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CALIFORNIA DEFIANT IN FACE OF FEDERAL MOVE TO GET TOUGH ON MARIJUANA
And on marijuana, once again California reacted with defiance... READ MORE›
SHAKING, NO DAMAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA QUAKE
About 2 miles 3 kilometers from Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey... READ MORE›
4.4 MAGNITUDE HITS BAY AREA TWO MILES AWAY FROM BERKELEY
San Francisco earthquake latest 4.4 magnitude hits Bay Area two miles away from Berkeley... READ MORE›
CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD DROPS BITCOIN IN FAVOR OF MONERO
In monero's case, criminals are snapping it up because bitcoin's underlying technology can work against them... READ MORE›
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH VACANCIES FOR TRUMP TO PUSH THE COURTS TO THE RIGHT
When Obama took office in 2009, Democratic appointees made up the majority of active-status judges on just one of the nation's 12 regional appeals courts... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIANS RING IN 2018 WITH NEW POT LAW
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department issued a warning over the weekend that drive baked, get booked... READ MORE›
MEDLEY OF AGENCIES TASKED WITH ENFORCING CALIFORNIA'S MARIJUANA LAWS
California's Fish and Wildlife Department created a marijuana enforcement team three years ago to stem illegal gardens in the state's forests... READ MORE›
THE TOP US OPINION STORIES OF 2017
We can't hear colin kaepernick any more. he's being drowned out by noise... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA POT SMOKERS HOPING TO BUY JAN. 1 MAY HAVE TO WAIT
Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many municipalities that won't have their licenses ready by the time marijuana sales become legal on New Year's Day... READ MORE›
'DEVASTATING': ISRAELI TEAR GAS' EFFECT ON PALESTINIANS
People in Aida refugee camp in occupied West Bank are frequently exposed to massive amounts of Israeli tear gas... READ MORE›
DEVASTATING CLIMATE CHANGE COULD LEAD TO 1M MIGRANTS A YEAR ENTERING EU BY 2100
Climate change will drive a huge increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum in Europe if current trends continue, according to a new study... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE END FOR BINARY OPTIONS, THE WORLD'S MOST USELESS FINANCIAL PRODUCT
Some spread betting firms - even those who agree that binary options are toxic - are crying foul at what they regard as heavy-handed interference... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA RELEASES GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO CELLPHONE RADIATION
-- Don't rely on a radiation shield or other products claiming to block RF energy, electromagnetic fields, or radiation from cell phones... READ MORE›
RICH WILL GET EVEN RICHER UNLESS POLICIES CHANGE, REPORT SAYS
Global income inequality has worsened over the past four decades, a report finds, with the wealthiest 1 percent of the world's population capturing twice a... READ MORE›
GMOS MIGHT FEED THE WORLD IF ONLY INVESTORS WEREN'T SO SCARED
None of what we've done has made it anywhere, says Peggy Lemaux, a crop biotechnologist at Berkeley... READ MORE›
'A RECKONING FOR OUR SPECIES': THE PHILOSOPHER PROPHET OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Conserving individual insect species piecemeal, as is done with most endangered mammals, is extremely difficult... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI OF DATA COULD CONSUME ONE FIFTH OF GLOBAL ELECTRICITY BY 2025
Data centres on their own could produce 1.9 gigatonnes Gt or 3.2 percent of the global total of carbon emissions, he says... READ MORE›
CAN RAHUL GANDHI REVIVE INDIA'S GRAND OLD PARTY?
Key states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where the Congress lost in recent elections, appear to be going the same way... READ MORE›
SESSIONS SPARS WITH INTERNS OVER MARIJUANA POLICY, POLICE BRUTALITY
Well, the Second Amendment, you're aware of that? Sessions asks in response to the young woman's question... READ MORE›
WOMEN-LED STARTUP TURNS DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS INTO ENTREPRENEURS
Julie found out about FreeFrom from a poster in a domestic violence shelter in San Francisco... READ MORE›
BRAZIL CENTRAL BANKER SAYS 'FINE' WITH GRADUAL U.S. RATE HIKES
FILE PHOTO Brazil's Central Bank President Ilan Goldfajn gestures during an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil August 9, 2017... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROLL FACTORIES: RESEARCHERS DAMN TWITTER'S REFUSAL TO SHARE DATA
I would be absolutely happy if Twitter worked with researchers, said Talavera... READ MORE›
LUNCHING RANGER DISCOVERS SPECIES LOST FOR 40 YEARS
Describing himself as a poor person with children, he hopes the discovery will bring more support to the rangers of Finca San Isidro Amphibian Reserve... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TWITTER ACCOUNTS PROMOTED BREXIT AHEAD OF EU REFERENDUM
Russian Twitter accounts promoted Brexit ahead of EU referendum Times newspaper... READ MORE›
UCLA BASKETBALL TEAM RETURNS HOME FROM CHINA, WITHOUT 3 PLAYERS ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING
LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball and the owner of the Big Baller brand, waves during a promotional event in Shanghai on Nov. 10, 2017... READ MORE›
CONTRADICTING TRUMP TEAM, U.S. REPORT SAYS GLOBAL WARMING IS MOSTLY MAN-MADE
Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt have repeatedly said carbon dioxide isn't the primary contributor to global warming... READ MORE›
TRUMP PASSES OVER 'EXCELLENT' YELLEN AFTER JUST ONE TERM AT FED
She is the first Fed chair since G. William Miller in 1979 not to be reappointed to another four-year term... READ MORE›
DA-AA DE LOS MUERTOS ISN'T 'MEXICAN HALLOWEEN'
The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips... READ MORE›
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE SWITCH TO GMT
Meanwhile, other studies have linked extra sleep time to a lower risk of heart disease... READ MORE›
BILLIONAIRE MATHEMATICIAN JAMES SIMONS FLOPPED THE FIRST TIME HE INVESTED
The New York City-based Simons Foundation will give away about 400 million this year... READ MORE›
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THE RICH ARE LIVING LONGER AND TAKING MORE FROM TAXPAYERS
Life expectancy trends also affect the long-term finances of entitlement programs such as Social Security... READ MORE›
BEHIND A WWII INTERNMENT CAMP'S BARBED WIRE, TWO SCOUTS FORGED A BOND. IT ENDURED WHEN THEY BOTH ENTERED CONGRESS.
Simpson always expresses his admiration for how Mineta moved on after Heart Mountain to do good, for refusing to give in to bitterness... READ MORE›
ANTIFA ARE ON THE GROUND IN TEXAS HELPING HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF EFFORTS
Hurricane Harvey Antifa are on the ground in Texas helping flooding relief efforts... READ MORE›
WIKILEAKS SAYS IT HAS OBTAINED TROVE OF CIA HACKING TOOLS
Trump also initially sided with WikiLeaks, which disputed that its Clinton email archive had been stolen by hackers associated with Russian intelligence services... READ MORE›
MEXICO'S SUGAR TAX LEADS TO FALL IN CONSUMPTION FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING
Mexico has high rates of obesity - more than 70 percent of the population is overweight or obese - and sugar consumption... READ MORE›
GRADUATES WALK OUT ON VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE AT NOTRE DAME COMMENCEMENT
Notre Dame president John Jenkins, left, shakes hands with Pence as he receives an honourary degree... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA BLAMES DONALD TRUMP'S 'AGGRESSION' AMID NUCLEAR TEST CRISIS
North Korea ended broadcasts of encrypted numbers after tensions with South Korea eased following a historic inter-Korea summit in 2000... READ MORE›
LIFE IN HONG KONG IS HARDER THAN EVER
But wages have failed to keep up with costs, leaving hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people barely able to get by... READ MORE›
SUICIDES OF NEARLY 60,000 INDIAN FARMERS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, STUDY CLAIMS
Rising temperatures and the resultant stress on India's agricultural sector may have contributed to increase in suicides over the past 30 years, research shows... READ MORE›
UK BAND RADIOHEAD BREAKS SILENCE ON ISRAEL CONCERT
Thom Yorke says boycott sows division, but activists say remarks ignore 'apartheid conditions' Palestinians live under... READ MORE›
SESSIONS CRITICIZES U.S. UNIVERSITIES FOR THEIR FREE-SPEECH POLICIES
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday attacked American universities for being politically correct and infringing on students' free-speech rights... READ MORE›
CITADEL JOINS TWO SIGMA CHASING QUANTS IN CAMPUS RECRUITING PUSH
Google Even the most technologically advanced hedge funds like Two Sigma, whose Compass Cayman Fund has outperformed rivals for the last four years, vie for talent... READ MORE›
TRUMPETING ANN COULTER'S FREE SPEECH: ALICIA SHEPARD
Berkeley said that there are two principles that are non-negotiable on its campus free speech and campus safety... READ MORE›
MILO YIANNOPOULOS' SECURITY COST UC BERKELEY $800,000
After student organisers of the Berkeley Free Speech Week cancelled their events, far-right media personality Milo Yiannopoulos vowed to hold his own rally... READ MORE›
BERKELEY: PROTESTS PLANNED AGAINST 'FREE SPEECH WEEK'
Berkeley Patriot, however, has claimed that the university has violated their right to free speech by placing unnecessary obligations on the group... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S REPETITIVE RHETORIC IS A TRICK USED IN ADVERTISING
President Trump, at a Thursday news conference, repeatedly declared he inherited a mess when becoming president... READ MORE›
59,000 FARMER SUICIDES IN INDIA OVER 30 YEARS MAY BE LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, STUDY SAYS
In a recent radio broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged the devastating impact of climate change on India... READ MORE›
PROFESSOR WRONGLY LABELLED AS RACIST IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
One social media user posted My Facebook feed says this is University of Arkansas faculty member, Kyle P. Quinn... READ MORE›
HOW TIBETANS SURVIVE LIFE ON THE 'ROOF OF THE WORLD'
They lived on the Tibetan Plateau, 4200m 14,100ft above sea level, in a site now known as Chusang... READ MORE›
HOW TO STAY SANE IN A WORLD OF CRAZY NEWS
When a story comes to you through social media, take a moment to determine whether the news source is trustworthy... READ MORE›
'REAL AMERICANS' HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REBELS
The tenor of this anti-patriotism was most eloquently captured by Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who Donald Trump recently praised for doing an amazing job ... READ MORE›
HOW CHARLOTTESVILLE BECAME THE SYMBOLIC PRIZE OF THE FAR RIGHT
After white supremacists in Washington, DC, were captured on video shouting Hail Trump!... READ MORE›
FIRST US SUGAR TAX SEES SOFT DRINK SALES FALL BY ALMOST 10%, STUDY SHOWS
Berkeley is unlike most cities in America, with far higher levels of wealth and education and low consumption of colas and other sugary drinks... READ MORE›
WM THEODORE DE BARY RENOWNED COLUMBIA SINOLOGIST DIES AT 97
Professor de Bary, an authority in particular on Confucius, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama... READ MORE›
'THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ABSOLUTE PRIVACY IN AMERICA'
FBI director's assessment deepens privacy concerns raised by the details of CIA tools to hack consumer electronics for espionage, published by WikiLeaks... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE SET TO WORSEN INEQUALITY IN US IF GREENHOUSE GASES AREN'T REDUCED
Climate change set to worsen inequality in US if greenhouse gases aren't reduced... READ MORE›
UC BERKELEY PROFESSOR FIRED NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS SUBSTANTIATED
Tenured faculty members have typically avoided serious consequences after the university found they violated policies, resulting in them stepping down only after negative media coverage... READ MORE›
'WHATEVER THE US POLITICAL LEFT DISLIKES THEY SMASH AND CENSOR'
They want to physically assault people, who support the First Amendment rights and support the President of the US... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | HOW THE NEW 'ELECTRONICS BAN' SERVES THE TRUMP AGENDA
Conspicuously, the United States' edict did not affect any American carriers, who do not singly operate long-haul flights to the airports now placed under the ban... READ MORE›
HOW TO SAVE THE REPUBLIC FROM WORLD WAR III? GET TRUMP TO WATCH 'NASHVILLE.'
President Trump, during the campaign, famously said that he gets his military advice from the shows. He wasn't kidding... READ MORE›