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Alice Waters, a chef and local food advocate, will speak at Sterling College in Craftsbury April 3. Waters is perhaps best known for Chez Panisse, her Berkeley, Calif., restaurant.

The findings suggest that technology and innovation can benefit from the exploratory learning and probabilistic reasoning skills that come naturally to young children, many of whom are learning to use smartphones even before they can tie their shoelaces.

Preschoolers with iPads work with a casual speed that can mystify those whose "Generation" begins with B and sometimes even X or Y. But it's not really a mystery.

Mixing one of the most dynamic and responsive acoustic pianists of her generation with a former fill-in for Keith Moon may seem at first glance to be a recipe for disastrous imbalance.

Public health agencies throughout the Bay Area and the state have unveiled a new campaign based on the idea that people are only as healthy as the offerings at their nearest store.

Bridging the gap between experiencing and learning is the Baxter Robot by Rethink Robotics.

Arkansas pitcher Colin Poche tossed three innings in his first start of the season Saturday against Tulane at the Cal Baseball Classic in Berkeley, Calif.

In light of climate change, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said it is time to reassess the San Joaquin River restoration plan.

The 12th International Photo Competition on "Earthen architectures: landscapes of architectures" is an initiative of the Municipality of Casalincontrada, in the Italian province of Chieti and the Documentation Centre on Earth Architectures, Terrae onus Association The "rediscovery" of the knowledge linked to earthen architecture recomposed in ... (more)

In this May 20, 2010, photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran.

DeJean Middle School's corridors and classrooms were abuzz Saturday not with algebra and English, but with giving young people a helping hand into adulthood.

Student and Community Groups rally against the decision of Albany City Council to approve development proposal on the Gill Tract Farm Berkeley, CA -- On March 5th, Albany's City Council chambers were unable to accommodate the crowd that showed up to speak against a commercial development plan proposed for the Gill Tract Farm, a piece of land ... (more)

While I was reading an article in The New York Times about conflicts of interest in academia, I remembered a column I wrote a couple of years ago.

Oakland artist Carolyn Jean Martin 's exhibit "Incidents and Autobiographies"opened at The Jerry Adams Gallery at Berkeley Community College, 2050 Center St, in Berkeley, California runs through April 11, 2014.

Both Butler and Khalidi recently had events canceled at Jewish institutions after critics raised objections to their views on Israel.

Frances Green, a Richmond resident, was last seen at the North Berkeley Senior Center near the intersection of Hearst Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way at 12:55 p.m. She is 4-foot-11 and weighs 130 pounds.

Frances Green, 70, was last seen at the North Berkeley Senior Center at 12:55 p.m. on Friday, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats.

The remains of an automobile is pictured on the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir near San Jose, California January 21, 2014.

Preschoolers can be smarter than college students at figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work because they're more flexible and less biased than adults in their ideas about cause and effect, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Edinburgh.

Maria Sharpf, 39, of Willow Glen, searches for a book in the true crime section at BookBuyers store in Mountain View, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.