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Back in 2001, David Raether was a comedy writer for the TV sitcom "Roseanne," earning $300,000 a year.

Some 939 million pounds was raised by methods such as peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, according to the report, which was produced by the charity Nesta, the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley.

Kugelplex. The klezmer veterans play with the Oakland East Bay Symphony at "Let Us Break Bread Together" holiday concert.

Fred Wiseman is the grand old man of documentary filmmaking. Over the course of his long career, he has made 41 movies, the vast majority of them documentaries.

The American Institute of Architects Board of Directors on Dec. 12 posthumously awarded the AIA Gold Medal to Julia Morgan, FAIA, the early 20th-century architect whose copious output of quality work secured her position as the first great female American architect.

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.