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By Stacy Finz Ted Batkin knows there might not be enough workers this year to pick California’s signature orange crop due to an ongoing shortage of migrant farm laborers. That’s why he’s working on a robot. It will have arms, hands and even eyes, and do the harvesting work of four to eight people, depending […]
By Carolyn Lochhead WASHINGTON — California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are providing critical support for President Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, bucking what they acknowledge to be strong opposition from Californians. The two senior Democrats play an outsized role as Obama asks the nation and Congress this week to support an unpopular resolution […]
By Ellen Lee From her apartment near the UC Berkeley campus, Kaylee Bieraugel has tutored students living and studying as far away as China and Germany. Recently, the 21-year-old English major, a college senior, coached a high school student reading Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene.” Another time, Bieraugel, helped a student compose an essay on […]
By Michael Cabanatuan OAKLAND — Another day, another bridge opening, another chain cutting. And more oohs and aahs. But there was nothing ho-hum or redundant about Tuesday’s opening of the Bay Bridge bike and pedestrian path. For cycling advocates, the opening was a chance to remember the man who championed bike and pedestrian access to […]
Stepping in dog poop is usually just bad luck, but for some criminals it’s a step toward the slammer.
That’s because dog feces pick up DNA-bearing epithelial cells from the colon on their way out. When those feces are found on the shoe of a suspect — one who claims not to have been anywhere near the scene of a crime where matching poop was found — a case may be cracked.
These are the clues prized by a tiny, three-person laboratory at UC Davis — the only accredited forensic lab in the country dealing in animal evidence.
“The shoe scraping I got, I remember …
By Nanette Asimov SACRAMENTO — Early on a pitch-black February morning in 2012, Sofie Karasek, a UC Berkeley freshman, lay sleeping in a room with 10 classmates during a student getaway. The 19-year-old woke suddenly, confused, feeling the touch of a hand. She realized with horror that another student had slipped against her, so close she […]
By Bob Egelko A federal judge says the State Bar doesn’t violate the freedom of speech of California’s 18 state-accredited law schools by requiring their websites to inform prospective students how often their graduates pass the bar exam. The requirement, which took full effect this year, was challenged by the Southern California Institute of Law, […]
By Victoria Colliver With fewer than 50 days before consumers can start signing up for health insurance under Obamacare, the state is busy training the first wave of what will be an army of people spreading the word about the new health law. They will be sent to circulate at neighborhood events, ethnic festivals and […]
By Benny Evangelista LinkedIn on Monday is starting special pages tailored for colleges and lowering its age limit to include high school students. The new University Pages feature is geared to help LinkedIn attract younger members who haven’t seen the value of joining a professional social network. The pages are individually tailored by each institution to […]
By David Perlman California lakes are warming, sea levels are rising, wildfires are spreading, and mountain plants and animals are migrating to higher ground as the impact of climate change takes hold throughout the state, a new report says. The evidence of the effects of the warming trend emerged in an analysis of 36 “indicators” […]
