Berkeley News

Anat Hoffman knows how to hold an audience's attention. "Israel is too important to be left to Israelis," she said with a slight Israeli accent, in one of a handful of quips that had the whole room filled with surprised laughter on Dec. 8 at Temple Sinai in Oakland.

FBI agents said Thursday that a 35-year-old San Francisco Bay Area man accused of three animal-rights motivated bombings in 2003 may have ties to Santa Cruz.

Berkeley and Pacifica passed broad new policies protecting and accommodating transgender students Wednesday night, moving ahead of a similar state law that likely will face a voter referendum next November.

BERKELEYSIDE: A Berkeley teen is facing two felony counts after authorities say he robbed a 31-year-old Davis woman during a drug deal involving medical cannabis in Berkeley.

A San Pablo woman has been arrested in connection with a heist of $19,000 in makeup products from a Fourth Street store, according to court papers.

Canopy network : In the highlands of Papua, Indonesia, men use ropes to haul a base station high into the boughs of a cemara tree.

So, you're wisely staying in today, drinking hot cider and listening to holiday carols.

There once was a popular Indian teacher named Papa G, who drew students from far and wide.

Wing Soohoo, Vincent Gong and Steve Lai lived in the iconic building at 1800 Elm St. when it was the Chung Mei Home for Chinese Boys.

At 5 p.m., three men physically assaulted a male victim near the intersection of Shattuck and University avenues before stealing his rolling bag, laptop and cell phone.

"Take your pick, folks -- especially those that have been squawking about the cold weather ... it may -- just may -- get warmer.

Shoppers are out in force now, buying gifts for the holiday season. Shiny new toys are on the shelves as are the latest videos, fashion and cookware.

So, you're wisely staying in today, drinking hot cider and listening to holiday carols.

Nuclear waste could one day be disposed of by injecting it into fracking boreholes in the Earth, at least if one scientist's idea takes hold.

Leading academic journals are distorting the scientific process and represent a "tyranny" that must be broken, according to a Nobel prize winner who has declared a boycott on the publications.

A new proposal is beginning to circulate UC Berkeley that would forever link the University with late South African President Nelson Mandela.

The idea of Girl Up Initiative Uganda came to founders Kim Wolf and friend Monica Nyiraguhabwa last year as they walked through one of the many slums of Kampala, the largest city and the capital of Uganda.

After many stops and starts and delays, it looks like ~GREAT CHINA~ will potentially be opening this Friday .

Kelly Yang says if exam results become our sole focus, we'll lose sight of the wider measure of success and education's true purpose Kelly Yang is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, an after-school writing program for children in Hong Kong.

Stephanie Weisman , the founder and artistic director of the Marsh theater , says without protective conditions written into the building permit for a proposed mixed-use project at 1050 Valencia, next to the 24-year-old theater, the Marsh won't be able to survive artistically or financially.