{"id":357179,"date":"2026-06-12T02:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357179\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:14:09","slug":"the-wire-tom-hanks-bought-a-1930s-royal-standard-typewriter-at-berkeley-typewriter-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357179\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wire: Tom Hanks bought a 1930s Royal standard typewriter at Berkeley Typewriter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom Hanks stopped by Berkeley Typewriter. \u201cHe tried pretty much everything in the store here, and actually walked away with a 1930s Royal standard typewriter,\u201d the 90-year-old store\u2019s Ken Alexander said. (SFGATE<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A UC Berkeley alum is set to swim the entire California coast (sharks permitting). (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Two second-grade classes at Oxford Elementary took a field trip to plant trees along the Ohlone Greenway, each group of kids getting to name one. (Coyote Media<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Photos of a day in October 1970 at UC Berkeley. (Flashbak<\/a>)<\/p>\n

When reality is in doubt, news editors ask this UC Berkeley professor: Is it AI? (SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Some UC Berkeley humanities professors say they\u2019re cutting down the amount of reading they assign to students. (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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