Berkeley school district’s gardening program receives $40,000 grant from Annie’s
Thanks to a $40,000 grant from Annie’s Homegrown on Monday, Berkeley’s Longfellow Middle School will have an opportunity to redevelop a gardening program.
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Q&A with US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
The Daily Californian sat down with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson for an impromptu interview before he spoke at a Berkeley Forum event Tuesday.
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Berkeley Forum talk by Secretary of Homeland Security disrupted by protesters
In the latest of a string of disrupted Berkeley Forum events, immigrant rights activists interrupted and shouted during a Tuesday talk by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
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You’re no grammar guru, and neither am I
Something reported by the Associated Press — the creator of the style guide I will probably name my first-born child in honor of — caught my eye recently. A Dictionary.com survey found that 74 percent of those from 18 to 34 years old feel perturbed when they encounter grammatical mistakes on
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UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business center focusing on intellectual capital opens
The campus’s Haas School of Business launched a center that will introduce its students to the intangible side of business.
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9 water pipes rupture in aftermath of East Bay earthquake Monday
In the aftermath of a 4.0-magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Bay on Monday, nine water pipes broke near the epicenter, the East Bay Municipal Utility District reported.
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CalSO incorporates former student-athlete orientation program
UC Berkeley’s student-athletes are now encouraged to attend CalSO after the final buzzer sounded on a separate athlete orientation program.
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Berkeley Fire Chief Gil Dong appointed to role of interim deputy city manager
Interim City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley has filled her own shoes by appointing Berkeley Fire Chief Gil Dong to the role of interim deputy city manager, which Dong began Saturday.
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Regents approve salary increases, hear results of UC faculty compensation study
The UC Board of Regents approved Thursday base salary increases for some members of the university’s senior management in an effort to make UC salaries more market competitive.
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City requires relocation of North Berkeley farmers’ market
The planned relocation of the North Berkeley farmers’ market eastward off Shattuck Avenue has produced mixed reactions, with some opposed to the loss of the market’s “character.”
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