Five years after the light brown apple moth scare, California quietly stops funding moth-control programs

9 February 2012, 4:00 pm

Federal money will keep the program afloat, but with little damage, some leaders are calling for the pest to be downgraded and spending shut off... Read More »

Bay Area Nonprofit Newsrooms Confirm Merger Talks

9 February 2012, 8:17 am

In a post on its Web site, the Bay Citizen said it had signed a letter of intent that will turn its operations over to the Berkeley center within 30 days.... Read More »

Bay Area arts news, Feb. 9

9 February 2012, 12:59 am

Marin wisely balances its art, budgetary roles Who says nonprofit arts organizations are fiscally irresponsible? Marin Theatre Company , the 45-year-old mainstay of North Bay drama, just reported that the organization...... Read More »

Suspected drunken driver leads four-county police chase from San Pablo to San Mateo

8 February 2012, 7:01 am

A driver fleeing a DUI arrest led police on a chase across the Bay Area before he rolled his car early this morning, the California Highway Patrol said.... Read More »

California ends funding for brown apple moth spraying

8 February 2012, 1:31 am

Five years ago, after a retired University of California professor found a light brown apple moth in his Berkeley back yard, the state and federal government responded with a blitzkrieg.... Read More »

Gay marriage supporters in Bay Area cheer ruling on Prop. 8, will take their chances in U.S. Supreme Court

7 February 2012, 11:30 am

With elation or guarded optimism, gay couples and community leaders around the Bay Area on Tuesday welcomed the ruling that struck down Proposition 8 in California and likely will send the issue of same-sex marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court. 'I feel like I'm living in an important part of h... Read More »

Berkeley architect wraps up William Wurster book

2 February 2012, 5:25 pm

First Bay Architecture is the last address on Canyon Road, above Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Up here in the trees, Caitlin Lempres Brostrom does not get a lot of drop-in clients, which has been helpful to her side...... Read More »

Berkeley energy lab plans big expansion

27 January 2012, 8:30 pm

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding. A new 300,000 square foot building will ... Read More »

San Francisco Acupuncture College Now Offers Acupuncture Treatments at Lifelong Berkeley Primary Care

25 January 2012, 12:30 am

ACTCM has a new acupuncture externship site at Lifelong Berkeley Primary Care, which is located in the Herrick Building of Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, California. Integrative healthcare is provided for low-income patients living with chronic health issues, and acupuncture students receive... Read More »

Bergeron Scholars Program for Women Expanded to University of California at Berkeley

11 January 2012, 5:00 am

Sandra and Douglas G. Bergeron announced today the establishment of a scholarship-mentorship endowment at the University of California, Berkeley, for undergraduate women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.... Read More »