In the last decade, Oceanview has transformed from an industrial zone and working class residential area to a lucrative shopping district attracting crowds from as far away as Walnut Creek and Silicon Valley. Thursday night’s meeting of the West Berkeley Project Area Commission brought out all the frustrations of an area under dramatic transition, which one commissioner called, “vignettes of class warfare.” -more-

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Saturday, August 26

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UC Berkeley is retracting its push for permanent lights at Memorial Stadium – literally. -more-

The return of Ishi to his Indian homeland 80 years after University of California scientists cut out his brain in the interests of science has drawn new attention to the quest to retrieve ancestral bones from museum basements. -more-

Berkeley Police say they believe they’ve caught two suspects responsible for a string of armed robberies during the month of August. -more-