With the election of Kate Harrison to fill new Mayor Jesse Arreguin’s City Council seat, Berkeley has entered firmly into a new era. She’s smart, energetic and independent.
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Darrin Bell’s ‘Candorville’ a Comics-Page Commentary on Trump Policies
President Trump says he has a “running war with the media,” and that might as well include the funny pages. Comic strip artists have authored some of the sharpest political commentary directed against the President and his policies.
Major global warming study again questioned, again defended
Another round of bickering is boiling over about temperature readings used in a 2015 study to show how the planet is warming. The issue is about how readings gathered decades ago were adjusted to try to get a clearer picture of how the Earth’s temperature is changing now.
Berkeley campus chaos spurs questions at free-speech bastion
The chaos at the University of California, Berkeley, was shocking: Protesters set fires, smashed windows, hurled explosives at police and ultimately achieved their goal of cancelling an appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. The scene gained worldwide attention not just because of the mayhem but because of where it took place.
UC Berkeley cancels Milo Yiannopoulos event amid violent protest
After a protest at UC Berkeley turned violent Wednesday night, campus officials announced that a scheduled speech by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled. The Breitbart News editor was set to deliver a speech inside a UC Berkeley campus building but hundreds of protesters began throwing fireworks and pulling down the metal barricades police set up to keep people from rushing into the building.
Hackers Release Malware Tools
IT departments. Numerous hacking tools believed to be designed by the National Security Agency just hit the Internet, available at no charge to anyone who wants to download the files.
Gold Medal is welcome recognition for WW II Filipino soldiers
HERCULES >> As a member of the U.S. Army’s elite Philippine Scouts unit, Januario “Janny” Ruiz fought alongside American soldiers in his native Philippines in World War II. He survived the Bataan Death March and six months as a Japanese prisoner of war.