Police release details of gang member wanted for first homicide of the year [BPD]
Architecture professor helps Haiti [UCB Newscenter]
Our own Mardi Gras [SFist]
Why is Berkeley trailing other cities in banning plastic bags? [Environment California]

[Illustration: Chez Panisse, Still Life, a watercolor by Jana Bouc]

Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...