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John Cerney, where art thou? Dave finds out what happened to popular artist John Cerney, whose works dot area fields.

Now that they've got their bearings, hours have expanded to 11:30am-8pm, Mon-Fri.

Researchers are becoming increasingly convinced that radiation from cellphones could put users at higher risk of getting brain cancer.

Townie , a new restaurant and bar, opened for business in Berkeley this weekend.

In April of last year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to push SFERS to divest from fossil fuels .

You might have spotted Skinny Pete from Breaking Bad walking around Lake Merritt this week.

Even the most well-traveled Elites found something to write home about Yelp's Ditch Day Brunch at Pathos , a family-owned restaurant offering rustic yet refined, classically inspired Greek cuisine in Berkeley, CA.

Only once a year does all of Urban Wine Country gather together in one place, creating the opportunity to taste all the best artisanal wines made in the Bay Area all at the same time.

As a native Californian who was born in Oakland, raised in the San Fernando Valley, schooled in Berkeley and now living in Venice, I'd like to say one thing to Timothy Draper, the Silicon Valley kajillionaire pushing the idiotic breakup of the Golden State: Recently, Draper announced he is on track to gather enough signatures to get his ... (more)

PORTLAND, Ore. - Ever try to get the lid off a jar with one hand, or open an envelope, or 1,000 other two-handed tasks? Well now you can, that is if you are wearing the new wrist-robot from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

California banned drivers from using cellphones six years ago, but the prohibition has not reduced accidents, according to Pacific Standard magazine.

Back in 1939, Winston Churchill described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" -- which I found an apt description of the glories and the mystery of Russian choral music.

For Maegan Manasse and Lester Cook, the winners of the top women's and men's divisions of the Manhattan Beach Open, tennis greatness was so near - just one court away - and yet so far away Sunday afternoon.

A man called the father of the disability civil rights movement and a current federal advisor on international disability rights shared something special Wednesday -- a peace award, and a sense of accomplishment.

A homeless camp under Interstate 80 at Gilman Street has been scrubbed clean of trash, belongings and residents who scattered to surrounding areas following a city cleanup Friday morning.

A homeless camp under Interstate 80 at Gilman Street has been scrubbed clean of trash, belongings and residents who scattered to surrounding areas following a city cleanup Friday morning.

Most of Aimee Robinson's customers are moms. And more of them are starting to ask questions about the contents of the couches and chairs she constructs.

Just when luxury buyers were getting used to the idea that their BMW or Mercedes-Benz could be made in the U.S., the German automaking rivals launch a new surprise: they're both planning to open plants in Mexico's auto industry looks to luxury cars Just when luxury buyers were getting used to the idea that their BMW or Mercedes-Benz could be made ... (more)

Chris Riley-Times-Herald Angelo Garcia, 12, is headed to compete at the Rubik's Cube U.S. National Championships in New Jersey at the beginning of August.

Berkeley - New technology under development at the University of California, Berkeley, could soon give bomb-sniffing dogs some serious competition.