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Starbucks has closed its downtown San Jose shop at 150 S. First St., following the closure of another location at San Pedro Square a year prior.

The goal of suppressing all protests is apparent in these principles: 'Actions taken beyond making one's thoughts heard or read... do not constitute speech and expression protected by these Principles.'

Magoo ain't your grandpappy's bluegrass. The progressive quartet out of Denver honors the timeless roots of the tradition while adventuring into new territory.

Science@Cal is proud to present a series of free public science lectures on the third Saturday of every month. These talks are given by renowned UC Berkeley scientists and aimed at general audiences.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded at 17 stations visited was $5.92, which is on par with California's statewide average of $5.89, according to AAA.

On this site birthed in 1963 lays lain layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild, A place where word geeks were often found with their smug understanding of grammar and their tiny worn-down blue pencils marking up all the fun words for boring ones.

Louise Pearl's one-woman show Pass the Nails and Shame The Devil recounts the experience of her family's ordeal building their own house amid Oakland's 1980s crack epidemic as her strong-willed, Louisiana-born mother and gather a motley crew of men to make this dream home into a reality.

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will perform Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen among other musical works on Saturday, Jan. 31. Credit: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble If you haven't seen it yet, catch Kala Art Institute's latest exhibition, Bookness, before it closes on Feb. 11. The exhibition explores how the book has evolved as an artistic medium throughout history. There will be a reception for Bookness on Feb. 8 at the Oakland Marriott City Center. 2990 San Pablo Ave. FREE

Best known as the longtime co-editor of the Co-op News, the weekly newspaper of the Berkeley Co-op, Michael Fullerton lived in Berkeley for more than 60 years and was active in the community and in electoral politics, as well as the cooperative movement. Michael died on Jan. 5, at age 85, from complications of cancer. He told his wife, Sandy, to be sure that his obituary included his work on Ron Dellums's first Congressional campaign in 1970, when Dellums ran on an anti-Vietnam war platform.

Are you a culturally omnivorous arts devotee? Do you spend your evenings and weekends moseying through Berkeley's maze of theaters, music venues, museums, movie houses and underground performance spaces? Do you have a sharp eye, a sharper tongue, a passion for connecting across communities and a strong sense for the silly, the surprising and the strange? We want to make it easy to understand our process.