Local News Archives

Marines protest price tag? $210,000-plus

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Cosco Busan probe shifts

By ERICA WERNER / Associated Press

Ordinance aims to snuff out sidewalk smoking

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Berkeley gets new housing director

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Judge denies 2nd motion for mistrial in Reiser murder case

Bay City News

Meteorite-riddled fossils harden extinction theory

By Betsy Mason / Bay Area News Group

Longtime activists honored

By Angela Hart / Bay Area News Group

Poll: Support for park bond on decline

By Denis Cuff / Bay Area News Group

The Bay Bridge 'horse race' begins

By Erik N. Nelson / Bay Area News Group

Man jailed for pollution

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Two men with rifles arrested

Bay City News

Eagles Up down on Berkeley

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Purse-snatch suspect runs out of gas, is arrested

By Harry Harris / Bay Area News Group

Pepper spray incident in library draws complaints

Bay Area News Group

Nurses embark on 10-day walkout

By Sandy Kleffman / Bay Area News Group

Pilot who hit Bay Bridge denies breaking laws

By PAUL ELIAS / Associated Press

Body found in Santa Cruz Mountains ID'd

By Denis C. Theriault / Bay Area News Group

BREAKING NEWS (12:40 p.m.): Bones found in Santa Cruz Mountains identified as missing Oakland woman

By Denis C. Theriault / MediaNews

UC stadium cost keeps rising

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Sutter Health nurses to strike today

By Sandy Kleffman / Bay Area News Group

Judge warns Reiser about his attitude

Bay City News

Cal students get disaster supplies

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Boykin's free throws give Cal NIT victory

By Jeff Faraudo / Bay Area News Group

Local protests, arrests mark invasion anniversary

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Reiser tossed missing car seat into Dumpster

Bay City News

Nurses to launch longest strike yet

By Tim Simmers / Bay Area News Group

Berkeley mayor, chamber end rift

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Reiser admits misleading jurors

Bay City News

Police brace for protests

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Senate nixes bid to punish Berkeley over Marine furor

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Reiser: Wife may be hiding

Bay City News

Couple were brutally beaten to death

Bay City News

Teacher layoffs prompt protests across area

By Shirley Dang / Bay Area News Group

County to conduct property auction

Bay Area News Group

'Fresh' gives up perch

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

Police arrest CodePink pair at recruiting center

By Kristin Bender / Bay Area News Group

UNLEADED, PLEASE

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

CSUEB talks about impact of budget cuts

By Matt O'Brien / Bay Area News Group

Albany Unified names new supe

By Shelly Meron / Bay Area News Group

'Bossy' protein may be cancer link

By Betsy Mason / Bay Area News Group

Albany board votes to keep teacher

By Shelly Meron / Bay Area News Group

Bay Area nation's second-worst for roads

By Erik N. Nelson / Bay Area News Group

Stanford, UC plan joint stem cell research project

Bay Area News Group

Former Willard vice principal resigns

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff writerBy Katy Murphy / Bay Area News Group

10-year-old shooting victim heads home

By Katy Murphy / Bay Area News Group

Tree-sitter evades police efforts

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Slain cyclist was top athlete

By Denis Theriault, Joe Rodriguez, Leslie Griffy and Bill Brand / MediaNews

Oakland utility to cough up $7.89 million fine

Bay City News

Cal stadium debate postponed

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

UC-Berkeley professor dies at age 63

By Andrew McGall / MediaNews

4 ways to help boy paralyzed by stray bullet

MediaNews

Debate over Cal stadium continues today in Hayward courtroom

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

LAWSUITS AT A GLANCE

Media News

Berkeley's school district to cut about 50 positions to balance budget

By Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Reiser testifies for third day

Bay City News

UC seeks to keep animal activists at bay

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

UC-Berkeley to help Saudi university

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Hans Reiser testifies in murder trial for second day

Bay City News

City logs 3rd homicide of year

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Group wants to buy historic rink

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Clif Bar withdraws from project

By Alan Lopez / MediaNews

Spare the Air will be limited to two days this summer

By Denis Cuff / MediaNews

Reiser: Marriage 'a mistake'

Bay City News

UC deal with Saudi Arabia raises discrimination worries

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Police explore animal protest links

By J.M. Brown / MediaNews

Berkeley vice principal accused of misuse of authority

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Parents angered over attempt to fire special-ed teachers

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS (11:59 am): Berkeley police exploring possible link between animal rights-related vandalism at two UCs

By J.M. Brown / MEDIANEWS

City plans to fix torn-up skate park

By Doug Oakley / Daily News

Mayfair Block plan grinds to halt

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Lawsuit filed against driver in death of Albany activist

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Rory Reiser's words scrutinized

Bay City News

Wozniak compromises on commissions

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

City to fill vacant seat on rent board

MediaNews Staff Report

City council listens, votes to fight spraying

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Judge Delucchi dies of cancer

By Jason Sweeney / MediaNews

Teen driver rams planter on campus

MediaNews Staff Report

Anti-war protests squeeze downtown merchants

By Kristin Bender and Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Local NAACP branch: President misspoke on shooting

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Judge denies Reiser's motion for a mistrial

Bay City News

EPA chief warned not to deny state's emissions proposal

By Frank Davies / MediaNews

Economists worry 'stagflation' is catching

By JEANNINE AVERSA / Associated Press

Lawmaker moves to suspend funds because of Marines vote

Bay City News

Berkeley police investigate second homicide

By Kristin Bender and Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Oakland trade school teaches pot cultivation

By Lisa Leff / Associated Press

Library to discuss planning initiatives

MediaNews

Tree-picking program paying off

By Sara Steffens / MediaNews

Foes line up to fight aerial spraying plan to eradicate brown apple moth

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Man pleads not guilty in robbery, shooting

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Albany prepares for festive 100th birthday celebration

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Two nabbed in Marine recruiting protest

MediaNews Staff Report

Chris Kavanagh pleads no contest

Bay City News

10 Berkeley firefighters honored, promoted

MEDIANEWS

Police seek 'vehicle of interest'

MediaNews

Reiser trial borders on bizarre for second day

Bay City News

Mother remembered

By Angela Woodall /MediaNews

Decision on cancer drug could set new standard

By MATTHEW PERRONE / Associated Press

Murder suspect surrenders

Bay City News

Bill would protect medical pot users' jobs

By Josh Richman / MediaNews

Proposal to slow peace commission's items

By Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Two men charged with murder of Oakland man

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Memorial planned for Berkeley woman

Bay City News

Cody's on Fourth Street to close

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Hans, Nina 'looked like perfect couple'

BAY CITY NEWS

Correction

Daily News Staff Report

BREAKING NEWS (11:01 a.m.): Stanford offers free tuition, expenses to students from less-affluent families

By Mark Gomez / MEDIANEWS

Berkeley may revisit policy on Tasers

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

UC dismantles part of tree-sitter perch

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Reiser’s defense case gets off to rocky start

Bay City News

Black History Month events

MediaNews

Family dedicates benches to teen

By Doug Oakley / Daily News

Body of drowned woman recovered

Bay City News

Berkeley protest anti-climactic

By Kristin Bender and Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Oakland Zoo making changes

By Alex Molloy / MediaNews

Bakery HQ becomes AIDS center

By Cecily Burt / MediaNews

Protest price tag: $93,500

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Pacific Steel to reduce odors

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Halberstam driver sentenced to 5 days in jail

By Michael Manekin / MediaNews

Albany school board hashes out new volunteer policy

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Superintendents push back against cuts

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Lawmakers won't back down

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Speed urged in shooting case

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Marines ruling spawns protests

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Theology leader Dillenberger, 89, dies

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Embattled Berkeley rent board member resigns

By Angela Hill / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS (10:05 a.m.): College student facing child pornography charges

Associated Press

Protesters to converge on Berkeley for Marine debate

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Slain professor knew man who confessed to killing

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Mother: Nina declared love for Reiser

Bay City News

BREAKING NEWS (4:06 p.m.): Fire in MacArthur Maze ties up traffic

Bay City News

BREAKING NEWS (11:58 a.m.): Rep. Tom Lantos dead at 80

By Will Oremus / Daily News Staff Writer

Peninsula muralist makes his mark

By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer

UC profs testing traffic gauge

By Erik N. Nelson / MediaNews

Musicians to hold benefit for victim

By Linda Davis / MediaNews

Berkeley mayor favors reversing Marines vote

By Steve Geissinger / MediaNews

Foundry could be declared public nuisance

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Voters approve tax to fix El Cerrito streets

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Alum Rock aftershocks strike South Bay

By Julie Sevrens Lyons and Michael Manekin / MediaNews

Senators move to strip Berkeley funds

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Oakland man arrested in attacks

Bay City News

School officials eager to move ahead on pool

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Hospital's fate unclear after vote

Bay City News

BREAKING NEWS: Oakland man arrested and charged for attacks on elderly

Bay City News

High voter turnout leads to shortage of Dem ballots

By Angela Hill and Chris Metinko / MEDIANEWS

Council may reconsider calling Marines intruders

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

: Alameda voters turn down Children's Hospital expansion

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Female found dead in car identified

MediaNews

Woman to attend YouTube contest

By Jenelle Black / MediaNews

Concert turns into memorial for composer

By Robert Taylor / MediaNews

Man pleads guilty in Berkeley marijuana operation

MediaNews

Reiser murder trial delayed

Bay City News

Berkeley city council feels heat from resolution

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Berkeley city council feels heat from resolution

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Hospital measures spark debate

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Sales tax goes to voters Tuesday

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Nonprofit under fire in TV investigation

By Cecily Burt / MediaNews

Judge backs Berkeley's closure of U-Haul

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Albay: Scam artists targeting elderly residents

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Meeting to reshape People's Park set for Monday

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Reiser's son is afraid to return to U.S.

Bay City News

Lofton a Raider with or without Kiffin's consent

By Jerry McDonald / MediaNews

Recruiting station 'not welcome'

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Calls from Nina Reiser's mother played for courtroom

BAY CITY NEWS

Berkeley a marijuana sanctuary

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Berkeley unveils Climate Action Plan

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Seminar offers safety tips to young workers

MediaNews

Reiser rebuked after outburst

Bay City News

Spill report blames mistakes, chance

By Paul Rogers and Mike Taugher / MediaNews

UC officials to proceed with tree removal

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Reiser's attorney motions for mistrial

Bay City News

Berkeley considers marijuana plan

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Council to review drug storing, handling policies

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

'Vick dogs' make public appearance

By John Simerman / MediaNews

Kavanagh expected back in court next month

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

3 teens sentenced in Halloween murder case

Bay City News

Controllers declare an 'emergency'

By Tim Simmers / MediaNews

Couple allegedly gave illegal artifacts to museum

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Police investigating shooting death

Bay City News

Training center ruling could be delayed

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Federal money trickles into ferry project

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Berkeley police to begin traffic crackdown

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Albany passes ban on apple moth pesticide

Bay City News

Reiser murder trial in recess

Bay City News

Green shelter for homeless opens

By Barbara Grady / MediaNews

New lockers for East Bay BART stations

By Denis Cuff / MediaNews

Child molester dies in correctional facility

By Kristin Bender and Angela Hill / MediaNews

Reiser's blood found in husband's home, car

Bay City News

High school lockdown lifted, suspect nabbed

Bay City News

Free device can prevent costly sewer damage

by Sarah Terry-Cobo / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS: Albany High School lockdown lifted, suspect arrested

Bay City News

Girl, 16, fatally shot; boy arrested

By Harry Harris / MediaNews

TRAIN LETS FREEDOM RING

By Shaun Bishop / Daily News Staff Writer

Honoring Dr. King through cleanup service

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Four nabbed in connection with two retail robberies

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Monterey pines to come down

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Road to Bay Trail agreement longer than expected

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Berkeley group seeks to hinder recruiting

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Post publisher under protection

By Thomas Peele, Martin G. Reynolds and Mary Fricker / The Chauncey Bailey Project

Criminalist testifies about search of van in murder trial

Bay City News

Craigslist gives $1.6M endowment

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

UC Board of Regents discusses fee hikes

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Oakland teachers ask for 20 percent raise, small classes

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS: Oakland Post publisher under police protection after death threat

By Tom Peele/The Chauncey Bailey Project

Voters confused by mixed signals

By Angela Hill / MediaNews

School raises $30K for paralyzed boy

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Officer photographed diatribe by Reiser

Bay City News

Turkey trouble

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Shooting victim faces long road

By Katy Murphy and Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Berkeley artists en route to New Orleans

MediaNews

New surveillance footage of Reiser played in court

Bay City News

Reiser trial resumes after hiatus

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Albany mayor looks ahead to second term

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Another charge leveled at wrestling volunteer

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Father: Boy, 10, unaware he's 'permanently crippled'

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Seniors warned about changing insurance

By Sandy Kleffman / MediaNews

Boy hit by stray bullet may be paralyzed for life

By Cecily Burt and Angela Woodall / MediaNews

Drunken driving arrests increase

By Scott Marshall / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS: Boy shot in Oakland may suffer serious injuries

BAY CITY NEWS

Berkeley man gets 56 years for attempting to murder officer

Bay City News

Judge OKs vet's class-action suit

By Josh Richman / MediaNews

Scientists: Technique of making embryonic stem cells refined

By Steve Johnson / MediaNews

Higher college fees, fewer students seen

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Agency: Toll cheaters beware

By Denis Cuff / MediaNews

Fatal accident 'last straw' for council member

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Gastronomical challenger "Bozo" Miller dies at 99

By Dave Newhouse / MediaNews

Utility district scientists turn waste grease into fuel

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Mobile station to monitor air quality near steel foundry

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

UC wants review of $34M judgment

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Upset man allegedly stabs bank employees

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Beloved Safeway clerk dies in house fire

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Cause of death may take months to determine

By Kristin Bender / Oakland Tribune

Judge: Revamp Albany teacher-student sex case

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

UC researchers harassed

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Man's death could be 1st homicide of '08

Bay City News

Snowpack survey: Heavy rains welcome relief to dry season

By Mike Taugher / MediaNews

Man stabbed outside Berkeley bar two weeks ago has died

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Port to get $3.4M to reduce pollution

By Denis Cuff / MediaNews

Accident claims Berkeley psychiatrist

By Cecily Burt / MediaNews

Bay Area public works agencies gear up for storm

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

State is suing EPA over gas standards

Bay City News

Police investigating string of homicides

BAY CITY NEWS

BREAKING NEWS: Pedestrian fatality claims Berkeley psychiatrist

By Cecily Burt/MEDIANEWS

BREAKING NEWS: Lantos has cancer, won't seek re-election

By Shaun Bishop / Daily News Staff Writer

15-year-old surrenders as third suspect in restaurant robberies

By Harry Harris / MEDIANEWS

Oakland police fatally shoot unarmed man

MEDIANEWS

Merry-go-round closed for renovation

MEDIANEWS

Bay testing did not recover oil

Bay City News

Tree sitters' supporters reporting police activity near Berkeley oaks

MediaNews Staff ReportMediaNews Staff Report

Alta Bates Summit bans smoking in 2008

MediaNews Staff Report

Suspect surrenders in string of burglaries at Asian diners

By Angela Woodall and Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Local Rubik's whiz helms 'speed cuber' club

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Woman rented van before death

Bay City News

$35M parking structure nearly done

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

2 men killed in separate cases

By Harry Harris / MediaNews

Rewards offered in 3 Bay Area deaths

Bay City News

Oakland zoo patrons not afraid

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Berkeley explores switch to electric meter maid cars

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Community dinner served

By William Brand / MediaNews

Senior care program to expand

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Man fatally shot by police identified

MediaNews

Investigators continue search for missing Tracy man

By Mike Martinez / MediaNews

3 in custody in fatal officer-involved shooting

By Kamika Dunlap and William Brand / MediaNews

$25K reward posted for restaurant robbery info

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

3-year-old boy dies after house fire

By Rachel Cohen / MediaNews

Dellums seeks DEA pot probe

By Kelly Rayburn / MediaNews

Police probe house burglaries

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Judge to man: Stop terrorizing children

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

School board chooses new superintendent

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Consumers embracing green gifts

By Blanca Torres / MediaNews

Graduation impasse ends

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Car dealerships headed for I-80 in West Berkeley

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Authority favors Pacheco route

By Erik N. Nelson / MediaNews

Authority favors Pacheco route

By Erik N. Nelson / MediaNews

Council to decide Kavanagh's fate

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

UC professor takes deanship

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

City gives mayor one more term

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

13 eateries robbed in a month

By Doug Oakley and Momo Chang / MediaNews

Bay Area district first to combat global warming

By Denis Cuff / MediaNews

Nina Reiser was studying for medical licensing exam when she disappeared, school director says

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Coach's testimony bolsters theory

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MEDIANEWS

Report: Oakland PD doesn't tape entire interviews

By Mary Fricker / MEDIANEWS

Medical centers considering faith's role in healing process

By Rebecca Rosen Lum / MEDIANEWS

Professor remembered

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Composer Andrew Imbrie dies at 86

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Bey's killer sentenced to life in prison

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

BART ridership hitting record numbers

By Erik N. Nelson / MediaNews

Sutter nurses walk off job

By Sandy Kleffman / MediaNews

Robbers target Asian eateries in East Bay

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Neighbor: Reiser behaved oddly after wife vanished

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Hit-run killer still sought

Bay City News

Nina Reiser spoke of problems

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Second phase of Berkeley bike path project to begin

Doug Oakley / Daily News

Council votes to aid homeowners

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Sutter nurses will start strike today

Bay City News

Report finds gaps in CSU hiring

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Reiser faced $75,000 in debt, attorney testifies

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Judge gives partial victory to UC sports center foes

Bay City News

Group offers toy workshop

MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS: Body of fisherman washes ashore i n Half Moon Bay

By Julia Scott/MediaNews

Council to consider loans to foreclosure victims

By Doug Oakley / DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Reiser made 'inappropriate' remarks, witnesses say

By Chris Metinko / MEDIANEWS

Mars ripe for viewing, only 54.8 million miles away

By Julie Sevrens Lyons / MEDIANEWS

Emeryville mayor hits, kills pedestrian

By Cecily Burt / MediaNews

Bonds' day in court

By Howard Mintz and Julia Prodis Sulek / MediaNews

Program connects homeless, services

By Sara Steffens / MediaNews

Coffeehouse to open music venue

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Kensington girl found after search

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Research: Automated exercise reminders work

By Michelle Locke / Associated Press

Sea Scout leader arraigned

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Nina Reiser's boyfriend takes the stand

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

UC-Berkeley wins $2.4M teaching grant

MediaNews

UC has almost 35,000 students

MediaNews

Fatal crash victim was trapped alive

Bay City News

Project Homeless Connect offers updated services

Bay City News

Nobel laureate donates prize money to cosmology center

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Beloved senior center director calls it quits

By Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Reiser criticized wife in phone call

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Police arrest Scout leader in molestation case

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Oakland Fire rethinks hiring

By Harry Harris and Kristin Bender / MediaNews

U-Haul open months after Berkeley order

By Doug Oakley / MediaNewsBy Angela Hill / MediaNews

Nina Reiser `likable,' husband's mom testifies

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Vendors protest increased booth fees

By Angela Hill / MediaNews

Solano merchant dispute fades

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Oakland school district governance to return, in part, to local hands

By Katy Murphy / MediaNews

Nurses set dates for next strike

By Tim Simmers / MediaNews

Bakery informant skirts 'Three Strikes'

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Volunteers turn street barriers into art

MediaNews

Albany considers plan for new housing, grocery store

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Police: Park neighbor was malicious to children

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Police officer told Nina Reiser to get a gun

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Audit reveals improper use of funds

By Kamika Dunlap / MediaNews

City to ban sleeping on sidewalks

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Supervisor regrets not returning Reiser's calls

Bay City News

Police audit finds improvement

By Scott Marshall / MediaNews

Police cite man for yelling at kids

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Judge admonishes attorney

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Coast Guard too slow to share info, officials say

By Ryan Huff / MediaNews

Mayor to restructure police department

Bay City News

Divorce lawyer: Reiser threatened with trial before wife went missing

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Berkeley council takes up controversial plan to rein in unruly public behavior

By Doug Oakley / DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Hit-and-run suspect faces murder charges

By Harry Harris, Sarah Terry-Cobo and William Brand / MediaNews

Alternative holiday shopping

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Albany Preschool marks 70th anniversary

By Marta Yamamoto / MediaNews

Shoppers storm Hillsdale mall

By Mark Abramson / Daily News Staff Writer

El Cerrito library plan on hold

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

University's next step: How to remove tree-sitters?

By MICHELLE LOCKE / Associated Press

Albany shores cleanup may last until May

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Police say mom admitted to drowning 16-month-old son

By Harry Harris and William Brand / MediaNews

Boats soiled by spill to be cleaned for free

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Man accused of killing Post editor to stand trial

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Student pleads not guilty to murder

Bay City News

Judge orders Oakland to "void" Oak-to-Ninth project's environmental impact report

By Kelly Rayburn / MediaNews

New Berkeley college president focuses on graduates' futures

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Student pleads no contest

By Michael Manekin / MediaNews

BREAKING NEWS: Cal student who drove Halberstam in fatal crash pleads no contest

By Michael Manekin / MediaNews

Man found guilty of murder

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

California sues toy companies

Bay City News

Railroad death doesn't keep others from crossing

By Doug Oakley / Daily News

Mom pleads not guilty in case

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Gas prices to have little effect on holiday travel

By Mark Abramson / Daily News Staff Writer

Officials looking for a safe oil spill cleaning plan

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Man talking on cell killed by train

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Tree sitters, police scuffle

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Reiser requests to be co-counsel in murder trial

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Prosecution: Reiser's son 'not reliable'

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

School looks at international offerings

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Teachers set to discuss contracts

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

District attorney refutes conspiracy theory

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Defense: Bey death planned

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Father 'hides Nina,' Reiser's son testifies

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Rockridge resident distributes baby clothes for new moms

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Tree sitter falls, goes to hospital

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Volunteers flock to Berkeley shores for cleanup

By Doug Oakley / MediaNews

Oil spill closes Berkeley Marina

Bay City News

City prepares waterfront plan

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Defense portrays Reiser's mail-order wife as deceptive

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Marijuana operation burns in fire

MediaNews

Mother aims to get kids away from 'screen time'

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Oil slick spreads across Bay

By Erik N. Nelson, Paul Rogers and Mary Anne Ostrom / MediaNews

Oil spill is a disaster for wildlife

By Barbara Grady and Erik N. Nelson / MediaNews

UC-Berkeley moves to bring tree protest to 'peaceful end'

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Berkeley OKs solar installation plan

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

El Cerrito puts sales tax on ballot

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Oldest child to testify in Reiser murder case

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Berkeley council approves 11 cell phone antennas

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Bay Bridge bumped

By Erik N. Nelson and Bill Brand / MediaNews

Berkeley tries new traffic device

By Doug Oakley / Daily News Staff Writer

Police arrest 3 in teen's death

By Peter Hegarty / MediaNews

Prosecutor: Nina Reiser wouldn't leave children

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Witness identifies suspect in Bey shooting trial

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

Reiser trial postponed

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

Smoking ban before city council ... again

By Kelly Rayburn / MediaNews

Police warn of burglary scam

MEDIANEWS

Passenger dies in accident

By Nargis Nooristani / MediaNews

Reiser case to begin Monday

By Chris Metinko / MediaNews

UC owes past students $33.8 million

By Matt Krupnick / MediaNews

Voters could be asked to fix roads

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Police warn residents of fake repairmen

Bay City News

City council to appeal plaza project

MediaNews

Informant testifies in Bey trial

By Paul T. Rosynsky / MediaNews

BART noise grinds to a halt after track repairs

By Shelly Meron / MediaNews

Surveillance cameras to increase at BART stations

By Anna Belle Peevey / MediaNews

UC seeks input on People's Park

MediaNews

5.6 quake biggest since '89

By Betsy Mason / MediaNews

Nonprofit opens low-income housing

MediaNews

Tree sitters say they'll stay

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Man convicted of officer's attempted murder

By Kristin Bender / MediaNews

Oakland wants banks to ease impact of foreclosures

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Researchers study sleep deprivation

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Arsenic discovered in land slated for orchard

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City back in control of base's future

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U.N. Association to honor locals

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Teacher refutes charges

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UNICEF greetings from Berkeley

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Boy remembered at memorial service

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Berkeley police searching for bank robber

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Bey denies role in editor's killing

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UC-Berkeley cancels Web referral agreement

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Groups wage war of words

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Woman arraigned in son's death

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Mother charged in son's slaying

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Editor for Wired under UC scrutiny

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Authorities ID body found on freeway

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Strike issues unresolved

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9-year-old boy may have been suffocated

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Closing arguments heard in UC sports center case

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Hundreds of nurses strike

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UC-Berkeley officials may change law school name

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Berkeley seeks whistle-blowers

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Supervisors approve election committee

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Tip leads to arrest in death of Berkeley honors student

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Fourth charged in kidnapping

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Bomb scare shuts down Oakland airport

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BART repairs set to begin

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Activist launches mayoral recall effort

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Nurses strike to begin Wednesday

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Drug-testing fight continues

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Zoo manager charged with embezzling thousands

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Judge tours athletic project site

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Police question suspect in UC van arson

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Magnets may help depression

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New Kensington police chief gets good marks

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It's YouTube U as UC Berkeley expands online content

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Kavanagh agrees to take 3-month leave from board

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Albany to fence off part of plateau as owl habitat