SF News Sexual Predator On the Loose In Berkeley Police are warning women in Berkeley that an attacker in on the prowl near the UC Berkeley campus. So far three "college-aged" women have been attack just south of the UCB campus. In
SF News Berkeley to Become Nuclear Zone Temporarily You know how Berkeley prides itself on, among other things, being a nuclear-free zone? Well, not so much these days. See, the Berkeley's city council voted today to let the Berkeley public library
SF News Berkeley Counts First Murder of 2009 William Payton, 37, was shot on Jan. 11 over at the Bank of America parking lot at 2546 San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley. Yesterday, Payton died at Highland Hospital in Oakland. This makes
misc Tied Up, Burned Body Discovered in Berkeley Responding to a fire in Berkeley at 7 a.m. this morning, emergency crews found a dead, burned body at East Bay Parks land, west of I-80 between Gillman Street and University Avenue.
SF News Entombed East Bay Body Identified Remember how Hassan Ben Ali committed suicide in front of Berkeley police last week? Then, after doing a search of Ali's Ashby Avenue apartment, the police found an entombed body at his residence?
SF News Code Pink Holds Farewell Kiss Shoe-In Protest in Berkeley Code Pink is having yet another Bush/war protest today. This time they're using the shoe -- made popular last week by Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi, who hurled his footwear at President Bush
SF News Hang Yoo for War Crimes, Shrieks Berkeley City Council Under the false impression that Melanie Morgan doesn't already have enough ammunition, the fruit-and-nut granola bar that is the Berkeley City Council will vote today on whether to demand the U.S. government
SF News Blogging Berkeley Grannny Sues US Army Jane Stillwater, a Berkelery blogger and Ghost Whisperer fan, is hopping mad. See, Stillwater is suing the US Army for a plane ticket and 15 mocha lattes because she had been given the
SF News Berkeley Tree-Sitters Sentenced Three of the privileged youths who protested the removal of the Berkeley oak grove were sentenced in Berkeley on Monday. Kingman Lim and Zachary RunningWolf Brown, both ground supporters, and Michael Schuck, a
SF News A Look at the Map and List of National Prop 8 Protests The above image -- showing just how large scale Saturday's national Prop 8 protest will look -- is from the flyer used to promote the big event. All of the demonstrations start at
SF News BREAKING NEWS: Fire Burning in Tilden Park 10-acre grass fire burning in Tilden Park over in Berkeley right now. So, you know, stay out of the park. (Not that you will since it's raining right now, but still: don't go
SF News Film du Jour: Karl Rove Knows How to Handle a Woman You read about scary man Rove's appearance at Moscone Center at the annual Mortgage Bankers' Association. You know, where the Gorgeous Ladies of Code Pink tried taking him downtown? Now see Code Pink
SF News Tree-Sitters Hurling Toilet Waste at Arborists? Charming. The spoiled children high atop the Berkeley redwood have, of course, resorted to (allegedly) throwing their urine and fecal matter at arborists trying to get them down. (Yeah. Fight the power. Idiots.
SF News Cal Tree-Sitter Money Shot Expected Today Whether pro or con saving the oak tree grove on the UCB campus, it's safe to say that we're all looking forward to seeing just how how the last few tree-sitters are extracted.
SF News Sit Down for This: UC/Berkeley Has a Fashion Publication Christine Borden over at the Daily Clog has both word and a VIP invite to the launch of BARE, UC Berkeley’s fashion publication. Also, holy hell, Cal has a fashion rag! Yeah,
misc Bomb Scare at Bayer Building in Berkeley Berkeley police responded to a menacing looking suitcase sitting in front of a Bayer AG-owned building on Seventh Street between Dwight and Parker. Jackson West informs us that said drug company has "its
SF News Naked Woman Stops Traffic on I-80 A disrobed lady disrupted traffic this morning on I-80 at around 5:45 a.m. It seems that the fully naked female was running in and out of traffic willy-nilly on the busy
SF News Tree Sitters Lose Yet Another Round More time is being wasted over in Berkeley over those damn oak trees. This time the Berkeley City Council voted last night that they it "will not seek a stay of a judge's
SF News No Matter What, Berkeley Tree Sitters Lose After a judge ruled that the University of California can cut down those cumbersome old oak trees, the kids still stuck up in the grove aren't coming down. What else is new, right?
SF News UC Workers On Strike UC workers, ranging from janitors to food service workers, walked off the job this morning at all University of California campuses and hospitals. According to CBS 5, the American Federation of State, County,
SF News Oak Groves Are the Least of Their Problems Seems that some guy (or different dudes?) have performed a couple of home invasions, resulting in burglary and sexual assault. With the weather being hot and bother-y, residents are advised not to leave
SF News Hans Reiser Leads Authorities to Wife's Body We put this in DATB, but it merits its own post because: Oh my, God!!!! Convicted killer/open source computer programmer Hans Reiser led police to the whereabouts of his wife Nina's remains.
SF News Animal Rights Protesters Taunt UC-Berkeley Scientists Ah, finally a few UC Berkeley protesters who aren't selfishly and clinically insane. A few angry lads we could get behind. (That is, if we didn't love the taste and texture of a
SF News Dumpster Muffin Down After nine months of living in the UC Berkeley oak groves, Dumpster Muffin (AKA Amanda Tierney) finally climbed down yesterday. Alas. The 21-year-old activist, according to ABC 7, was "having troubles standing up,
SF News Godwin's Rule Squashes Effectiveness at Berkeley Anti-War Protest Saturday's woefully ineffective war protest in Berkeley looked like all sorts of fun! There were ladies sporting furry pink outfits, large signs with lots of small text making incomprehensible messages of protest, flag-waving
