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This Fourth of July, crowds from Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco and all over the Bay gathered to celebrate our nation’s independence with plenty of food, fun, and fireworks. During the day, Berkeley Marina offered live performances, vendors, attractions, and summer sunshine. Later that night, thousands congregated at Pier 39 to
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UC Berkeley researchers and astronomy enthusiasts throughout the Bay Area are gearing up for a once-in-a-century celestial event Tuesday known as the transit of Venus. In this rare astronomical event, the planet Venus will begin to cross between the Earth and the sun at 3:07 p.m. and become visible at
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The Wanderer’s Union is a non-competitive 24 hour long wandering event that challenges participants to travel to 24 places in 24 hours.
With a simple brush of his hand, Sharad Vikram commands his computer to open iTunes, and with another smooth gesture, music begins to play. Vikram deftly demonstrates the clever contraption that won first place at a recent Cal-versus-Stanford programming competition in an epic battle for hacking domination of the Bay
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Though Berkeley’s unemployment rate reached its lowest point in nearly three years in December, local employers and statewide trends suggest recovery remains precarious. Berkeley’s unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in December, the lowest rate since February 2009, according to data released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. According to
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As you savor the memory of your last home-cooked meal and your mind goes back to study mode, the books are going to be piling up. Thankfully, you’re in the Bay Area, and there are numerous ways to find distractions from studying. What better way to “rest” from essays or
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With the increase in email usage and online correspondence, post offices in the Bay Area are set to cut back their hours starting next month, according to Bay City News. Beginning Feb. 20, 61 post offices in six Bay Area counties will have shorter hours, with most opening 30 minutes
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For most Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of tradition, eating turkey, spending time with family and watching the Detroit Lions lose on national television. For the California Highway Patrol, it is one of their busiest weekends of the year as it brings DUI arrests and traffic fatalities.
The BART Board of Directors voted Thursday to replace the wool seats in 100 BART cars with vinyl ones over the next six to nine months. In May, BART held interactive seat labs around the Bay Area, where riders were given a chance to try out different types of seats
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Although economic development and employment growth remain stagnant in the United States, several regions in California, including the Bay Area, are rising above the nation’s daunting statistics. According to economists at the UCLA Anderson Forecast, the Bay Area has been adding jobs this year at a faster rate than California
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