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Alice Waters Says 'Gourmet Ghetto' Name Ought to Go

Finally joining the fray in a debate about whether the North Shattuck neighborhood of Berkeley — longtime home of Chez Panisse and the Cheese Board Collective — should continue to be nicknamed the "Gourmet Ghetto," Alice Waters agrees with the young folk: the name needs to go.

Disgraced Oakland Bakery Attorney Would Like To Practice Law Again, Thank You

The Berkeley lawyer who who smuggled her client’s ‘hit list’ out of prison insists the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and asks the State Bar for reinstatement.

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Berkeley To Try Offering Loaner Metal Coffee Cups To Reduce Waste

The city of Berkeley is going to be testing out a program in which reusable coffee cups are loaned out through an app-based service and then returned like library books, in order to reduce paper waste.

Berkeley Updates Its City Code To Remove The Words 'She', 'He', 'Manhole,' and 'Fireman'

At its weekly meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council voted to revise its municipal code to remove all gender-specific pronouns, and to use more inclusive, non-patriarchal language for terms like "manhole" and "manpower."

50 Years Ago Today, The Battle For Berkeley's People's Park Became 'Bloody Thursday'

May 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous street battle between local law enforcement and unarmed UC Berkeley students over People's Park which left one man dead and over 100 people injured.

A Brief History of Berkeley's People's Park, Born 50 Years Ago Today

On April 20, 1969, a group of activists, Berkeley residents, and idealistic Cal students took it upon themselves to take a blighted, empty lot next to the university campus and turn it into a public park.

Berkeley Engineer Enters Not Guilty Plea In Bizarre Poisoning Case

34-year-old David Xu, a senior materials engineer and an alum of UC Berkeley, appeared in an Alameda County courtroom Thursday to enter a plea in a case in which he's accused of systematically poisoning a co-worker.

Day Around The Bay: Berkeley Engineer Charged In Poisoning Case

The person who died in the early Sunday crash on Cesar Chavez was a 31-year-old woman, CVS is closing two more SF stores, and a Southwest flight out of Oakland had to make an emergency landing.

Berkeley's Revolution Books Targeted By Right-Wing Protesters Yet Again

Berkeley's Revolution Books once again found itself targeted by right-wing protesters Sunday evening during their "100th Anniversary of Russian Revolution" talk and slide show event. According to the Daily Cal's report of the

National Park Service Nixes Black Panther Homage Amid Conservative Backlash

In the latest chapter of right-leaning newsgroups and placing a high value on disrupting the proceedings of Berkeley, California, the Chronicle reports that an almost-$100,000 grant from the National Park Service

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Two Sisters Team Opens New Berkeley Wine Bar, Les Arceaux

Fans of the now shuttered Two Sisters Bar & Books in Hayes Valley can rest assured that they can still find a bit of that magic across the Bay, in the form of

Berkeley Homeless Encampment Near BART Tracks Cleared Out, While Here/There Encampment Stays

Residents of the "Here/There" homeless encampment in Berkeley are celebrating today as they were granted a temporary reprieve by a judge, who blocked an attempt by BART police to evict the residents

Berkeley Student Paper In Hot Water Over Arguably Anti-Semitic Cartoon Of Alan Dershowitz

U. Cal Berkeley chancellor condemns antisemitic cartoon attacking Alan Dershowitz in student newspaper. https://t.co/SFocUOZ6Zs— Jeremy Burton (@BurtonJM) October 25, 2017 There's long been a tension in left-wing politics over the

Kyle 'Based Stickman' Chapman's Car Vandalized In Berkeley, He Blames Antifa

One of the Antifa Terrorist left a big clear hand print on the window of my suv. Berekley CSU is pulling the print now. pic.twitter.com/XETAWM9NRt— Based Stickman (@BasedStickMan_) October 18,

Video: Watch A Berkeley Fire Crew React As They Approach The Tubbs Fire In Its First Hours

A video that puts in perspective the swiftness and vastness of the devastation that first responders encountered in the early hours of the wine country wildfires one week ago is this one, from

Judge Tosses Berkeley College Republicans' Lawsuit Against School

Lost in the mercurial leadup to and catastrophic flop of Berkeley’s late September “Free Speech Week” was the footnote that two conservative student organizations have had a lawsuit against UC Berkeley arguing

Berkeley High School Investigates Racist, Offensive Student-Run Instagram Account

Berkeley High School is currently investigating a student-owned Instagram account that shared racist, discriminatory images of BHS students. According to the Daily Californian, the account first drew the attention of one senior, Uma

Berkeley's Revolution Books Attacked By Right-Wing Group Multiple Times

Some of the Refuse Fascism people ducked into Revolution Books followed by Trump supporters. pic.twitter.com/EZvfgO9GMv— Javier Panzar (@jpanzar) September 24, 2017 Though the Berkeley Patriot cancelled "Free Speech Week" and

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Harassed Berkeley Hot Dog Vendor Juan Macias Says He'll Use Crowdfunded Donations To Launch Food Truck

An unpermitted hot dog vendor who was videotaped outside a UC Berkeley football game having his meager earnings confiscated by a campus cop was presented with a hefty $87,000 windfall over the

Chelsea Manning Addresses Crowd In Berkeley At The 'March Against White Supremacy'

In further evidence that Chelsea Manning is now a resident of the Bay Area, she showed up as a surprise speaker at a Berkeley rally Saturday to address crowds of anti-fascist marchers and

Milo Yiannopoulos Spent 15 Minutes At UC Berkeley, Cost Them $800,000

"When I get on my knees, it's not to disrespect the flag," Milo Yiannopolous told @UCBerkeley crowd https://t.co/08JMtfByjo @Berkeleyside— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) September 25, 2017 Milo Yiannopoulos and alt-right friends

Berkeley Patriot Backs Out Of Free Speech Week, Milo Insists He's Still Coming Sunday

Though it seemed yesterday that Milo Yiannopoulos was almost certainly planning to pull out of his imagined three-ring circus of alt-right speech-making called Free Speech Week, he continues to insist in a Facebook

'Free Speech Week' Likely Cancelled, Milo To Give Theatrical Press Conference Blaming Berkeley

As we've pretty much assumed all along, the grand gesture that has been Milo Yiannopoulos's Free Speech Week appears to be little more than a gesture intended to incite a media frenzy and

UC Kicking Down $300K For Free Speech Week, And The Schedule Chaos Continues

Frequenters of this website have come to expect puzzling daily updates on the upcoming Berkeley campus publicity stunt known as Free Speech Week, generally contradicting the previous day’s updates. It being late

Ex-Google Guy James Damore Says He Wasn't Asked To Speak At Free Speech Week, Will Not Be There

In further evidence that Milo Yiannopolous was at the very least padding his list of "confirmed" speakers for Free Speech Week with names of people he'd like to see there but whom he