Berkeley News

By Bay City News- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train in Berkeley this morning, fire and railroad officials said.

The proposed one-cent-per-one-ounce tax garnered 66 percent support. However, the soda industry is expected to spend huge amounts of money trying to defeat the measure if the city council puts in on the ballot.

Two MILLION square miles to be searched, 26 countries involved - and still not a trace of Flight MH370: hunt for the missing plane stretches from Kazakhstan to Southern Ocean While the owner's away....Hidden camera captures pet pup's delight as he jumps and rolls on bed which is definitely off-limits They discovered that the more frequently a ... (more)

I'm sure you read that the average bonus to Wall Street workers last year was $164,530 , and that those bonuses were paid while the firms they work for saw overall profits fall 30 percent.

It's really not a story about the papers themselves, but rather, how a small college like Pacific managed to win them from the prestigious Bancroft Library at Berkeley.

The envelopes have begun arriving at the homes of high school seniors everywhere.

The #25-ranked Bruins have taken two out of two from the Berkeley Bears in their Pac-12 opening series and now look to start the conference slate perfectly with a win and a series sweep this Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area.

Sasquatch made an appearance at the Ukiah fairgrounds Saturday during the 76th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference, and the children loved him.

The news last week that the SATs are getting a makeover starting in 2016 raises a number of questions about whether the upcoming changes adequately address the widely conceded flaws in the test or whether the changes represent a mere "dumbing down" of it.

A performance of Mark Mellits "Black" by Sqwonk by Marc Mellits at the Subterranean Art House in Berkeley CA in January 2012 Sqwonk is the bass clarinet duo of Jonathan Russell and Jeff Anderle, named after the rambunctious sounds their instruments can produce that contrast so sharply against those of the higher-register members of the clarinet ... (more)

A measure designed to make Maryland's medical marijuana law effective moved a step forward on Saturday in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Researchers plan to install instruments in the old UC Berkeley mine shaft to detect tremors from the Hayward Fault.

Berkeley graduate student surprised experts in criminology with a new study, finding the private prisons are filled with young people of color.

Out-of-state billionaires Jorge M. Perez and Stephen M. Ross of The Related Companies took control of Berkeley's 75 public housing units on February 14, in a complicated deal that edged out local nonprofit housing developers.

Recently journalist and PBS contributor Bill Moyers interviewed "Ian Haney LA3pez who is now a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, after teaching at Yale, New York University and Harvard.

The Cloyne Court student co-op, known for being tolerant of drugs, will be transformed into an academic-themed house.

Another week, another experiment. As I was dutifully watching the streaming video of the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday I was moved to try something akin to liveblogging to inform any readers still around about how annoying it was.

While plenty of kids look forward to enjoying their free time on weekends, about 100 young students in the East Bay have been immersing themselves a special new program has them learning science on Saturdays.

Yesterday I spoke to Mr. Mendiola at the Alameda County Coroner's Office about the cause of death of the homeless man who was found dead in downtown Berkeley near the corner of Shattuck and Kittredge at about 7:30 a.m. on February 6, 2014.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 36, a suspected animal rights extremist wanted in the bombing of two buildings in 2003, is believed to be hiding in Hawaii by the FBI.