Corpse flower in Berkeley
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:35 GMT

The trademark aroma of the titan arum - a.k.a. "corpse flower" for its nauseating stench likened to rotting flesh - is filling the air at the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley.

Berkeley: a look back
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:05:50 GMT

Seventy-five years ago Berkeleyans went to the polls June 27, 1933, in a statewide election that also contained local ballot propositions.

More protesters leave trees
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:57:58 GMT

University of California, Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof says only about three protesters are left at a grove of oak trees near the university's football stadium after four protesters came down from their ...

Missing Rice student's car contained notes on how to change identity
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:42:06 GMT

The abandoned car of a Rice University student who went missing in December has been found in California , cluttered with books and notes on how to assume a new identity.

UC Berkeley gives water to tree sitters
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:29:07 GMT

University of California, Berkeley, police sent a case of water up to the tree-sitters Thursday afternoon.

Laying the foundation for the United Nations in Berkeley
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:19:12 GMT

'Statesmen of six countries writing a world charter in San Francisco looked into the eager faces of youth of the University of California yesterday afternoon as they pledged that dream of a lasting peace will ...

Berkeley police reports
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:56:22 GMT

Two men grabbed a laptop along the 1900 block of Oxford Street and drove off in a silver Dodge.

Senator worked hard for bill
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:31:59 GMT

No one ever said Joe Simitian gives up easily. When he proposed seven years ago that California become the first state in the nation with a hands-free cell phone law, the measure had little support and no hope ...

Berkeley City Council dispatches team to check on tree sitters
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:09:23 GMT

The Berkeley City Council added an emergency item to its agenda late Tuesday night and dispatched two city officials to the University of California, Berkeley oak grove to check on the welfare of nine people ...

UC Berkeley Accused of Starving Tree Sitters
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:50:35 GMT

Berkeley's mayor is accusing the University of California of trying to starve out a group of protestors living in an oak grove near Memorial Stadium.

Analysis: Analytics moves into surveillance cameras
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:09:04 GMT

Digital video has become a killer app for signal processing technologies, and video analytics - that is, analysis of digital video to identify specific events or characteristics - is quickly becoming a ...

World of cuisines coming to West Berkeley
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:04:45 GMT

Local foodies and other Bay Area residents can taste cuisine from all over the globe from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Berkeley International Food Festival.

Oakland BART Station Reopens
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:55:38 GMT

BART's 12th Street station was closed for two hours this morning as BART Police, along with bomb dogs walked all of the station entrances, after a passenger reported an unattended backpack and reported it to a ...

Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:42:37 GMT

In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley .

Unhealthy air forecast for Bay Area today
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:28:43 GMT

A posting on Grizzly Peak Blvd in Berkeley warns of a critical fire area. Air quality around the bay was poor due to fires in the area.

2 Berkeley tree-sitters end protest, arrested
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:51 GMT

Two protesters sitting in trees near Cal's Memorial Stadium surrendered their roosts on Wednesday, officials said, leaving seven tree-sitters remaining in the 18-month-long standoff against UC's plans to build ...

Smoke-shrouded Calif. scrambles to fight wildfires
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:19:25 GMT

Research In Motion sees both revenue and earnings more than double in its first fiscal quarter thanks to continued strong sales of its BlackBerry smart phon... More Smoke-shrouded Calif.

Majority still favor East Bay Park ballot measure if creek restoration is highlighted, poll says
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:35:18 GMT

Meadows Stream flows along part of Wildcat Gorge Trail on Monday, June 23, 2008, in Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, Calif.

Cody's Books of Berkeley closes
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:11:02 GMT

Revived once when on the verge of bankruptcy, Cody's Books of Berkeley has closed for good.

Bay Area full of halibut, anglers say
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:49:30 GMT

A halibut caught at the Berkeley Pier in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, June 19, 2008.