UC sets aside scarce funds for merit raises to faculty, non-union staff [Chronicle]
Police arrest five teens linked to Albany, Berkeley robberies
[Patch]
“Extreme scenarios” for Cal football: best and worst case (very funny) [ESPN]
Getting lost and found in Berkeley — freshman special [Daily Cal]
Cal dominates Folsom triathlon [Folsom Telegraph]

Photo of “Foggy Strawberry” by 2812 Photography/Berkeleyside Flickr pool

Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine...