Cal physicist John Clarke and two other scientists won the prize for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing.| Berkeleyside
They’re fun, they’re green, they’re cheaper than ever. From 1 to 81, Berkeley residents of all ages and abilities are taking to e-bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.| Berkeleyside
Supervisors want more time to consider rules that would limit county investments in fossil fuels, guns, tobacco, and human rights violators.| Berkeleyside
His achievement is made possible by Incarceration to College, an initiative supporting system-impacted youth in accessing higher education.| Berkeleyside
Peyrin Kao, a Cal lecturer, says he’s lost 15 pounds since he started his hunger strike in solidarity with residents of Gaza enduring famine.| Berkeleyside
A group sued Berkeley over three City Council meetings that were moved to a private conference room after protesters interrupted them.| Berkeleyside
The Berkeley Federation of Teachers and BUSD began the school year with an expired labor agreement.| Berkeleyside
The Sept. 15 arrest of a man inside the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse exposed the weakness of state and local efforts to make courts accessible and safe.| Berkeleyside
Co-founder of Berkeley's Reid Records, Betty Reid Soskin celebrated her birthday at her namesake middle school in El Sobrante.| Berkeleyside
Harjit Kaur, 73, a longtime seamstress at Sari Palace with no apparent criminal record, says she got only ice cubes to swallow her medication, was refused meals consistent with her faith and forced to sleep on the floor.| Berkeleyside
Teachers and students have largely been left to create their own rules. But new artificial intelligence guidelines and software are on the horizon at BUSD.| Berkeleyside
Casey R. Goonan, 35, admitted to lighting fires at Cal’s campus, torching the cruiser and trying to firebomb an Oakland federal building.| Berkeleyside
Tim Dupuis, the long-time Alameda County election official, will leave after two critical reviews of his performance.| Berkeleyside
The man’s identity and cause of death were not immediately available. Somebody spotted the body floating near N Dock around 10:14 a.m.| Berkeleyside
Other events in Berkeley this week include an architecture talk and the Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention.| Berkeleyside