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Daylight Saving Time in a Word
Yes, you lost an hour of sleep last night. The clocks sprung forward for spring at 2 a.m on Sunday, March 10.

Yes, you lost an hour of sleep last night. The clocks sprung forward for spring at 2 a.m on Sunday, March 10.

Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 10.
A large striped crescent painted on Solano Avenue at Colusa Avenue in Berkeley has created some confusion about what turns are permitted.
Handy urban farmers can build any of 14 poultry palaces using the step-by-step instructions in a UC instructor's book.
The most popular entrée at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen in downtown Berkeley is not the gumbo, or the jambalaya, or the Creole-style BBQ shrimp, or the hush puppies, or the fried catfish, or the crawfish etouffee.
Here's one opera that appealed to 10-year-olds – an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1910 novel, presented by Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera at Zellerbach Hall through March 10.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission looks at the history of the site where developers want to build a residential high-rise.
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce celebrates its grand re-opening at its newly remodeled officers this Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1834 University Ave.
So far the most popular of the baked-on-the-premises items at the newly opened Lindgren's Coffee and Cafe on Dwight Way near Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley is the cheddar and bacon scone, says owner Eric Lindgren.
Andre Taray Franklin, 45, of Hayward, is charged in connection with the theft of the $800,000 jewelry box on Jan. 9 according to authorities.
"UC Berkeley Hook-Ups" anonymously posts pleas from people looking to find their drunken sexual encounters on or near campus.
About 40 Cal students joined roughly 1,000 other students at the State Capitol Monday to ask for more state support for higher education.
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University of California President Mark Yudof plans to retire in August.
Schedule your appointment to donate blood in advance at redcrossblood.org.
There were 12 robberies reported in the second full week of February, as many as the previous two weeks combined.
Berkeley police are not releasing much information about the death of Xavier Moore, 41, on Feb. 12.
Two suspects stole a victim's cell phone during an armed robbery on Monday evening.
The first of three community forums is tonight at Malcolm X School.
Berkeley police are keeping mum about a 21-year-old Oakland woman arrested Monday in connection with a Berkeley homicide.