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A display of Berkeley Rep\u2019s calendar outside the theater, seen in early October. Credit: Zac Farber\/Berkeleyside<\/p>\nA display of Berkeley Rep\u2019s calendar outside the theater, seen in early October. Credit: Zac Farber\/Berkeleyside<\/p>\n
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Berkeley Rep used AI art to market its its January production of \u201cThe Thing About Jellyfish,\u201d part of what the theater describes as an experiment \u201cto complement \u2014 not replace \u2014 the work of our internal creative design team.\u201d 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<\/a>)<\/p>\n Berkeley High custodian Kris Tan has written two kids books and has a third book coming out soon. (Berkeley High Jacket<\/a>)<\/p>\n Berkeley Lab has received $125 million for quantum research. (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n 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 \u201cequity and inclusion\u201d in a grant application. (Berkeley News<\/a>)<\/p>\n A man suspected of spending hours inside a UC Berkeley sorority watching women sleep and possibly stealing their underwear has been arrested. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n Police arrested a 14-year-old boy from Pinole who spent several days Berkeley stealing cars in Berkeley. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n A pedestrian in her 60s was struck by a driver Tuesday morning at University and Curtis Street and taken to the hospital. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n 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<\/a>)<\/p>\n How a UC Berkeley linguist\u2019s lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today. (Berkeley News<\/a>)<\/p>\n The anime subcultures thriving at UC Berkeley. (Coyote Media<\/a>)<\/p>\n What\u2019s playing in Shotgun\u2019s next theatrical season. (SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n