Eighty feet of knitting added to downtown bike rack People love a good yarn bombing — well most people do, anyway. This time the stealth knitter struck on a pair of looped bike racks near the downtown Berkeley Library (above).
UC Berkeley hunger strike enters its eighth day Seven people stopped eating to protest the controversial consolidation of Ethnic Studies at Cal with other social science programs. Not everyone agreed with their tactics, or cause.
Will new restaurant break location’s unlucky streak? In the past 14 years, there have been five restaurants at 2826 Telegraph Avenue. Will the latest venture, a “farm to fork” eatery with a Catalan name, succeed where others have not?
Mitch Kapor takes first step to building Berkeley home Despite aggressive attempts to stop the Lotus founder from building a house on his Rose Street property, including most recently an injunction, demolition work at the site has now begun.
Berkeley schools show improvements in state tests In the Department of Education’s annual reporting of test results, Berkeley schools showed steady improvement.
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