Holiday Celebration for 500 Homeless Children on Dec. 12th

500 San Francisco homeless children and their families will enjoy the holiday at a celebration in their honor Thursday, Dec. 12 hosted by nonprofit Compass Family...

Anthropologist Wins Award for Exposing Human Organs Trade

By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley News UC Berkeley anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes has been honored by the American Anthropological Association with its first ever Anthropology in Public...

Board Drops Vallejo High Mascot (Analysis)

The Vallejo High mascot debate has been around for decades, but attention was brought again to the subject when school board President Hazel Wilson asked Principal...

Odessa White, Nationally acclaimed Homemaker, Educator, 92

Odessa White, a Seventh-day Adventist and educator, died on Nov. 23. She was 91. Born Dec. 23, 1920, she was a native of Wharton, Texas and...

Last-minute Agreement Preserves New Army Base Project

In a rush to get a 55-year lease signed before a deadline this week awarding property on the Oakland Army Base to Oakland Maritime Support Services...

Raiders to Sign Autographs to Support Toys For Tots

The Oakland Raiders have teamed up with the United States Marine Corps to brighten the holidays for thousands of children through the Toys for Tots program.

UC Berkeley Black Student Enrollment Declines

While the number of African American students being accepted at UC Berkeley hasn’t declined, the number of students choosing to enroll has; recent reports show in...

Vietnam 2013 In 1965, I remember talking to a classmate when I was 14 yrs. old about the Vietnam war. Even then we were speculating about...

Berkeley Law Project Cautions Against Dangers of Unchecked Surveillance

By Andrew Cohen The Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law has submitted an amicus brief in support of a federal case against...