misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Cal prepares for a big sporting match (football, we assume) against Stanford with illumination.
SF News Researchers from U.C. Berkeley Trap Antimatter, Universe Fails to Implode Researchers from U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Labs were part of a team of scientists from CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) who reported yesterday that they had successfully created and
SF News The KPFA Morning Show Ends Bay Area baby boomers took a hit to the black felt beret this week after The KPFA Morning Show was yanked from the air. Why? Well, for starters, radio is a dying industry.
SF News Berkeley Student Faces Suspension for Fee-Hike Protests Laura Zelko, A UC Berkeley student who took part in protesting fee-hikes and campus layoffs last November is now facing a possible one-year suspension in a public disciplinary hearing which took
SF News Shooting Kills Berkeley High School Student A sad tale here, folks: Berkeley student Larry Malik Grayson, a 14-year-old Berkeley High School student who was shot in the head on last week, died on Thursday. He was shot
misc Trend Alert: Yarnbombing Recent sightings of yarnbombings across the Bay Area indicate that the long relationship San Francisco has enjoyed (or not, it's up to you really) with various forms of street art is
SF News Meanwhile, In Berkeley... While the rest of the Bay Areacelebrated the World Series victory, earnest-college-students-who-get-arrested-in-dangerous-countries-while-traveling-abroad poster girl Sarah Shourd, right, held candles during a vigil
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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