3 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area
Transfer club at Oakland's Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities
Merritt College professor Claudio Duran, right, speaks to students and faculty members during a meeting of Club Altazor on Monday, May, 6, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.
6 hrs ago | Balloon Juice
The slippery language Karl and ABC News adopted in describing the emails has drawn fire from media ethicists and veteran journalists.
13 hrs ago | NBC Los Angeles
Common Lipstick, Lip Gloss Products Contain Lead, Other Metals
A University of California, Berkeley study testing 32 common lipsticks and lip glosses found metals like lead, titanium, manganese and chromium.
14 hrs ago | Groong
Ferrahian Victorious at UCSD Model United Nations
Ferrahian Victorious at UCSD Model United Nations http://asbarez.com/110145/ferrahian-victorious-at-ucsd-model-united-nations/ Friday, May 17th, 2013 Ferrahian students at UCSD Model UN BY ALEXA KOVACS On the weekend of April 27 and 28, twelve high school students participated in the last Model United Nations conference of the year.
18 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald
New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day.
23 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Report: steel tendons left exposed on Bay Bridge
Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to rust and corrosion concerns.
Albany: Occupy the Farm activists return to Gill Tract
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.
At San Jose's Overfelt High, miracles to parade at graduation
At the end of his freshman year at Overfelt High, Torres had six F's and one D. He went downhill from there.
Scientists pinpoint how brain tracks fast objects
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.
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.
Draw inspiration from these designers' desks to make your own bettera Or find solace that your workspace could be worse.
5 Commencement Guests Who are Speaking at Colleges You Wouldn't Expect
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.
Password Strength Testers Work For Important Accounts
The effectiveness of these meters in influencing users to choose stronger passwords had not been measured until recently.
Astronomer's Poem Mourns Ailing Kepler Spacecraft
Scientists have been mourning the news that NASA's prolific planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope may have to cease its search for good.
Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson
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.
Modest billionaire makes her way onto philanthropic stage
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.
Santa Clara Unified names new superintendent
The Santa Clara Unified School District board of education voted unanimously May 9 to bring in Dr.
Student smokers at UC campuses: Prepare for 2014
Many states are taking action to protect the general public from the nuisance of second-hand smoke.
Bach to the blues, our emotions match music to colors
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.
Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated...
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.