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UC Police Want Public's Help to ID Battery Suspect
A man believed to be a Cal student attacked another man on Sproul Plaza earlier this month.

A man believed to be a Cal student attacked another man on Sproul Plaza earlier this month.

The Berkeley Police Association, a union which represents Berkeley police officers, has surveyed local voters to see how they feel about the use of stun guns.
Fourth grader Rodrigo Guzman will appear via Skype.
Myra Melford, who is also an associate professor of contemporary improvised music at UC Berkeley, is a recipient of this year's prestigious award.
The California Department of Education released 2012 figures for statewide and local high school graduation and dropout rates.
A Berkeley High alum and former star BHS tennis player is leading a move to replace the school's tennis courts, which were converted to a staff parking lot 10 years ago.
No victims or damage were found, according to police.
The annual festival takes place Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Berkeley Marina.
Go beyond the familiar: venues in Temescal, East Oakland and Berkeley join forces for a weekend of performances.
There were 11 armed robberies reported in the first week of April.
Get a free ice cream cone up until 8 p.m.
The 61-year-old Berkeley man drove his car off the road where it careened down a steep embankment.
It's time to start planning for a ballot measure to replace the current Measure A parcel tax when it expires in 2017, according to a report prepared for the April 10 school board meeting. We'd like to know if our readers support the idea.
Research findings reported this month by Paul T. Williams, Ph.D., of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, says walking is just as good as running when it comes to lowering your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Independent filmmaker Les Blank who lives in Berkeley and whose film company, Flower Films, is based in El Cerrito, died in his Berkeley home on Sunday according to media reports.
U.S. Marshal's deputies arrested a Fort Bragg man Friday as he tried to leave a home on Slater Lane, near the Claremont Hotel.
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The Berkeley crime narratives for March 24—31 also incude a brick through a window, a vehicle theft and a fire in a trash can that's described as possible arson.
A suspect in an East Oakland hit-and-run incident was arrested early Friday morning in Berkeley.
Detractors of the penny say it's wasteful, bad for the environment and costly for businesses.