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| Jan.3 |
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Body of Oakland teacher found
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Fire in abandoned home |
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| Jan.15 |
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University laying off 24 employees |
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| Jan.16 |
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Botanical garden under quarantine |
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| Jan.17 |
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Book firm agrees to merger |
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| Jan.25 |
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Chancellor to undergo surgery cancer |
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| Jan.27 |
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3-alarm fire |
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| Jan.30 |
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Clinton delivered speech |
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| Feb.4 |
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Thieves collecting protective flags |
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| Feb.6 |
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Rape suspect nabbed through DNA |
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| Feb.16 |
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Pro-Palestinian student conference
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| Feb.17 |
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Anthropologist, fossil hunter dies |
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Sexuality class suspended
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| Feb.18 |
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US high-tech security adviser speaks |
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| Feb.20 |
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Vice chancellor dies at 45 |
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| Feb.23 |
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Nat. Guard, school manager to loose job
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| Mar.1 |
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Male sexuality class returns |
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| Mar.8 |
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Power failure shuts campus
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2 indicted for phone fraud |
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| Mar.12 |
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Speed limit to be reduce to 20 mph |
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| Mar.14 |
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Street-Corner Waving Man died |
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| Mar.18 |
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Anti-war B. Lee gets warm welcome |
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| Mar.21 |
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Ban on coffee-cup sleeves considered |
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| Mar.31 |
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Million-dollar dinosaur egg |
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| Apr.2 |
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Crack Down on Meter Vandals |
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Protest shuts down access to freeway A pro-Palestinian protest shut down On-ramps and off-ramps to I-80 for 4 hours. Several hundred people gathered
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| Apr.3 |
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Withdraw exchange students from Israel
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| Apr.6 |
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Anti-Semitic incidents Vandals heaved a cinder block through a window of a campus Jewish center. Chancellor to call for calm
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Abducted, raped in parking lot |
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| Apr.9 |
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Dozens Arrested in Anti-Israel Protest| Police have arrested 80 people staging a sit-in to protest U.S. military aid to Israel | |
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| Apr.14 |
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Slavery reparations symposium |
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| Apr.22 |
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Explosion rocks street
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| Apr.23 |
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No to stand on Middle East
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| Apr.24 |
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Man sues AIDS Ride organizer |
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| Apr.25 |
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Alcohol Banned at Frats, Sororities
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Pro-Palestinian group suspended |
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| Apr.30 |
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Woman stabbed man
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Admitted to immigration fraud |
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| May.1 |
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Palestinian protesters pleaded innocent
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| May.2 |
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Pro-Palestinian students rally in protest
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| May.6 |
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Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
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Pro-Palestine group admonished |
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| May.8 |
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Pro-Palestinian student group reinstated |
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| |
|
50th anniversary of Beowulf marathon |
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| May.15 |
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Nurses strike at University of California |
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| May.18 |
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Controversy Over Moseley |
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| May.20 |
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Palestinian literature class goes forward |
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| May.24 |
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UC and nurses union reach agreement
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| May.26 |
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Carpoolers get UC parking spots |
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| May.27 |
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Record number for summer courses |
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| May.28 |
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Arrested for allegedly embezzling $250K |
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| Jun.4 |
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Faculty join Israel divestment campaign |
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| Jun.8 |
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Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest County Superior Court judge dismissed the charges which included interferring with business activity and disturbing the peace
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| Jun.10 |
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Shooting |
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| Jun.13 |
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Team Finds New Planet |
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| Jun.17 |
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Mayor voted to U.S. Advisory Board |
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| Jun.18 |
|
Politically Correct Coffee Plan| A petition, signed by 3000, is calling for the use of organic, shade-grown, or fair-trade certified beans in any coffee brewed for sale | |
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| |
|
Sculpture made from melted guns
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| Jun.27 |
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Homicide
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|
| Jul.3 |
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25 bicycles stolen from Boosters camp |
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| Jul.4 |
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Person died in apparent suicide |
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| Jul.13 |
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Suspected killer arrested
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| |
 |
Fraudulent research Landmark discovery of elements 118 and 116 was the result of fabricated research data and scientific misconduct
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| Jul.14 |
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Police chief Butler retired |
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| Jul.17 |
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Antique carousel open |
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| Jul.22 |
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Lab accused of moving radioactives A group of citizens are accusing Lawrence National Laboratory of moving materials through the city without adequate notice
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| Jul.27 |
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Tiny flying robots to aid war, exploration Engineers, biologists spent 4 years developing the Micromechanical Flying Insect that will one day fly like a fly
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| Jul.31 |
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Coffee with conscience to be on ballot |
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| Aug.1 |
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Grad Killed in Jerusalem Bombing |
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| Aug.2 |
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Gunpoint takeover netted 100 lbs of pot |
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| Aug.3 |
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Investigators say scientist altered data |
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| |
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Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted 1130 women gathered at a park to break the world record for the number of mothers breastfeeding at one time
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| Aug.22 |
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Union march
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| Aug.23 |
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Every new student has housing |
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| Aug.26 |
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60 people displaced by two-alarm fire
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| |
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First course taught entirely over WWW |
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| |
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Strike coincides with first day of classes
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| Aug.28 |
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Lecturers walked off job The lecturers joined hundreds of clerical workers Wednesday in protest of failure to bargain in good faith
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|
| Sep.3 |
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Suspicious suitcase |
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| Sep.6 |
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Controversy Over Sept. 11 Observances |
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| Sep.12 |
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Forum to explore political air proposal |
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| |
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Business School's social responsibility class |
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| Sep.16 |
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Frat party booze ban lifted
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| |
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Botched armed robbery |
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| Sep.18 |
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Islamic scholars gather |
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| Sep.22 |
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Biologist wins Lasker Award |
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| Sep.26 |
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African-American department reinstated |
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| |
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Trees Cleared to Prevent Wildfire |
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| Sep.28 |
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School drops plan to serve organic lunches |
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| Sep.30 |
|
Student conduct hearings for protesters On April 9 demonstrators occupied a Wheeler Hall during a pro-Palestinian protest
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| Oct.8 |
|
Motion against using arrest records |
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| |
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Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine Sydney Brenner, founder of the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, is one of 3 scientists who have been awarded
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| Oct.16 |
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Rally in support of pro-Palestinians |
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| Oct.23 |
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9 Indian women filed suit against landlord The class action lawsuit was filed against a man, his sons, brothers and family businesses
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| Oct.28 |
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Protesters in court to fight hearings |
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| Oct.29 |
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4 editors resign from campus paper
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| Oct.30 |
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Former chancellor dead at 67 Chang-Lin Tien became the first Asian-American to head a major U.S. university in his 7 years as chancellor
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| Nov.4 |
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UC and deaf students settle lawsuit
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| Nov.5 |
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Coffee measure fails| Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans | |
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| Nov.6 |
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Tom Bates elected as mayor Mayor Shirley Dean lost to challenger Tom Bates, a former state assemblyman. Bates had 55.9 % of the vote and Dean 42.4%
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| |
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Diversity increase in enrollment
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| Nov.14 |
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Former chancellor Tien remembered
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| Nov.21 |
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Deadly Bank Robbery 2 heavily armed men robbed a Wells Fargo bank on 7th Street. 2 Brinks employees shot, one fatally
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|
| Dec.5 |
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New park to cover 8.5 miles of shoreline
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| Dec.6 |
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Mayor apologizes for trashed newspapers| 1,000 copies of a university newspaper endorsing Bates' opponent were trashed during the recent elections | |
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| Dec.11 |
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Interim law school dean appointed
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| |
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Body found being burned in brush fire At the Ashby Avenue onramp to westbound I-80
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| Dec.12 |
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Mayor Bates charged with infraction Tom Bates has been charged for stealing copies of the university newspaper a day before he was elected
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| Dec.18 |
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Stabbed man has died Victim suffered a stab wound to the chest during an argument with his wife over their infant child
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| Dec.21 |
|
Vehicle accident with two fatalities| A first vehicle spun out of control and hit the central divider, triggering a chain of 2 additional crashes | |
|
| Dec.23 |
|
Daily Planet bought by couple Berkeley couple Michael and Becky O'Malley bought the defunct paper from parent company Bigfoot Media
|
| Dec.27 |
|
Racist graffiti
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.3 |
Fire in abandoned home |
|
| Jan.25 |
Chancellor to undergo surgery cancer |
|
| Jan.27 |
3-alarm fire |
|
| Mar.8 |
Power failure shuts campus
|
| Mar.12 |
Speed limit to be reduce to 20 mph |
|
| Apr.22 |
Explosion rocks street
|
| Jul.4 |
Person died in apparent suicide |
|
| Jul.22 |
Lab accused of moving radioactives A group of citizens are accusing Lawrence National Laboratory of moving materials through the city without adequate notice
|
| Aug.26 |
60 people displaced by two-alarm fire
|
| Sep.26 |
Trees Cleared to Prevent Wildfire |
|
| Dec.11 |
Body found being burned in brush fire At the Ashby Avenue onramp to westbound I-80
|
| Dec.21 |
Vehicle accident with two fatalities| A first vehicle spun out of control and hit the central divider, triggering a chain of 2 additional crashes | |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.15 |
University laying off 24 employees |
|
| Jan.16 |
Botanical garden under quarantine |
|
| Feb.16 |
Pro-Palestinian student conference
|
| Feb.17 |
Anthropologist, fossil hunter dies |
|
| Feb.17 |
Sexuality class suspended
|
| Feb.18 |
US high-tech security adviser speaks |
|
| Feb.20 |
Vice chancellor dies at 45 |
|
| Feb.23 |
Nat. Guard, school manager to loose job
|
| Mar.1 |
Male sexuality class returns |
|
| Mar.8 |
Power failure shuts campus
|
| Mar.31 |
Million-dollar dinosaur egg |
|
| Apr.3 |
Withdraw exchange students from Israel
|
| Apr.6 |
Anti-Semitic incidents Vandals heaved a cinder block through a window of a campus Jewish center. Chancellor to call for calm
|
| Apr.14 |
Slavery reparations symposium |
|
| Apr.25 |
Alcohol Banned at Frats, Sororities
|
| Apr.25 |
Pro-Palestinian group suspended |
|
| May.2 |
Pro-Palestinian students rally in protest
|
| May.6 |
Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
|
| May.6 |
Pro-Palestine group admonished |
|
| May.8 |
Pro-Palestinian student group reinstated |
|
| May.18 |
Controversy Over Moseley |
|
| May.20 |
Palestinian literature class goes forward |
|
| May.26 |
Carpoolers get UC parking spots |
|
| May.27 |
Record number for summer courses |
|
| Jun.4 |
Faculty join Israel divestment campaign |
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest County Superior Court judge dismissed the charges which included interferring with business activity and disturbing the peace
|
| Jun.13 |
Team Finds New Planet |
|
| Jul.13 |
Fraudulent research Landmark discovery of elements 118 and 116 was the result of fabricated research data and scientific misconduct
|
| Jul.22 |
Lab accused of moving radioactives A group of citizens are accusing Lawrence National Laboratory of moving materials through the city without adequate notice
|
| Jul.27 |
Tiny flying robots to aid war, exploration Engineers, biologists spent 4 years developing the Micromechanical Flying Insect that will one day fly like a fly
|
| Aug.3 |
Investigators say scientist altered data |
|
| Aug.3 |
Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted 1130 women gathered at a park to break the world record for the number of mothers breastfeeding at one time
|
| Aug.22 |
Union march
|
| Aug.23 |
Every new student has housing |
|
| Aug.26 |
First course taught entirely over WWW |
|
| Aug.26 |
Strike coincides with first day of classes
|
| Aug.28 |
Lecturers walked off job The lecturers joined hundreds of clerical workers Wednesday in protest of failure to bargain in good faith
|
| Sep.12 |
Business School's social responsibility class |
|
| Sep.16 |
Frat party booze ban lifted
|
| Sep.18 |
Islamic scholars gather |
|
| Sep.22 |
Biologist wins Lasker Award |
|
| Sep.26 |
African-American department reinstated |
|
| Sep.28 |
School drops plan to serve organic lunches |
|
| Sep.30 |
Student conduct hearings for protesters On April 9 demonstrators occupied a Wheeler Hall during a pro-Palestinian protest
|
| Oct.8 |
Motion against using arrest records |
|
| Oct.8 |
Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine Sydney Brenner, founder of the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, is one of 3 scientists who have been awarded
|
| Oct.16 |
Rally in support of pro-Palestinians |
|
| Oct.28 |
Protesters in court to fight hearings |
|
| Oct.29 |
4 editors resign from campus paper
|
| Oct.30 |
Former chancellor dead at 67 Chang-Lin Tien became the first Asian-American to head a major U.S. university in his 7 years as chancellor
|
| Nov.4 |
UC and deaf students settle lawsuit
|
| Nov.6 |
Diversity increase in enrollment
|
| Nov.14 |
Former chancellor Tien remembered
|
| Dec.5 |
New park to cover 8.5 miles of shoreline
|
| Dec.11 |
Interim law school dean appointed
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| May.18 |
Controversy Over Moseley |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.15 |
University laying off 24 employees |
|
| Jan.17 |
Book firm agrees to merger |
|
| Feb.18 |
US high-tech security adviser speaks |
|
| Apr.24 |
Man sues AIDS Ride organizer |
|
| May.15 |
Nurses strike at University of California |
|
| May.24 |
UC and nurses union reach agreement
|
| Jun.18 |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan| A petition, signed by 3000, is calling for the use of organic, shade-grown, or fair-trade certified beans in any coffee brewed for sale | |
|
| Jul.17 |
Antique carousel open |
|
| Jul.31 |
Coffee with conscience to be on ballot |
|
| Aug.22 |
Union march
|
| Aug.23 |
Every new student has housing |
|
| Aug.26 |
Strike coincides with first day of classes
|
| Aug.28 |
Lecturers walked off job The lecturers joined hundreds of clerical workers Wednesday in protest of failure to bargain in good faith
|
| Sep.28 |
School drops plan to serve organic lunches |
|
| Nov.5 |
Coffee measure fails| Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans | |
|
| Dec.23 |
Daily Planet bought by couple Berkeley couple Michael and Becky O'Malley bought the defunct paper from parent company Bigfoot Media
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.3 |
Body of Oakland teacher found
|
| Feb.4 |
Thieves collecting protective flags |
|
| Feb.6 |
Rape suspect nabbed through DNA |
|
| Mar.8 |
2 indicted for phone fraud |
|
| Apr.2 |
Crack Down on Meter Vandals |
|
| Apr.6 |
Anti-Semitic incidents Vandals heaved a cinder block through a window of a campus Jewish center. Chancellor to call for calm
|
| Apr.6 |
Abducted, raped in parking lot |
|
| Apr.30 |
Woman stabbed man
|
| Apr.30 |
Admitted to immigration fraud |
|
| May.1 |
Palestinian protesters pleaded innocent
|
| May.28 |
Arrested for allegedly embezzling $250K |
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest County Superior Court judge dismissed the charges which included interferring with business activity and disturbing the peace
|
| Jun.10 |
Shooting |
|
| Jun.27 |
Homicide
|
| Jul.3 |
25 bicycles stolen from Boosters camp |
|
| Jul.13 |
Suspected killer arrested
|
| Aug.2 |
Gunpoint takeover netted 100 lbs of pot |
|
| Sep.3 |
Suspicious suitcase |
|
| Sep.16 |
Botched armed robbery |
|
| Oct.8 |
Motion against using arrest records |
|
| Oct.23 |
9 Indian women filed suit against landlord The class action lawsuit was filed against a man, his sons, brothers and family businesses
|
| Nov.21 |
Deadly Bank Robbery 2 heavily armed men robbed a Wells Fargo bank on 7th Street. 2 Brinks employees shot, one fatally
|
| Dec.12 |
Mayor Bates charged with infraction Tom Bates has been charged for stealing copies of the university newspaper a day before he was elected
|
| Dec.18 |
Stabbed man has died Victim suffered a stab wound to the chest during an argument with his wife over their infant child
|
| Dec.27 |
Racist graffiti
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.30 |
Clinton delivered speech |
|
| Feb.16 |
Pro-Palestinian student conference
|
| Mar.12 |
Speed limit to be reduce to 20 mph |
|
| Mar.14 |
Street-Corner Waving Man died |
|
| Mar.18 |
Anti-war B. Lee gets warm welcome |
|
| Mar.21 |
Ban on coffee-cup sleeves considered |
|
| Apr.2 |
Protest shuts down access to freeway A pro-Palestinian protest shut down On-ramps and off-ramps to I-80 for 4 hours. Several hundred people gathered
|
| Apr.3 |
Withdraw exchange students from Israel
|
| Apr.9 |
Dozens Arrested in Anti-Israel Protest| Police have arrested 80 people staging a sit-in to protest U.S. military aid to Israel | |
|
| Apr.14 |
Slavery reparations symposium |
|
| Apr.23 |
No to stand on Middle East
|
| Apr.25 |
Pro-Palestinian group suspended |
|
| Apr.30 |
Admitted to immigration fraud |
|
| May.1 |
Palestinian protesters pleaded innocent
|
| May.2 |
Pro-Palestinian students rally in protest
|
| May.6 |
Pro-Palestine group admonished |
|
| May.8 |
Pro-Palestinian student group reinstated |
|
| May.8 |
50th anniversary of Beowulf marathon |
|
| May.20 |
Palestinian literature class goes forward |
|
| Jun.4 |
Faculty join Israel divestment campaign |
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest County Superior Court judge dismissed the charges which included interferring with business activity and disturbing the peace
|
| Jun.17 |
Mayor voted to U.S. Advisory Board |
|
| Jun.18 |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan| A petition, signed by 3000, is calling for the use of organic, shade-grown, or fair-trade certified beans in any coffee brewed for sale | |
|
| Jun.18 |
Sculpture made from melted guns
|
| Jul.14 |
Police chief Butler retired |
|
| Jul.31 |
Coffee with conscience to be on ballot |
|
| Aug.1 |
Grad Killed in Jerusalem Bombing |
|
| Sep.6 |
Controversy Over Sept. 11 Observances |
|
| Sep.12 |
Forum to explore political air proposal |
|
| Sep.18 |
Islamic scholars gather |
|
| Sep.26 |
African-American department reinstated |
|
| Sep.30 |
Student conduct hearings for protesters On April 9 demonstrators occupied a Wheeler Hall during a pro-Palestinian protest
|
| Oct.16 |
Rally in support of pro-Palestinians |
|
| Oct.28 |
Protesters in court to fight hearings |
|
| Oct.29 |
4 editors resign from campus paper
|
| Nov.5 |
Coffee measure fails| Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans | |
|
| Nov.6 |
Tom Bates elected as mayor Mayor Shirley Dean lost to challenger Tom Bates, a former state assemblyman. Bates had 55.9 % of the vote and Dean 42.4%
|
| Dec.6 |
Mayor apologizes for trashed newspapers| 1,000 copies of a university newspaper endorsing Bates' opponent were trashed during the recent elections | |
|
| Dec.12 |
Mayor Bates charged with infraction Tom Bates has been charged for stealing copies of the university newspaper a day before he was elected
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