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Tedford Names Riley as Starting QuarterbackJeff Tedford started to walk off the field after practice, then turned back and spent a few minutes addressing the quarterbacks. When he came off the second time, he brought the resolution to the Cal football team's quarterback competition along with him.
Parents of Child Killed in Accident File SuitThe parents of a kindergartner who was killed by a truck while walking to a UC Berkeley day care program filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several defendants in court Thursday.
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Parents of Child Killed in Accident File SuitThe parents of a kindergartner who was killed by a truck while walking to a UC Berkeley day care program filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several defendants in court Thursday.
Since You've Been GoneMay 18: Five propositions aimed at offsetting $6 billion from the state's budget deficit failed in the May 2009 Statewide Special Election. Proposed cuts to the UC and CSU systems increased by $200 million.
Petition Against Downtown Area Plan AdvancesAfter more than 150 public meetings and $1 million spent by the city of Berkeley to create a plan for future Downtown development, 9,200 signatures have put the city's plan in jeopardy.
School District Sees Minor Changes in STAR ScoresResults from 2009 state standardized testing show a slight increase in English scores and a slight decrease in math scores across the Berkeley Unified School District, although both scores remain above the statewide average.
Sports
Over the SummerAs a bridge between its 2008 and 2009 campaigns, the Cal women's soccer team spent 10 days travelling through Italy this summer.
Morgan Carries Cal in Season OpenerAlex Morgan took more than a month off this summer to study in Madrid. And her teammates on the Cal women's soccer team decided to throw an impromptu welcome back party in the season opener, providing her with several gifts in front of the goal.
Scrimmage Shows Off Revamped Front RowIt takes a lot to steal the spotlight away from Hana Cutura, the Cal volleyball team's 6-foot-4 outside hitting machine. But at Saturday evening's Blue and Gold intrasquad scrimmage, sophomore Tarah Murrey easily stole a bit of the limelight for herself.
Tedford Names Riley as Starting QuarterbackJeff Tedford started to walk off the field after practice, then turned back and spent a few minutes addressing the quarterbacks. When he came off the second time, he brought the resolution to the Cal football team's quarterback competition along with him.
Arts & Entertainment
Goodbye Gray Sky, Hello Blue 
It's not much of a compliment to call a stage production a pile of dirt, but in the case of Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," first performed in 1961, that's simply a statement of fact. At California Shakespeare Theater, director Jonathan Moscone's production of "Happy Days" is a particularly charming pile of dirt.
Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' Gets Hearts Racing and Nazi Blood FlowingIf you've ever seen a 1940s comic book cover where Captain America is decking a tooth-spitting Hitler, then you have a good idea of the attitude of Quentin Tarantino's new film, "Inglourious Basterds." Although the movie delivers its share of Jew-on-Nazi revenge fantasy fulfillment, Tarantino has attempted to craft something a bit more serious than that preliminary sense of brutal propaganda and, in the process, more sincere than his revenge film, the two-part "Kill Bill."
Strong Performances Make Theater Production of 'Grapes of Wrath' Compelling
You've read the book, and you've probably watched the movie, but chances are you've yet to see John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" in a theater (unless you're old enough to have seen it during its Broadway run in 1990). It may seem like an intimidating feat to convert an American classic into a small theater production, but the players of Actors Theatre SF do it, and do it well. The set decor may be lacking, but what is missing in the background is well made up for with the outstanding and expressive performances made by each and every actor, no matter how small the role.
Imogen Heap ELLIPSE 
On first listen, Imogen Heap's album Ellipse seems formulaic and lacking in some X factor. Instead of another album bursting with upbeat gems, the 13 new tracks-including the single "First Train Home"-appear to be running low on the boundless energy of her past albums.
Jay Reatard WATCH ME FALL 
On Jay Reatard's breakthrough effort, 2008's Blood Visions, the Memphis musician heralded the second (third? fourth?) coming of deliciously amateurish punk. His short, sharp songs were fuzzed out and repetitive, crammed with aimless loathing, but they were also inescapably catchy-even fun. Following a series of Matador singles, the provocatively named punker's new album Watch Me Fall takes his sound in a more composed and comparatively mature direction.