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NEWS ABOUT: Berkeley

Berkeley stories: 10 news summaries

 UC Students Protest 
 Ahead of 32% Fee Hike 

College moving out of reach, students charge

Nov 19, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Angry students took to the streets yesterday to blast a proposed 32% fee hike for University of California schools. The Board of Regents is expected to finalize the increase today during a meeting at UCLA. It will hike tuition bills some $2,500. UC students will soon be paying $10,... More »

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California • UCLA • University of California • Berkeley • college tuition • students • Board of Regents • student protests

 Green Day's Rock  
 Opera Hits the Stage 

Multiplatinum American Idiot a coming-of-age story

Sep 2, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Green Day’s multiplatinum album American Idiot is taking the stage as a 75-minute rock opera that will “challenge the very definitions of punk, theater, and musical,” writes David Downs in the East Bay Express. A 19-member cast will showcase a “Fight Club-esque story of self-discovery through... More »

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theater • musical theater • Berkeley • musical • rock opera • Jay-ZTV • Green Day • Billie Joe Armstrong

 Converts Plan 
 Islamic College in Berkeley 

Renown converts lead effort to reinterpret Islam

Jun 3, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two superstars of American Islam are at the helm of what they hope will be the nation’s first accredited Islamic college, tasked with creating scholars who can usher a religious renewal. Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir, both converts, aim to admit Zaytuna College’s first class next year in... More »

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Islam • American Muslims • Berkeley • religious school • Zaytuna College • Hamza Yusuf • Zaid Shakir

Torture Lawyer Flees Berkeley Amid Protests 

Law prof takes 1-year gig at OC's Chapman U.

Feb 11, 09 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - It can be hard to be a professor: publish or perish, sit on committees…dodge protesters? Just ask John Yoo, author of the memos that laid out and justified the harsh interrogation tactics used by the Bush administration. Yoo, a Berkeley law professor, has taken leave from his left-leaning professional... More »

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California • torture • UC Berkeley • Berkeley • Chapman University • waterboarding • John Yoo • Berkeley Law School • torture memo

(Newser) - Alice Waters is heading to Washington, and the inauguration eve dinner prepared by one of the country's highest-profile chefs is one of the capital’s hottest tickets, the Huffington Post reports. The Chez Panisse founder says she hopes the event will highlight her advocacy of local food and communal eating.... More »

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Barack Obama • organic food • local produce • Berkeley • inauguration • Slow Food • Alice Waters • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Chez Panisse

Aunt Arrested in Case of Tortured Calif. Teen

Woman had lived on and off with couple previously charged

Dec 3, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - California police have arrested the aunt of the teen who escaped from a house where he was apparently being held prisoner, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Caren Ramirez was found in Berkeley and handed over to police in Tracy, where the boy was found shackled and beaten. Ramirez faces... More »

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California • torture • San Francisco • police • kidnapping • child abuse • arrest • Berkeley • Caren Ramirez • Michael Schumacher • Kelly Lau

In Berkeley, Foodie Heaven Comes With Side of Fisticuffs

Shoppers brave adverse conditions for their pick of 40 types of tomato

Sep 22, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - No risk, no reward, right? That’s the mentality of those who brave critical, even violent, fellow shoppers and draconian rules to browse the famed produce section at Berkeley Bowl, the most popular grocery store in the colorful California college town. Cart fender-benders are frequent as shoppers bolt down packed... More »

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California • anger • Berkeley • grocery stores

 Berkeley
 Tree-Sitters
 Finally
 Climb Down 

Last protesters climb down as university erects scaffold around redwood

Sep 9, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last four tree-sitters climbed down from their perches at UC Berkeley today, ending a 2-year vigil to protest the university's plans to cut down a grove of trees and build a sports facility, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The university will build the facility, but it agreed to set... More »

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environment • protests • Berkeley • tree-sitters • redwoods

Berkeley Retreats on Marines

After day of protests, marathon city council meeting revokes earlier statement

Feb 13, 08 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Early this morning, the city council of Berkeley, Calif., rescinded a controversial declaration that Marine recruiters are not welcome in the city, CNN reports. The council, however, stands by its opposition to the Iraq war. The decision came after three hours of raucous citizen input and a day of clashes... More »

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California • protests • Berkeley • Marine • Code Pink • Iraq war

LA Eyes Ban
on New Fast Food Outlets

Moratorium proposed
on unhealthy eateries in South LA

Sep 10, 07 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - There is so much fast food in South Los Angeles, and so much obesity, that city officials are considering banning any new outlets.  A two-year moratorium on new fast-food eateries has been proposed for an area where 30% of adults and 29% of kids are obese (compared with just... More »

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obesity • food • California • Los Angeles • fast food • restaurant • Berkeley • Arcata

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