Place to picnic in Tilden by Nancy Rubin

Preview electric vehicles at Berkeley’s Saturday Farmers Market (Mercury News)
UC Berkeley falls 8 spots in Times Higher Education ranking (SF Gate)
Berkeley homeowners must register short-term rentals by Oct. 31 (Daily Cal)
Video: Berkeley neighborhood sees rise in rat infestations (KRON)
Ben Bartlett is running for state Assembly (Daily Cal)
Robin Sloan, author of a bestseller, launches ‘Sourdough’ (SF Chronicle)

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