Jewel Lake. Photo: calalum8

Cal Bears play well but make one key mistake against Oregon (Mercury News)
Berkeley Fire and Police team up for toy drive (Patch)
Salonen leads two vibrant performances (Chronicle)
Lively, versatile performances carry Wilder one-acts at Aurora (HuffPo)
Red Oak Victory’s chief engineer emeritus dies at 94 (Tribune)
Berkeley founded Peet’s appoints new CEO (Herald Online)

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