Oksana Yurovsky

The bottom line is, don’t write something off just because it doesn’t fit in with what you already like. College is about discovering new things. Ask yourself, “What about this makes me uncomfortable?” The answer may surprise you. You won’t find yourself by trudging along the same, well-worn route.

At last Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved sending a letter to Alameda County authorities requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of using eminent domain in order to help people refinance their homes.

Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to fill three vacant positions on the UC Board of Regents nearly five months after the positions first became vacant, and is currently reviewing an undisclosed number of candidates.

A patron thrown out of a downtown Berkeley bar is in jail Friday night after assaulting an officer summoned to escort him from the premises.

A car crashed into a building on Fulton Street after hitting a parked car.

A cyclist died shortly after colliding with a dump truck Friday afternoon near the intersection of Bancroft Way and Fulton Street.