A fresh breeze from the Andes blew over UC Berkeley’s International House Thursday evening. -more-

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Monday, Oct. 2

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Nearing the end of her life and plagued with senility, my grandmother fell into a strange state of grace. At 95, she believed herself a young woman again living in her hometown in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. -more-

Two weeks ago, Cal punter Nick Harris was heralded as a Heisman Trophy candidate. This week, after failing to get off three kicks, he’s just another problem for head coach Tom Holmoe to worry about. -more-

The University of California system has formed an internal task force to investigate whether its nine campuses are under reporting the number of on-campus rapes and sexual assaults. -more-

Perennial powerhouse St. Mary’s High witnessed an unwelcome, yet eerily familiar spectacle last Saturday afternoon as Archbishop Riordan High (San Francisco) put together the kind of punishing offensive exhibition that St. Mary’s fans have grown used to their own Panthers imparting. Powered by a dominant defensive line and a very methodical “seven minutes and a cloud of dust” Wing-T offense, Riordan (4-0) ran for 364 yards en route to a 28-7 victory in a non-conference meeting between the two schools. -more-

Even City Council members agree their meetings are too long. Agenda items get pulled for a variety of reasons and end up stuck in what seems a permanent backlog. -more-

In a game interrupted by an on-field fight and two confrontations between the referee and University of San Diego coaches, Cal sophomore Laura Schott shined through the distractions with a hat trick, leading the Bears to a 3-0 win in the championship game of the Golden Gate Classic -more-

LIVERMORE — Scientists at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory are dabbling in a bit of Buck Rogers technology as they develop a series of test laser guns for the military. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for Napster Inc. were due back in court Monday to justify the reprieve the company won in July that kept its wildly popular Internet music-sharing service up and running. -more-

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco musicians who had vehemently protested the closing of a rehearsal warehouse have decided to take the money and run. -more-