UC Berkeley

Venerable East Bay university wins two Nobel Prizes — Omar Yaghi for chemistry and John Clarke for physics — bringing Cal’s total number of faculty Nobel winners to 28 since 1934 with five in the past five years.

 

 

 

Katie Porter

Former Orange County congresswoman and Democratic candidate for governor comes under scrutiny as video of her cursing a staff member is released days after she berated a TV reporter during an interview.

 

 

 

Motorists

Gas prices typically drop in California in the fall, when summer demand ends and cheaper winter-blend fuel comes online. But a fire at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo could send prices upward.

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