Meet Niles Xi ‘An Liechtenstein, the freshly sworn-in student director for the Berkeley Unified School District. -more-
The class of 2003 at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School has finally enrolled. Minority numbers, which plummeted after the UC Board of Regents banned affirmative action from admission decisions in 1997, rose slightly from 22 percent to 29 percent. The small increase was due primarily to a rise in students of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. -more-
You can’t have too much good karma. -more-
When Mark Covington applied for a clerical position at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory eight years ago, he unknowingly underwent a battery of genetic tests. -more-
Few images are cozier than that of friends and family snuggled around the hearth on a rainy winter’s eve. -more-
Following extensive discussions about health impacts from wood burning, the Community Environmental Advisory Commission concluded that exposure to wood-smoke particles may result in acute and chronic health problems. -more-
by John Angell Grant -more-
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-
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-
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-
