SF News SFist Blotter: A Shooting in the Mission, a Shooting in Berkeley Mission / Shooting: Just after midnight last night, a man was shot three times at the corner of South Van Ness and 26th. Two suspects were seen fleeing the scene in a two-door Pontiac,
SF News One Dead, One Wounded After Berkeley Street Shooting One man is dead and another wounded after a shooting in Berkeley this morning. Occurred on the west side of Sacramento Street, gunfire broke out a little before 8:45 a.m. “We
SF News (UPDATED) Berkeley Council Member's Chief of Staff Accused of Assaulting Former D4 Candidate Oh geez. According to the Daily Cal, "District 4 Councilmember Jesse Arreguin's chief of staff, Anthony Sanchez, has been accused of assaulting former District 4 candidate Eric Panzer, who sustained a minor injury
SF News Police Seek Suspects In Series of Berkeley Armed Robberies According to BCN (via CBS 5) three people have been mugged at gunpoint while meandering in the "northeast and north central part of Berkeley" the the last few weeks. The first incident occurred
SF News Man Disguised as Dame Photographing Women In UC Berkeley Locker Room A man posing a woman was recently discovered photographing women inside a UC Berkeley locker room. Apparently, according to reports, a custodian witness the creep on Oct. 4 "with a white towel wrapped
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Esquire Loves Gather Restaurant In Berkeley Refined gentleman's magazine Esquire named Gather the 2010 “Best New Restaurant” and bestowed its "Chef of the Year" honor to its chef, Sean Baker. And why wouldn't they? Just look at Baker. He's
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... The Daily Clog's Sophie Lee recently interviewed Benjamin Smythe, Berkeley street flair, "natural skeptic," and a life coach. Lee describes: We stopped and chatted with him, overjoyed to discover not another starry-eyed idealist
SF News Eddie Fisher Dies in Berkeley Famous '50s crooner Eddie Fisher died of complications from hip surgery in Berkeley on Wednesday. He was 82. In addition to starring in such films as Butterfield 8, Nothing Lasts Forever, and Bundle
SF News UC Berkeley to Prune 200 Jobs Uh oh. UCB plans to slice an addition 200 jobs next year in order to save money. "Chancellor Robert Birgeneau says a consulting firm hired to help the system save money concluded that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vanity Fair Fawns Over Alice Waters' Kitchen You've seen the legend, you've eaten her philosophically-saturated food, and she's taught you to mince garlic cloves using the tines of a fork so as not to bruise the oil. Now see the
SF News Sarah Shourd Leaves Iran UC Berkeley grad Sarah Shourd was released today on $500,000 bail. "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Shourd was being released on compassionate grounds because of health reasons," reports AP (via CBS
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... An Army ROTC color guard holds a U.S. flag before the Colorado-California NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Berkeley. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SF News SFist Blotter: Three East Bay Shootings Berkeley / Shooting: A 35-year-old man was shot and killed late Saturday night/early Sunday while walking home from a party with his fiancée. The couple was approached near Adeline and Emerson Streets by
SF News Iran to Free Jailed Berkeley Grad Sarah Shourd Sarah Shourd, one of the three Cal hikers arrested for crossing the Iran border, will be released on Sunday, according AP/CBS 5. "Bak Sahraei, second counselor of the UN mission confirmed Thursday
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... SFist reader Sarah Story sent us this John Lennon-inspired shot she snapped in Berkeley today.
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... Californ(ia) fans cheer on the Golden Bears during the first half of an NCAA college football game against UC Davis Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SF News Police Shoot Mountain Lion On Shattuck Avenue Early this morning, Berkeley police shot and killed a mountain lion on Shattuck Avenue, "not far from popular restaurants and shops in the north side of the city, reports KTVU. The early morning
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Making the world a better place... and letting you know it. ("Let's play 'Find the Tailpipe'" found by the minds over at Go Back To Berkeley.)
SF News Whoa: Voracious Oil-Eating Bacteria Swiftly Cleaning Up Gulf Spill So you know how BP and various others have been trying to sell us on the idea that the gargantuan oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico had somehow magically disappeared? Well, now
SF News UC Berkeley, On of the Top Military Friendly Schools in Calif. According to The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley has been feted as one of the top "military friendly" schools in California due in large part "to its efforts in offering both financial and non-financial
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's Going On Here, Barack "I Am Transformed" Obama? Hmm. Care of the minds behind Go Back to Berkeley, here we see President Barack Obama posing with the owners of Cafe Gratitude, the cult-adjacent yet tasty vegan restaurant with locations in Berkeley
SF News One Year Later, Hasanni Campbell Still "Missing" A year after 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell went missing -- his guardian allegedly left him inside a parked car in Berkeley, which is when is reportedly disappeared -- the lead investigator in the case
SF News Bay Area Is Home to 6 of the 10 Zip Codes in the Country Where Homes Sell Above Asking Price We know all of you are *riveted* by real estate news, but we thought you might like to know that sales seem to be picking up speed both in pricier and hard-hit zip
SF News Berkeley Sees String of 12 Arson Fires Since Friday, parts of Berkeley (especially areas near the UCB campus) have played host to a series of 12 small arson fires. According to the Daily Californian, "The fires have damaged three automobiles,
SF News Berkeley Residents Outraged By Pool Closure In an effort to save money, the city of Berkeley closed a popular pool on the south side of town, which costs between $80,000 and $150,000 to keep open for the
