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Week in Review: Abduction Attempt, Foreclosures, Pablo Sandoval's Brain, UC-vs-Activists
In case you missed any of them, here are five of the most read stories on Berkeley Patch during the past week.
In case you missed any of them, here are five of the most read stories on Berkeley Patch during the past week.
A man driving a silver vehicle attempted to lure two sixth-grade girls into the vehicle on Thursday, May 2, near King Middle School in North Berkeley.
Employees of a liquor store on Adeline Street in South Berkeley reported that sections of the street were closed off by police after shots were fired in the area tonight, Friday.
"Missing Cat" posters have been posted in North Berkeley for Dinki, a 19-year-old golden straw-colored cat. It's the second time that Dinki has gone missing in the past year.
Members of World Can't Wait who oppose continuing U.S. detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay plan to protest at the Saturday commencement address by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the UC Berkeley law school.
A UC Berkeley researcher has pinpointed a part of the brain where neurons in effect outwit the eye by "seeing" not where an object actually is but where it's going, the campus said Wednesday.
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UC Berkeley police report that a woman was robbed of her cellphone at five minutes after noon on Monday at Durant Avenue Dana Street, a normally busy intersection in the heart of the south campus neighborhood.
A pedestrian was critically injured at 8:23 p.m. Tuesday night when he was hit by a vehicle in Berkeley, police said. The driver is cooperating with police in the investigation of the accident.
Funding isn't the only challenge facing the University of California, President mark Yudof told a San Francisco audience Tuesday.
In addition to its usual concentration of Energizer Stations and Bike to School events, Berkeley's annual Bike to Work Day will feature officials on bikes, the West Street Pathway and free pancakes near the downtown BART station.
A man driving a silver vehicle attempted to lure two sixth-grade girls into the vehicle last Thursday, May 2.
The agreement could include new technologies for converting materials from print to electronic formats for students with limited vision or other disabilities. The UC Library has a new print conversion system said to be the first of its kind in the U.S.
A report prepared by a BPD sergeant says the death in police custody of the transgender woman, also known as Xavier Moore, was accidental and that force used by police was "reasonable."
The robber escaped with the victim's wallet and cell phone.
Two men and a woman attacked the 20-year-old victim and stole her laptop computer and iPhone.
Surdit Verma drives a limousine nearly identical to the one that fatally caught fire on Saturday.
The public in invited to a "brown bag lunch" and discussion of the Telegraph avenue business district on Monday, May 6.
Berkeley's is conducting its once-a-decade redrawing of district boundaries for the eight City Council seats. The council will conduct on a public hearing at its May 7 meeting on the seven proposals received.
If you or your child has been a victim of indecent exposure, the Berkeley Police Department would like to hear from you.