Nestled in the heart of Berkeley, with hills sloping above it and a creek skipping through it, the 134-year-old Berkeley campus of the University of California is one of the most renown places of learning in the world. -more-
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The unforgiving fairways of Pleasanton’s Castlewood Country Club wreaked havoc on the Berkeley High boys golf team on Thursday, adding 42 strokes to the Yellowjackets’ best home score to send them home with a less-than-spectacular 247. -more-
The Berkeley Unified School District is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information about an arson fire at the Berkeley High School campus that caused $1 million damage Wednesday. -more-
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Dual meets haven’t exactly been a top priority for the Berkeley High girls track and field team this season. But after losing to Granada last week, the Yellowjackets entered Thursday’s meet at Foothill competing for their East Bay Athletic League reputation. -more-
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Mira Vista Golf Course’s difficult putting conditions cost both St. Mary’s and El Cerrito some strokes at Thursday’s varsity golf matchup, but the Panthers ultimately had the consistency to win the league match, 212-252. -more-
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The East Bay Athletic League boys volleyball race got a little tighter on Thursday evening, when Berkeley High avenged its March 21 loss to Amador Valley, defeating the Dons in five games on the road. -more-
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A 27-year-old Berkeley woman reported Tuesday that a man exposed himself on Channing Way as he approached her about 7:15 a.m. that morning. -more-
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The Cal women’s basketball team held its annual banquet honoring the players and coaches on Tuesday night at H’s Lordships Restaurant in Berkeley. -more-
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The Berkeley High boys golf team played its third match in as many days on Wednesday afternoon, participating in the 18-hole San Francisco Tournament held at Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica. Though the difficulty of the course caused the Yellowjackets to tack five strokes onto their total 18-hole score from Monday’s tournament, the final score of 440 was good enough to place BHS in the middle of the pack – at 15th out of 26 teams. -more-
University of California police have issued an arrest warrant for the man they believe is responsible for stabbing a 48-year-old homeless man in People’s Park on Saturday. -more-
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The Berkeley High boys volleyball team finished off the first round of East Bay Athletic League regular season play on Tuesday evening, taking care of California High in a three-game sweep at Donahue Gym. -more-
The Yellowjackets walked onto Tilden Park Golf Course with brand new uniforms on Tuesday afternoon, and left with a brand new feeling – the feeling of triumph. -more-
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Police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred in Berkeley over the weekend. -more-
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It’s been almost a month since the Berkeley High boys lacrosse team last played Acalanes, but you can bet that March 21’s road victory is still on the Yellowjackets’ minds. After all, the 5-3 win marked the last time Berkeley beat any league opponent. -more-
The Berkeley High girls track team got another taste of non-league competition over the weekend, competing against runners from all over the state at the 33rd Arcadia Invitational. -more-
For the fourth time since 1989, Berkeley Arts Magnet School has been selected as a California Distinguished School. -more-
It’s finally starting to look like golf weather in Berkeley, and the course conditions aren’t the only things improving. -more-
A man leaped to his death Monday morning from Evans Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in an apparent suicide. -more-
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University police still are investigating the stabbing Saturday of a 48-year-old man, who was attacked at noon in People’s Park while waiting in a food line. -more-
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Despite my desire to believe that I live in a community that is diverse in its culture and would not tolerate any form of racism, my desire and belief have been daunted with the constant reminder that it is still “us” against “them.” I have become over the last three years increasingly aware of the underlining and subtle racism that exists in the Berkeley community. Whether or not anyone will or can admit to it also frightens me. With the passage of Prop. 21 and the new State Mandated Retention Policy, it is obvious that the entire State of California down to the Berkeley Unified School District has an agenda that is NOT to benefit the children of color. -more-
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It was the numbers that initially convinced high school All-American triple jumper Jerriod Mack to choose Cal – namely, the 80 percent graduation rate on the Bears’ men’s track team and the school’s 10-mile proximity from his hometown of Richmond. -more-
Self-dealing. Hypocrisy. Elitist cronyism. Union busting. Subterfuge. What comes to mind ... multinational corporations, greedy capitalists, the “old boy network,” secret cabals? Where can such inequity be found ... Lagos, Nigeria; Washington, D.C.; Antwerp, Belgium; Berkeley City Manager’s Office? Certainly. -more-
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Celina Yong, a junior at UC Berkeley, is the recipient of a prestigious Truman Scholarship. The award is based on leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likelihood of “making a difference.” -more-
Two longtime professors at UC Berkeley recently died, university officials announced. -more-
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