The Wire: Berkeley home of slain Cal professor taken over by squatters, family says
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, the UC Berkeley professor shot and killed July 4, 2025, in Athens while visiting Greece to…
The Wire: UC Berkeley scientists wins prize for decoding zebra finches’ birdsong
Zebra finches. Credit: Liza Gross Heads up: We sometimes link to stories that limit access to non-subscribers. A…
The Wire: Cartoon museum curator out of job after police say he filmed party guests in Berkeley bathroom
Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago outside of the museum in San Francisco on April 22, 2015. Credit:…
The Wire: Berkeley deepfake expert is flummoxed and scared by what he sees
Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert at UC Berkeley, in his office on campus in July 2019. File…
The Wire: Tom Hanks bought a 1930s Royal standard typewriter at Berkeley Typewriter last week
Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers. Tom Hanks stopped by Berkeley Typewriter.…
The Wire: UC workers avert strike with tentative deal at final hour
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Dirt bikes, ATV riders swept through Berkeley before police trapped them on Bay Bridge
Dirt bike and ATV riders on Solano Avenue Sunday. Credit: Citizen reporter Heads up: We sometimes link to…
Owners of big empty buildings by Aquatic Park hope AI industry will be their savior
Berkeley Commons, while it was under construction along Aquatic Park in 2024. File photo: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight Local…
Berkeley’s California Theatre sold to Beverly Hills buyer
The California Theatre has been shuttered since March 2020. Credit: Nico Savidge/Berkeleyside Heads up: We sometimes link to…
Nearly 1 in 5 gray whales swimming into the Bay never swim out
A whale carcass floating in Berkeley’s North Basin, near Cesar Chavez Park, seen by kayakers on June 22,…
Habitot Children’s Museum is still searching for a permanent home
Inside the Habitot Children’s Museum before its pandemic closure. File photo: Sara Kassabian Habitot Children’s Museum temporarily closed…
Bernie Sanders met with prominent AI doomers in Berkeley
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event for a proposed “billionaires tax” in Los Angeles on Feb.…