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Top Berkeley news: Berkeley loses US News college ranking; customers, staff thwart coffee shop thief

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Published on July 29, 2019
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Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Berkeley.

UC Berkeley loses U.S. News college ranking for 'greatly overstated' donation numbers

Scripps College, Mars Hill University, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Johnson & Wales University were also moved to the "unranked" list due to various data misrepresentation issues. 

Read the full story on SFGATE.

Kites fill the sky over Berkeley

Visitors battled a stiff wind and tangled strings during the annual Berkeley Kite Festival on Sunday. 

Read the full story on East Bay Times.

Employee and customers tackle down thief in Berkeley coffee shop

Security video from inside a Berkeley coffee shop captures a would-be laptop thief getting tackled to the ground.

Read the full story on KRON 4 News.

24-Year-Old Berkeley Grad Develops Vegan Bacon, Lobster, and Chicken

Entrepreneur Kim Le—founder of new vegan startup Prime Roots—is asking consumers to vote on which three “superprotein” products they’d like to see on store shelves in 2020.

Read the full story on Vegans of the Bay.


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