Caught in the middle of a siege that would later become Kenya’s deadliest terrorist attack since 1998, Elaine Dang found herself huddling under a counter, trying to make herself invisible to the gunmen attacking Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall. Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District’s truancy rate is significantly higher than the state’s average for the 2011-2012 academic year. Read More…
The Berkeley Police Association is once again revisiting the debate over whether tasers should be carried by city police, following an incident involving a mentally ill man on Sept. 18. Police responded to reports that the man was stabbing himself in an attempt to commit suicide. While the attempt was Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Tuesday to implement a statewide earthquake early-warning system partially developed at UC Berkeley, according to The Sacramento Bee. Senate Bill 135 enables the development of a system to notify residents at least one minute prior to an earthquake. Methods of notification are still unclear, but Read More…
Several areas of Tilden Regional Park will be closed to the public between October 2013 and February 2014 due to maintenance work to improve the “safety and efficiency” of the Tilden Nature Area, according to an East Bay Regional Park District press release. Read More…