SF News Artists Use Salvaged Solyndra Stuff in Artwork, Cause Right-Wing Media to Go Ballistic Everyone knows conservatives hate art. They especially hate contemporary art that was funded by any source other than one's parents' old money, especially if that source is the NEA. Well,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Get Free Grilled Cheese, UCB Students, At The Melt Tonight! Two things happen tonight in Berkeley involving grilled cheese. 1) The Melt in Berkeley will offer free grilled cheese sandwiches for UC Berkeley students only. You hear that, kids? Get your free basic
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Chevron's Smoke Scene from Indian Rock Park in Berkeley during the Chevron refinery fire, shot by Justin Casey.
SF News Schizophrenic Beat Poet Joins Berkeley Mayor's Race Over in the People's Republic of Berkeley, a well-regarded, Chomsky-endorsed beat poet with 13 books and one degree in engineering to his name has thrown his metaphorical hat in
SF News The State of Sit/Lie A new report reveals that the sit/lie ban that went into effect in 2011 has had negligible effects in Upper Haight, the area where it was meant to effect the most change.
SF News Berkeley Police Agencies Denied Hippie-Stomping Armored Vehicle Over in Berkeley, the University of California Police Department's plan to use homeland security funds to purchase an armor-plated, riot-squelching monster truck, has been shot down by city officials
SF News Berkeley Police Agencies Want Hippie-Stomping Armored Vehicle After seeing those cool anti-protest riot vehicles in action at Occupy Oakland events this past year, the UCPD, Berkeley PD and Albany PD have acted on their riot squad envy and formed
SF News Deer In Berkeley Are Going Buck Wild While San Francisco has adorable coyotes to contend with, folks in Berkeley are currently experiencing a much quirkier problem with their urban wildlife: violent deer. According to several readers over at Berkeleyside and
SF News Berkeley Mayor Wants His Own Sit-Lie Ordinance Even the hippies in Berkeley want the hippies to stop plopping themselves down all day on Telegraph Avenue! Berkeley mayor Tom Bates is asking the City Council to consider putting a sit-lie
SF News Berkeley Police Chief Will Have 10 Cops Look For Your Lost iPhone! In January, Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan's son lost his iPhone. We've all been there, down that harrowing and unimaginably terrifying rabbit hole. So, like any nobel law enforcement
SF News 'I Want A Marijuana Dispensary Near My Kids' School,' Says Berkeley Mom Like many local medical marijuana dispensaries, the Berkeley Patients Group officially closed its doors last week under pressure from U.S. Attorney General Melinda Haag. For Haag, who's been on a
SF News UC Police Kick Occupiers Off Farm Tract In Albany On Earth Day, a couple of hundred protesters descended on some UC Berkeley-owned property in neighboring Albany and began planting beans, and raspberries. The protesters, along with some neighbors in the area,
Arts & Entertainment Video: Berkeley Freshman's Rad Automated Dorm Room Now, this is the roommate we always wanted in college. UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low turned his dorm at aesthetically-jarring Unit 2 into something special and magical. Low fashioned his drab room
SF News Berkeley High Students Face Expulsion For Awesome Computer Hijinks About fifty students at Berkeley High School are facing suspensions and four others are facing expulsion for masterminding an elaborate scam to ditch class. The scam itself wasn't that elaborate — the
SF News Family Of Murdered Berkeley Man Still Pissed At Police The sons of murdered Berkeley Hills resident Peter Cukor, who was 67 when he died on February 18 of a bludgeoning with a flower pot at the hands of a mentally ill man,
SF News Berkeley-Based Annie's, Makers Of Delicious Cheddar Bunnies, Debuts IPO The fine folks at Berkeley-based Annie's are enjoying a huge jump after their trading debut this morning. Annie's makes a slew of organic treats, including the superior-to-
SF News Occupy Cal Protesters Ordered To Stay Away From UC Property Yesterday, over a dozen people charged in connection with last November's rowdy protests on the campus of UC Berkeley received a stay-away order issued by the Alameda County Superior Court.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters' Cafe Fanny To Shutter After 28 Years After nearly three decades of "Alice Waters' Fanny" jokes, the Chez Panisse restauranteur and her brother-in-law/business partner Jim Maser are shutting down west Berkeley's Café
SF News Man Shot, Then Run Over, In East Oakland; Two Triple Shootings in Berkeley A man was shot early Sunday in East Oakland, and then he was run over, just to make sure the job was done. The incident happened about 3 a.m. on the 1000
SF News Berkeley Police Stumped Over First Homicide Of 2012, Seeking Tips Berkeley police are seeking information about the murder of 35-year-old Kenneth Allen Warren of Hercules, who was gunned down Thursday on the 3000 block of Shattuck Avenue. Warren worked at a
SF News Fatal Berkeley Shooting Leaves Home "Riddled With Bullet Holes" In Berkeley's first homicide of the year, a man walking to a friend's home was shot multiple times on Shattuck Avenue near Emerson Street. The victim was on his
SF News Berkeley City Clerk Found Dead Inside Her Home [Updated] Deanna Despain, Berkeley's city clerk, was found dead inside her Oakland home (at on the 4100 block of Lyman Road) on Saturday morning. According to Berkeleyside, who broke the story, "
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Wild Turkeys Of Berkeley Mentioned in Morning Links, but too good not to award its own post: Berkeleyside gives us yet another reason to visit Berkeley—our goal in 2012 is to head over there at least
SF News Tiny Overnight Earthquake Fails To Inconvenience Anyone Late last night, around 11 p.m. when everyone but the USGS was asleep, a tiny 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck about a mile northeast of Berkeley. According to Bay City News, "
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