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Earthquake Shakes Bay Area

A moderate earthquake and at least one aftershock rattled the San Francisco Bay Area this afternoon and was felt from San Jose to Berkeley to San Francisco. Here at Surge Desk's West Coast bureau in the East Bay, the quake caused computer monitors to sway and floorboards to creak. The U.S. Geological Survey put the...

New Food Class Findings Not Likely to Resolve the School Garden Wars

(Sept. 24) -- A new study by the University of California found that schoolchildren who take cooking and gardening classes eat healthier than their peers who don't. Writing in The Atlantic, Sarah Henry chalks this up as a victory for the foodie set (led by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse). But a closer look at the study...

Study: Some Girls Without Dads Hit Puberty Earlier

(Sept. 19) – Girls from higher income families without a biological father at home are more likely to hit puberty earlier than their peers, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley surveyed 444 girls aged 6 to 8 years in northern California. Over two years, scientists...

Drastic Tuition Increase Roils California Campuses

BERKELEY (Nov. 20) -- The well-regarded University of California, facing sharp cuts in public funding, has enacted one of the steepest fee increases in its history, jeopardizing its ability to provide a first-class education and setting off a wave of dramatic student protests. The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to...

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05/26/12 "Cellphonegate" in Berkeley:Another View Source: The Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley CA Have you gotten all lathered up over news reports that Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan sent Berkeley police on the trail of his son's stolen cell phone, following the electronic signal which the phone's tracking device provided?
05/25/12 Berkeley's Great Libraries Source: The Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley CA I've just received the Spring issue of "Berkeley Bookmark," a newsletter of the Berkeley Public Library.
05/25/12 Nine Ways to Change the World using Android and... Source: TMCnet (PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CAMBRIDGE, MASS (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Students from Harvard and Berkeley, in cooperation with the World Mind Network, Peer to Peer Media Group, and the Creative Commons Initiative, are building a new social network dedicated to using a multitude of Web and Smart Phone apps to build projects in a few hours which achieve goals in social change, academic research, environmental improvement, education, cultural preservation, and worldwide online discussion of important issues.
05/24/12 India Ink: Proposed Law Would Limit International... Source: The New York Times - New York NY A California lawmaker is proposing to limit the number of international and out-of-state students who can enroll at University of California campuses.
05/24/12 Relatively Speaking: Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley... Source: PR Newswire PITTSBURGH , May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways.