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Berkeley, California is located in Alameda County. Zip codes in Berkeley, CA include 94704, 94707, and 94705. The median home price in Berkeley is $660,000 which is roughly $508/per square foot. More Berkeley information.

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15 min ago | Marin Independent Journal

Police looking for two men who pistol-whipped, robbed pair at popular Berkeley lookout

A man sitting in his car with a woman at a popular lookout on Grizzly Peak Boulevard was pistol-whipped and robbed on Saturday, authorities said.

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3 hrs ago | Washington Times

Engaging the American audience: What makes you care?

"What have you been doing for the past few months?" O'Reilly Factor producer Dan Bank asked the man on the street who had not heard of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack until that moment.

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7 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

Berkeley: Two Contra Costa Sheriff's patrol cars catch fire after pursuit ends in ice plant

A Lexus being chased early Monday by Contra Costa Sheriff's deputies on Interstate 80 wound up in ice plant and dry grass near a freeway offramp, as did two patrol cars pursuing it, officials said.

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10 hrs ago | Inhabitat

Sea Creatures and Dinosaurs Inspire a Virtually Indestructible Home in Berkeley, California

People who live in Berkeley, California are certainly used to seeing some strange things on the streets of their city.

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12 hrs ago | East Bay Express

Monday Must Reads: Big Oil and Gas Defeat Fracking Bills; Governor...

Big Oil and Gas donated at least $464,000 and outspent fracking opponents by a 7-1 margin.

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16 hrs ago | The Star Press

Jeffrey George Enas, 87

He was born June 23, 1925 in Berkeley, California, the son of Joseph Dexter Enas, III and Helen Kathleen Enas.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Anecdote.com.au

Are your leaders foxes or hedgehogs?

The media and business worlds love experts with strong opinions and the ability to explain them confidently and authoritatively.

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The Star Online

Texts of both worlds

WHEN Lynn Xu was a child, she was diagnosed with a severe allergy to the sun. As a result, she spent long days indoors with her grandmother, poring over classical Chinese poems.

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Contra Costa Times

Victims in fatal Emeryville crash identified as 22-year-old Berkeley, Richmond residents

Two 22-year-old men killed when their car veered into a tree off Powell Street early Saturday were identified as Elijah Albert, of Richmond, and Kent Owens Jr., of Berkeley, the Alameda County Coroner said Sunday.

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SFGate

Gunshots on Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue may have been related to nearby party

Police investigate the scene of gunshots near Telegraph Ave. and Channing Way in Berkeley at 1:07 a.m. on Sunday June 16, 2013.

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Criminal Report Daily

'Indestructible' Animal Inspires Safest House

The world's safest house, according to architect Eugene Tsui and current Internet buzz, is a Berkeley, Calif., home that was inspired by an alien-looking, sturdy animal called a tardigrade .

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Trending: Erin Chapin: Massive Open Online Courses useful

Education is essential to protect the citizenry from those in power and from each other.

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MediLexicon

Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy For Blinding Eye Diseases

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular ... (more)

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Berkeley Daily Planet

Long Term Fast Launched in Berkeley, CA Today

Today Cynthia Johnson, Christopher Lewis Macy, and Cynthia Papermaster will start their open-ended fasts in solidarity with the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Prison, where over 100 men have been refusing to eat, some for over 130 days, and where over 40 of them are being force fed in a way amounting to torture.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Berkeley Daily Planet

Berkeley Police Intimidate Critics

Along with family members of Kayla Moore, Berkeley Copwatch has been trying to investigate the February 13, 2013 death of Kayla Moore in police custody.

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OpEdNews

Fighting Secrecy and the National Security State

The U.S. government's "war on terror" and its companion "surveillance state" have become troubling issues not only for the civil liberties of Americans but even more so for the rest of the world where popular movements are arising to challenge the electronic penetration of people's information and violation of their privacy.

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WPTV Local News

Man claims vision improved by 3-D movie

Trees once looked like green panels for Bruce Bridgeman. He'd have to move his head to gauge the relative closeness of objects.

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Daily Kos

New Study: No Correlation between Disability Claims & Expired Jobless Benefits

Economists have long known that disability filings go up during recessions, however, they aren't sure why .

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RedOrbit

Scientists Uncover Secrets Of Biological Soil Crust Microbes

A new study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California has found the biological soil crust layer of a desert contains microbes that lie in wait for the ideal conditions to begin metabolic activity.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Eater

Hot Dog Wire: Tsunami Dogs (2109 Milvia Street) is...

Tsunami Dogs is now slinging franks out of a converted parking attendant booth at a lot in downtown Berkeley.

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