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Doug Coe, a normally confident engineering manager for the new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, walked into the nearby Oakland project office looking as if he were fighting back tears.

New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day.

BRENTWOOD – Dogged by self- consciousness and suburban angst, I've always shied away from partaking in the whole U-pick produce craze that took hold a couple decades ago.

Occupy the Farm supporters returned to the UC Berkeley-owned Gill Tract on Saturday morning to re-occupy the urban farmland where activists want to grow food for surrounding communities.

I am a mother whose son has been diagnosed with a rare form of tumor in the spine.

As graduation day approaches, some high school seniors without college plans fear they may have missed their chance to pursue higher education at the school of their dreams.

When you listen to a lively Mozart piece in a major key, what colors do you see? If bright yellows and oranges swirled in your mind, it wouldn't surprise a group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to new research, the brain perceives speeding objects as further along in their trajectory than seen by the eyes, giving us time to respond.

A slew of politicos and celebrities have been asked by their alma maters to come dole out advice to the class of 2013 in the coming weeks.

The White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and a little girl meet up in the Berkeley Playhouse production of Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr .

Scientists have been mourning the news that NASA's prolific planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope may have to cease its search for good.

Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy.

Marlene Castro knew the tall blond woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Castro was applying to college, and they emailed often, bonding over conversations about Castro's difficult childhood.

Q The streets leading up to the I-80 east/I-580 west onramp just north of the Berkeley/Emeryville border at the southern edge of Aquatic Park are in the worst condition I've ever seen.

Susan Billy moved from Berkeley into her grandmother's house, the one her grandfather built at the turn of the century on the Hopland Rancheria in 1973.

Rockridge takes a new approach to getting people on the streets this year, with a new spring stroll from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

For instance, Mozart's jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his dour Requiem in D minor is more likely to be linked to dark, bluish gray.

Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Adam Berinsky , Professor of Political Science and director of the Political Experiments Research Lab , has won the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research .

A instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a satellite mission that NASA has selected to move forward into development.