Part of the tree was severed by the impact and resulting fire, leaving the towering tree unbalanced and in danger of toppling. What happened over the next several decades gives an astonishing look ...

Page One On the Strange Death of Michael Hastings: Was the Reporter Car-Hacked or Bombed? By Gar Smith Thursday August 08, 2013 - 02:56:00 PM First responders at crash scene where reporter Michael ...

In the past thirty years, three Berkeley-born businesses revolutionized their industries and made their names famous around the world: Chez Panisse, Peet’s Coffee and The Body Shop. You may be ...

Page One How Berkeley Voted: Biden 93.3%; Trump 4.0% Trump Vote Second Lowest in Nation Rob Wrenn Sunday December 13, 2020 - 12:30:00 PM ...

The Berkeley Neighborhoods Council (BNC) is writing this letter because of deep concerns expressed by many Berkeley neighborhoods over the increasing threat to the well-being of residents and the ...

Under some circumstances, harassment is legal. For example, if you are collecting on a debt, you can phone the debtor every day, for twenty years if you want, and, apparently, this is not illegal. If ...

What happens when you transport street food from the crowded, dusty streets of India to a sleek, no-fuss, 25,000-square-foot warehouse in West Berkeley? Vik’s Chaat Corner on Fourth Street. The ...

A friend and reader asks what I think of Mayor Ron Dellums’ and Police Chief Anthony Batts’ proposal for a safe and legal alternative to Oakland’s illegal street sideshows. The alternative, presumably ...

Some parallels can be drawn between forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will, and forcing people deemed mentally ill to receive medication and other treatment against their will. There ...

“The motivation keeps coming back around,” said noted San Jose-based jazz trumpeter Eddie Gale, “What can I do for Sun Ra?” Gale was speaking of This Is for Sun Ra, four special shows this Friday and ...

A world in which women can be drafted? That doesn't register. A gender-neutral draft is being saluted as a victory for women's rights, an open door that promises a new platform for equal opportunity ...

In modern day society in the U.S., with our level of technology, medicine, and economic opportunity, government and citizens are obliged by common ethics to take care of those who could not survive on ...