Experts Criticize Meg Whitman's Economic Agen... Monday, Aug 16, 2010 | 5:31 am | By Matt Burris Economists across California, including seven UC Berkeley professors, penned an open letter earlier this week to Californians calling gubernatorial candidate Me... |
New Backpack Makes 3D Maps of Buildings Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 | 6:27 am | By Matt Burris A new backpack laden with cameras and laser scanners could be the newest architectural breakthrough that enables its wearer to create a 3D map of any building -... | ![]() |
Professors Criticize Meg Whitman's Economic P... Friday, Aug 13, 2010 | 3:32 am | By Matt Burris Economists across California, including seven UC Berkeley professors, penned an open letter earlier this week to Californians calling gubernatorial candidate Me... |
Day to Honor Local Disability Rights Activist... Friday, Jul 30, 2010 | 9:39 pm | By Matt Burris Ed Roberts, often called the father of the disability rights movement, joined the likes of environmental activist John Muir, gay rights activist Harvey Milk and... |
Rallies Held for Detained Hikers Sunday, Aug 1, 2010 | 2:45 am | By Matt Burris SAN FRANCISCO - One year after three UC Berkeley alumni were detained while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border, about 45 of their friends and supporters marched t... |
Chancellor Awards Grants for Local Projects Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 | 3:47 am | By Matt Burris As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen ties between UC Berkeley and the local community, campus officials awarded $225,000 in grants to various city project... |
Wave of Employee Absences Causes Delays for A... Friday, Jul 23, 2010 | 8:56 pm | By Matt Burris Hundreds of AC Transit employees have not been showing up for work each day throughout the past week since a new contract took effect July 18, resulting in incr... | ![]() |
City's Third Homicide Raises Concerns About S... Wednesday, Jul 21, 2010 | 2:46 am | By Matt Burris As the investigation of Berkeley's third homicide of the year continues, community members and city officials have expressed concerns over street violence in So... |
Local Video Store Fights to Keep Its Doors Op... Saturday, Jul 10, 2010 | 3:31 am | By Matt Burris Spaghetti westerns, driver's education videos from the 1940s and instructional videos on how to smoke a cigar in the nude could disappear from the sight of Berk... | ![]() |
High-Speed Rail Ridership Projections May Be ... Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010 | 3:01 am | By Matt Burris California's $40 billion high-speed rail project was based on faulty ridership projections, according to a recent UC Berkeley study, but project officials are s... |
Berkeley High Principal Chosen Following Four... Friday, Jul 2, 2010 | 9:06 pm | By Matt Burris After a tedious four-month search, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education unanimously selected former Berkeley High School Vice Principal Pasqu... |
UC Berkeley Creates New Human Resources Cente... Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 | 6:56 am | By Matt Burris Over 3,000 UC Berkeley employees will look to a new human resources unit Thursday, made up of about two newly hired personnel, but campus officials said they ar... |
Fire Retardants May Impact Fetal Health Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 | 5:46 am | By Matt Burris A recent study by UC Berkeley researchers links certain flame retardant chemicals found in clothing, cars, furniture, electronics and a host of other products t... |
Berkeley Tower Owners Face Foreclosure Due To... Monday, Jun 21, 2010 | 7:50 am | By Matt Burris After a year of vacancy, the seven-story Berkeley Tower office building at the corner of Shattuck and University avenues has fallen into foreclosure amidst city... | ![]() |
Mayor Presents Plan to Reduce City's Deficit Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 | 8:09 am | By Allie Bidwell, Matt Burris With the Berkeley City Council poised to tackle an overall projected $16.2 million deficit and further state budget cuts looming, Mayor Tom Bates addressed the... | ![]() |