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FCD Breakfast Features UC Berkeley Prof. Jesse Fried Speaking on Equity-Based Compensation for Executives
The Forum for Corporate Directors FCD, a leading Southern California resource for achieving corporate board excellence and good governance, announced today that Prof. Jesse Fried of the University of California, Berkeley, will address its Oct. 29th breakfast meeting on the subject of equity-based compensation arrangements for public companies. Prof....
Missing Rice student returns home, Berkeley police drop charges
A Rice University student missing in Berkeley for eight months and later arrested on suspicion of thefts around UC Berkeley has flown home to Oklahoma after the Alameda County district attorney's office dropped all charges against him. "I reviewed the matter, looked at the totality of situation, and...
Diabetes project a vocation for Pacifica man
Daniel Zoughbie met his Palestinian grandmother only once before she died of complications from diabetes because she couldn't get access to medical care. He was 5 at the time, but the way she died stayed with him for the rest of his life. Growing up...
Tree-sitters hang fast in Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. -- In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley. Since then, Democrats have chosen their first black presidential candidate, the housing market has taken a dive and gasoline prices have...
Rules not followed in UC Berkeley top cop rehiring
BERKELEY -- University of California, Berkeley, leaders granted improper perks last year to police Chief Victoria Harrison, who retired with a $2.1 million payout and was immediately rehired to the same position at a higher salary, a MediaNews investigation has revealed. In addition, Harrison will receive $552,000...
UC Berkeley erred in top cop hiring
BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley leaders granted improper perks last year to police Chief Victoria Harrison, who retired with a $2.1 million payout and was immediately rehired to the same position at a higher salary, a MediaNews investigation has revealed. In addition, Harrison will receive $552,000 in the...
GOP targeting Berkeley over Marines vote
Several Republicans in Congress are moving forward with an effort to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marine Corps that its recruiting station is not welcome in the city. Meanwhile, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates issued an...
Berkeley in Republican crosshairs on Marines
Several Republicans in Congress are moving forward with an effort to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marine Corps that its recruiting station is not welcome in the city. Meanwhile, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates issued an...
UC Berkeley professor to speak on families
PROVO -- Ann Swidler, professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present a lecture Thursday at Brigham Young University titled "Fighting for the American Family: Families in the Crosshairs of the Culture Wars." The lecture is sponsored by the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Chair in Social...
Move against tree-sitters overdue
The tree-sitters outside Berkeley's Memorial Stadium are likely too young to remember "King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers, who sang the Cole Porter ditty "Don't Fence Me In" on the silver screen long before they ever sat on a tree or their fathers' knees. Well, the tree-sitters...


