Residents wary over hazards of antennas
Radioactive emissions from 12 telecommunications antennas set to be affixed to the Oaks Theater on Solano Avenue is worrying Thousand Oaks neighbors. -more-
Radioactive emissions from 12 telecommunications antennas set to be affixed to the Oaks Theater on Solano Avenue is worrying Thousand Oaks neighbors. -more-
It was only the first scrimmage, but it looked like the same old story. -more-
Popular knowledge pigeonholes our nation’s young adults as being both ignorant and apathetic when it comes to politics – not that they’d know or care. -more-
BHS field hockey looking for a coach -more-
Local politerati gathered at the Emeryville Holiday Inn on Thursday, contemplating an expansive view of the Bay and a vision of the American political landscape to come. -more-
A speeding car crashed into a duplex on the 1400 block of Hearst Avenue at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning, injuring a lone passenger and bursting into flame, said Assistant Fire Chief Mike Migliore. -more-
Rarely does a camera capture an image which reveals a nation’s soul with poignant ferocity. -more-
It never occurred to Anne Marie Foley that she could end up homeless. -more-
Voters should think about the president’s veto power -more-
It’s a Berkeley Sabbath. -more-
Rosa Parks Elementary School Principal Rebecca Wheat says that over three decades as an educator in Berkeley have simply sailed by. -more-
UC Berkeley Police and and Berkeley Police bomb squads checked out the car of a UC Berkeley employee that was parked on city property Tuesday evening after the employee recieved several threatening calls saying there was a bomb in the car, said Lt. Bud Stone, Bomb Squad Commander for the police. -more-
Who’s paying? It’s the question of the Millennium. -more-
When Karen Craig and other disabled members of various city commissions have health or wheelchair emergencies, they would like to attend meetings via speaker phone. -more-
A masked man pulled a knife on the owners of U.S. Liquors at 2997 Sacramento Street around 4 p.m. Sunday and robbed the store while the husband had the couple’s infant son in his arms, police said. -more-
Arash Azarkhish said he did all he could to help his new neighbors across the street escape from the deadly fire Sunday. -more-
Some citizens have been butting heads with bureaucrats, demanding to see the text that would accompany Measure AA, the schools’ facilities bond measure to appear on the Nov. 7 ballot. -more-
Fire Inspectors have determined that the fire Sunday at 2160 Martin Luther King Way that claimed the lives of UC Berkeley student Azalea Jusay, 21, and her parents, Francisco and Florita Jusay, both 46, of Lakewood, began when someone left a box of clothes or papers on top of or too close to a floor heater on the first floor of the two-story, 60 year-old wooden home. -more-
Councilmember Margaret Breland decided to stand up and confront the whispers. At a Monday evening press conference, the 65-year-old councilmember announced that she was fighting a winning battle over breast cancer. -more-
The Big One never came. But its threat inspired a new generation of public buildings designed to endure the inevitable devastation. Though delayed by a few months, the Ronald Tsukemoto Public Safety Building is scheduled for an early October occupation by the Berkeley Police Department and the Fire Department’s administrative team. -more-
Sunday was D-day in Berkeley. D stands for “Dorm,” by the way. -more-
Berkeley’s Impact Theater specializes in new plays for a 20-something audience that grew up on television, film and music, without much experience in live theater. -more-
Trying to find a place to park downtown before 5 p.m. is about as frustrating as a Rubik’s cube. -more-
LOS ANGELES — Lisa Fithian marched, jogged, skipped and trudged more than 20 miles this week through the streets of Los Angeles. She pleaded with police officers. She cajoled angry, masked anarchists clad in black. She chanted into megaphones. -more-
It’s not quite big brother, but the Berkeley Unified School District is on the county’s “watch” list. -more-
Out here in the Bay Area, one doesn’t often find a bayou, riverboat or streets named after distilled liquors. One can, however, find plenty of the music that fits these images – just like cayenne pepper goes with shrimp etouffee. -more-
The East Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association Information and UNICEF Center is celebrating its re-opening today, next to the Berkeley Gray Panthers headquarters. -more-