A display of Berkeley Rep’s calendar outside the theater, seen in early October. Credit: Zac Farber/Berkeleyside
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Berkeley Rep used AI art to market its its January production of “The Thing About Jellyfish,” part of what the theater describes as an experiment “to complement — not replace — the work of our internal creative design team.” Its part of a trend of performing arts spaces turning to to AI to save money that is dividing the Bay Area theater community. (SF Chronicle)
Berkeley High custodian Kris Tan has written two kids books and has a third book coming out soon. (Berkeley High Jacket)
Berkeley Lab has received $125 million for quantum research. (Daily Cal)
A UC Berkeley college access program serving 1,500 students is in jeopardy after an $836,000 annual federal grant was canceled over a reference to “equity and inclusion” in a grant application. (Berkeley News)
A man suspected of spending hours inside a UC Berkeley sorority watching women sleep and possibly stealing their underwear has been arrested. (Berkeley Scanner)
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy from Pinole who spent several days Berkeley stealing cars in Berkeley. (Berkeley Scanner)
A pedestrian in her 60s was struck by a driver Tuesday morning at University and Curtis Street and taken to the hospital. (Berkeley Scanner)
Berkeley High School students are taking to the outdoors on gravel bikes, a form of cycling different from road and mountain biking. (Berkeley High Jacket)
How a UC Berkeley linguist’s lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today. (Berkeley News)
The anime subcultures thriving at UC Berkeley. (Coyote Media)
What’s playing in Shotgun’s next theatrical season. (SF Chronicle)
Dozens gathered among marigold flowers, purple petals, small candles and colored decorations for Dia de los Muertos at Wurster Hall. (Daily Cal)
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