Bay Area to start jobs and attend college, vacant housing becomes increasingly scarce. -more-
So maybe nobody is going to quit a day job and become a sushi chef, but the dozen or so people who spent three hours yesterday taking a sushi-making class at Sur La Table did get the hang of the process by the end. -more-
English playwright Tom Stoppard is best known as co-author of the fascinating and hilarious film “Shakespeare in Love,” which transfixed much of the theater world a couple of years ago and for which he won an Academy Award. -more-
Frank Caramagno says he’s willing to take a loss in business for the greater good. -more-
Hayden Perry, 85, died early Wednesday as a result of a fall in the courtyard of his home at Redwood Gardens, a senior citizens’ residence on Derby Street. -more-
Mayor Shirley Dean met with area merchants Thursday to talk shop at what the Downtown Berkeley Association likes to call the bi-weekly “DBA Merchant Chat.” -more-
Four men were robbed and one of them pistol-whipped Wednesday night around 1 a.m. at the Leconte Elementary School playground at Oregon and Fulton streets, said Lt. Russell Lopes of the Berkeley Police Dept. -more-
