The Community Health Commission on Thursday sent a medical marijuana ordinance, which has been bouncing around city offices for the last 18 months, to the City Council. -more-
The St. Mary’s soccer team went into Friday’s match against Kennedy undefeated in league play and looking for a first-place finish. They headed home with their first BSAL loss and hoping to salvage a first-round playoff bye. -more-
Washington board member calls fears ‘paranoia’ -more-
It took the first quarter for Berkeley High to find its rhythm, but as soon as the whistle blew to start the second period, the Yellowjackets dominated Encinal en route to a 58-32 win Friday. -more-
Perhaps it was a twist of fate or maybe Lady Luck stepped in. -more-
Nearly everything that could have gone wrong for the Berkeley girls’ basketball team did just that on Friday. Their star player was late for the game and sat for most of the first half. They shot poorly, and were called for 19 fouls in the first half. Their coach called it their worst effort of the year. Yet the Lady ’Jackets still beat the Encinal Jets by 15 points. -more-
Berkeley police report that a train struck a semi-truck at about 12:34 p.m. today but there are no reports of any injuries. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – A man has been accused of taking $200,000 from his nephew after selling part of the Golden State Warriors that he didn’t own. -more-
SAN QUENTIN – At least 50 inmates broke into a race riot at San Quentin State Prison that saw nine men injured, two by makeshift knives fashioned from bed springs. -more-
SACRAMENTO – No one trying to solve California’s power crisis wants to utter the b-word to describe the multibillion-dollar plan that would keep the lights on while rescuing the state’s two largest utilities. -more-
SACRAMENTO – California’s power managers working on the state’s fragile electricity grid Friday ordered service cut to voluntary customers in Southern California as they lost power imports from Arizona and the Northwest. -more-
Belgian endives are those torpedo-shaped, pale green leafy heads that sell for high prices in the market. The hefty price tag comes about because Belgian endive is a specialty vegetable and much of it is flown here from Europe. But this pricey item is easy to grow indoors in winter -- the plants need no light and little soil. -more-
HERMOSA BEACH – In a significant victory for opponents of coastal oil drilling, an appeals court has ruled the city may ban ocean-tapping wells within city limits. -more-
OXNARD – Rose Burgess played red-light, green-light with the California Department of Motor Vehicles after she was told she incorrectly answered one of the questions on her renewal test. -more-
SAN JOSE – When a rolling blackout hit the neighborhood of Equinix Inc.’s data center, the hundreds of computers inside hummed along unperturbed, the lights didn’t blink and the temperature remained a steady 68 degrees. -more-
After a devastating 5-1 loss to league rival Richmond on Tuesday, the Berkeley High boys’ soccer team could have done two things: come back and play harder than ever, or go into the toilet against a weak opponent. They chose the former. -more-
President George W. Bush's decision to rescind current policy toward foreign family planning agencies will result, tragically, in more abortions. -more-
A sociology class in Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus reviews texts without the help of electric lighting -more-
It had all the ingredients of a tough Pac-10 loss for the Cal Bears. They went ahead of Washington State early, only to struggle early in the second half, just like in losses to Arizona and Arizona State earlier this year. But the Bears, jump-started by an injury substitute, came right back and took control of the game with a 20-4 run that gave them their second conference win of the year. -more-
The City Council held a public hearing Tuesday in the latest of a long list of skirmishes that go back 20 years with a landlord who is notorious for substandard housing. -more-
A San Francisco police officer on trial in Oakland Superior Court has been found innocent of charges he battered his girlfriend in her Berkeley home and then tied her hands together with a device the pair used during sex. -more-
“ ...we have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering...” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. On death and dying. 1969 -more-
Albany resident Joanna Selby was no stranger to the issues of the elderly when she was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to the Commission on Aging Dec. 4. -more-
More than half of Californians believe Congress is doing a good job, according to a poll released Thursday. -more-
Fluorescent light fixtures are more efficient and cheaper to run than incandescents. -more-
Remember the time you painted the bathroom and about a month after it was finished, the mildew started to show up again on your freshly painted ceiling? -more-
In an era of speed gardening, when shortcuts vie for attention, some vegetable gardeners still cherish the old, slow ways. Instead of saving time, they save seeds. -more-
Swing dancing – and then sex between a 14-year-old girl and a man 10 years older – are a lot of what Bridget Carpenter’s flashy and provocative, but ultimately insubstantial new play “Fall” is about. -more-
President Bush’s plan to scrap the federal estate tax would mean lower revenue for states too, in a ripple effect that would cut tens of millions of tax dollars from every state’s budget. -more-
The City Council heard arguments from corporate representatives Tuesday who want to place 12 telecommunications antennae on the roof of the Oaks Theater and from neighbors who say the installations are unattractive and pose a health threat. -more-
Disabled with service dogs don’t have to reveal disability -more-
The prevailing wisdom in the BSAL boys’ soccer league is that there are three top teams, and everyone else scraps for wins at the bottom. But that perception is changing with every game St. Joseph’s plays. -more-
Both the School Board and City Council embraced a proposal by parents Wednesday night to intervene on behalf of ninth-grade students failing classes their first semester at Berkeley High School. -more-
BHS girls now 6-2 in ACCAL -more-
One month after what KPFA activists are calling the “Christmas Coup” – the firing of several staff members and banning certain volunteers from a sister station in New York City – a group of local activists was arrested Tuesday at the San Francisco law offices of Epstein, Becker & Green. -more-
Project Impact presents an educational series on earthquake and fire hazards prevention through March on Berkeley Community Media's Cable Television Station Channel 25. These are educational, pre-produced videos that come in a variety of formats reaching people of all income brackets, nationalities, and physical abilities. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Torello is upfront about his life. He sells sex on the streets for drug money, and he’s HIV positive. It’s a story he tells all of his male clients before he lets them chose whether to proceed with or without a condom. -more-
LOS ANGELES — The plea bargain that will imprison white supremacist Buford Furrow Jr. but keep him off death row outraged some who knew the victims of his 1999 shooting rampage but brought satisfaction or relief to others Wednesday. -more-
SACRAMENTO — California wrapped up a desperate power auction Wednesday, hoping to find electricity supplies on a long-term basis at a price that won’t break the state. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Farmers, conservationists, water districts and some legislators fear a state proposal to take over hydroelectric plants could endanger California’s water supply. -more-
WASHINGTON — A trade group filed a federal suit Wednesday seeking to block a California ban on the fuel additive MTBE, which reduces air pollution but is blamed for fouling groundwater across the state. -more-
WASHINGTON — Hispanic girls have a higher high school dropout rate than girls in any other racial or ethnic group and are the least likely to earn a college degree, according to the American Association of University Women. -more-
NEW YORK — Less than a week after a major revamp at CNN, newly formed media giant AOL Time Warner is making sweeping job cuts that will result in an additional 2,000 positions being lost. -more-
NEW YORK — The New Economy, not even a teenager yet, is beginning to look frayed and strained, and the most dour of the calamity crowd are claiming it is seriously ill and in need of intensive care. -more-
NEW YORK — Investors refrained from making any big commitments on Wall Street Wednesday, leaving stocks little changed as the market tried to discern a trend in earnings and the economy. -more-
A team of bird-rescue experts from Berkeley’s International Bird Rescue Research Center is on its way to the Galapagos Islands, the site of a monstrous oil spill. -more-
The defense rested its case Tuesday in the misdemeanor trial of a San Francisco police officer accused of striking his girlfriend in the face at her Berkeley apartment and binding her hands with a nylon strap. -more-
The $37 million Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center renovation is nearly complete. When city offices are reinstalled in the 60-year-old building, employees will find a sunlit, airy and nearly earthquake-proof workplace. -more-
More than 50 million people from East India and Bangladesh drink and bathe in the arsenic-polluted water from the Bengal Basin. -more-
Millimeter deviations from the expected wobble of the Earth's axis are giving geophysicists clues to what happens 1,800 miles underground, at the boundary between the Earth's mantle and its iron core. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — A conservative group, claiming a 12-year-old boy was traumatized by viewing Internet pornography at Livermore’s main library, asked an appeals court Tuesday to block such access to minors. -more-
LOS ANGELES — White supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr., who admitted to fatally shooting a Filipino-American postman and shooting up a Jewish community center filled with children, has agreed to plead guilty to federal hate-crime charges, a U.S. Attorney spokesman said. -more-
FRESNO — When Woody Deryckx got out of the U.S. Navy and into organic farming 30 years ago, most conventional farmers dismissed his efforts as an idealistic pipe dream better suited to hippie communes than modern commercial agriculture. -more-
SACRAMENTO — President Bush extended emergency orders Tuesday keeping electricity and natural gas flowing to California as blackouts threatened and state spending on emergency power mounted. -more-
SACRAMENTO — While the national average for organ donations rose in the first half of last year by about 4 percent, organ donations in California dropped by 13 percent, according to national health officials. -more-
LOS ANGELES — People buying guns from Los Angeles dealers would have to be fingerprinted under a measure proposed by a City Council committee. -more-
LONG BEACH — The number of California State University freshmen needing help with college math courses has dropped, while the number needing remedial English has remained the same, according to a report released Tuesday. -more-
ANAHEIM — An immigration reform group wants the Anaheim City Council to allow local police agencies to be the first in the nation to use a little-known federal law to arrest suspected illegal immigrants. -more-
NEW YORK — So you think your worries will disappear if you become wealthy? -more-
NEW YORK — Wall Street sent stocks higher Tuesday as investors decided to place some cautious bets on bargain-priced shares instead of punishing companies for lower earnings. -more-
Berkeley became the first California city to adopt into law mandatory inspection of gas heaters in rental units. Tonight it will consider an amendment to charge property owners for the administrative costs of the new ordinance. -more-
In 1975, Judge James Meredith approved a consent decree that attempted to address residence-based racial imbalance in St. Louis schools and to prevent lengthy and angry litigation. That same year my family moved to Brentwood a small suburb of St. Louis. I was five years old. -more-
At tonight’s City Council meeting, a public hearing will be held on the appeal of neighbors who say the permit to place 12 wireless communications antennae on the roof of the Oaks Theater will create health risks. -more-
A city board’s determination that five units in a building on Piedmont Avenue are illegal will be refuted by the property owner at tonight’s City Council meeting. -more-
Berkeley High School freshmen Everton Luis Santini died Saturday at Children’s Hospital in Oakland. -more-
The Department of Energy and the University of California have agreed to extend the school system's contract to manage the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National laboratories through 2005. -more-
SACRAMENTO — Transmission problems aggravated California’s power crisis on Monday, as authorities warned that homes and businesses in the north of the state might go dark again Tuesday morning. -more-
When computers, cash registers and traffic lights go dark, it’s more than just an inconvenience. It’s a public safety issue. -more-
WASHINGTON — President Bush will nominate Curt Hebert, who has argued against federal involvement in the California electricity crisis, as chairman of the agency that regulates wholesale power markets. -more-
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on a case that could affect how quickly American consumers see greater choice for local phone service — and perhaps lower prices – in a national market still dominated by the offspring of the old Bell system. -more-
Economic activity gauge plunges in December -more-
NEW YORK — Profit-taking sent stocks modestly lower Monday as Wall Street rested after three weeks of healthy gains in the high-tech sector. An earnings warning from Dell Computer had little effect on the markets. -more-
Psychotherapist Karen Rose was served an eviction notice several months ago to move out of her office of 12 years. Her deadline to vacate is today, but Rose has not yet packed. -more-
After the Cal-St. Mary’s rugby match on Saturday, Cal head coach Jack Clark said he wasn’t happy with his team’s performance, and “at least now we know what it is we have to work on.” -more-
Berkeley schools and staff may also receive cash awards -more-
Stanford win streak now at 15 -more-
A powder-caked woman, dressed in lemon-yellow skirts and covered in shiny sequins marched down San Francisco’s Grove Street on stilts Saturday, like a lemon-meringue pie making a stiff debut. -more-
It was ugly, but it was a win. -more-
LOS ANGELES – President Clinton may have heeded federal prosecutors’ pleas to deny Michael Milken a pardon, but the financier’s case is unlikely to fade completely. The man who built Wall Street’s junk bond market continues to spend much of his wealth on cancer research and other charitable causes. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO – Infants in California are less likely to be counted than in any other state when the U.S. Census Bureau conducts its surveys, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. -more-
California’s clean air board debated Thursday whether to scale back regulations that would require automakers to market thousands of electric vehicles in the state, starting in 2003. -more-
SAN FRANCISCO — Employers are increasingly hiring welfare recipients into positions paying above minimum wage and providing health benefits, apparently because of the current tight labor market, a new study reports. -more-
Deirdre Mulligan, an attorney and leading advocate for free speech and individual privacy rights on the Internet, is the new director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). -more-
The assumption that immigrants are a burden to California’s economy is challenged by a study that found poverty levels have declined among long-term foreign-born residents, researchers said Monday. -more-
