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Ready to switch from gas to electric appliances? Here’s how

By rejecting Berkeley, California’s ban on natural gas lines in new buildings, a federal appeals court has thrown into doubt dozens of similar prohibitions. But what does it mean for you?

Los Angeles Times

Court tosses Berkeley gas ban, but wider impact is unclear

It's unclear what kind of impact a federal appellate court's ruling to overturn a first-in-the-nation natural gas ban from 2019 in Berkeley, California will have

The Independent UK

Ninth Circuit Rules Berkeley Gas Hookup Ban Is Preempted

A local California ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups in new construction conflicts with federal law according to a federal appellate court.

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Court throws out Berkeley, California's ban on natural gas

A federal appeals court has overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved the ordinance

The Independent UK

Creating and implanting synthetic monkey embryos could pave the way to stem-cell babies

In January 2017, I met Jiankui He, the now-infamous Chinese scientist who would go on to create the world’s first genome-edited babies. This was at a meeting in Berkeley, Calif., hosted by Jennifer Doudna who, along with Emmanuelle Charpentier, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work…

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Arrests made after 6 wounded in ‘senior skip day’ shooting on South Carolina beach

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As many as six people were wounded in a shooting Friday along the Isle of Palms beach as hundreds of high school students from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties were enjoying a traditional spring day of cutting class.

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From protests to punk to pandemic: KALX celebrates 60 years of student-run radio at UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. — News reports on anti-war protests of the late 1960s. Play-by-play for Oakland A’s games in the ’70s. A 1985 interview with infamous cult killer Charles Manson. An early live-in-studio performance by a teenaged Green Day. Public-safety announcements through the COVID pandemic.

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Is This the Year California's Development-Killing Environmental Review Law Sees Serious Reform?

Yet another court decision stopping a U.C. Berkeley housing project is getting California's policy makers to think bigger about reforming the infamous California Environmental Quality Act.

Reason

California governor vows to change law blocking new housing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to reform a landmark state environmental law after it was used to block needed student housing at the University of California, Berkeley

The Independent UK

Boeing: Navy F/A-18 new fighter jet production ending in 2025

BERKELEY, Missouri — Boeing announced plans on Thursday to sunset production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, a trademark of its St. Louis defense business.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hundreds more tech, life science layoffs jolt East Bay, San Francisco

BERKELEY, Calif. — Hundreds more layoffs affecting tech and life science jobs in the Bay Area have been disclosed by companies in what has morphed into a steady drumbeat of local staffing reductions in the wobbly sectors.

Tribune News Service

'The next thing I knew, I was on the ground': Bay Area bike riders tell of attacks

On the evening of Feb. 10, Eleanor Mead was riding her bike in Oakland on the way to the East Bay Bike Party, a meet-up of dozens of bicyclists who then pedal through the San Francisco Bay Area streets.

Los Angeles Times

Lessons learned from a heat pump water heater home installation

A few weeks ago, I had just finished writing my last story of 2022 — about how aging gas water heaters are prone to sudden failure, so don’t wait to upgrade to an electric heat pump model — when I heard the sound of a waterfall cascading through my Berkeley,…

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Upzone, demolish, construct: How Berkeley plans to build 8,934 homes by 2031

BERKELEY, California — Some of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods, bustling street corridors and empty single-family homes are being eyed to try and develop nearly 9,000 new homes over the next eight years, after the Berkeley City Council unanimously gave a 656-page plan the green light Wednesday.

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California residents struggle to recover after weeks of storms

Residents grapple with the effects of three straight weeks of severe weather as mudslides and rescue efforts continue.

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Overnight downpours cause damage throughout Bay Area, but forecasts clear for remainder of the week

SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the wettest periods in the Bay Area’s recorded history began winding to a close this week with a lashing of rain that caused hillsides to buckle in the Berkeley and Oakland hills and several highways to close across Northern California.

Birmingham Post

Rolls-Royce has 'positive talks' on Gloucestershire mini-nuclear plants

A senior team from the engineering giant has visited two sites it is considering for its small modular nuclear reactors project, which is expected to create thousands of jobs

Tribune News Service

UC Berkeley will teach psychedelic guides how to facilitate ‘shrooms,’ hallucinogenic drugs

BERKELEY, Calif. — Helping someone taking magic mushrooms have a “good trip” can mean keeping them hydrated or playing Grateful Dead records to safely enjoy the ride.

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Berkeley's top police officer faced internal accusations of misconduct as she rose through ranks

A pioneering police officer, Jennifer Louis is poised to record several historic firsts at the Berkeley Police Department as a gay Asian woman selected to serve as chief. But as she awaits a City Council confirmation vote, a 2017 investigation into sexual harassment allegations has come to light.

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Widespread job vacancies create city service woes, stressed staff in Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. — Managers in city offices across Berkeley have spent the better part of the year trying to recruit staff and patch holes in work schedules as vacancies careened upward, leaving some departments operating with too few employees to provide the services residents need and expect.

Tribune News Service

University of California Strike: Why Berkeley student workers struggle to find safe and affordable homes

Diego Villegas had no illusions that leaving Mexico City to pursue a graduate degree at University of California-Berkeley would be easy. But he was unprepared for the harsh reality of finding safe and affordable housing in a college town struggling to accommodate its growing student population.

Los Angeles Times

No. 18 UCLA uses late knockout punch to defeat Cal and reach nine wins

BERKELEY, Calif. — The play is called peanut punch, something UCLA practices repeatedly each week while teaching defenders how to smack the ball out of a player’s hands.

Los Angeles Times

Berkeley police department in turmoil over leaked texts about arrest quotas

The Berkeley Police Department was in turmoil Thursday following the leak of text messages that allegedly show the president of the police officers union making racially charged remarks and calling for arrest quotas.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Is turning right on a red light your California birthright? Absolutely not

It's dangerous out there on the mean streets of, well, just about any city where cars and pedestrians interact.

The Guardian - US

‘This industry will stop at nothing’: big soda’s fight to ban taxes on sugary drinks

The soda industry has long lobbied against soda taxes in the US but recent evidence shows these extra charges have a positive effect

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