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Pre-birth maternity leave aids babies, moms

01-07 18:22 PST -- Maternity leave before and after giving birth is better for both moms and their babies, a team led by UC Berkeley researchers found in...

Local woman heads to Gaza to help

By Cheryl Jennings BERKELEY, CA KGO -- International relief agencies are desperately trying to get supplies into Gaza, but it's difficult and dangerous....

Berkeley meet to air Helios energy lab plans

The public will have its first chance to comment on plans for a sprawling new laboratory in Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon at a meeting Wednesday night....

Maj. Gen. Stuart de Jong Menist dies

Army Maj. Gen. Stuart de Jong Menist, an executive at Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. in San Francisco for 40 years and a decorated World War II veteran and...

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Can Individual DNA Bases Be Identified by Electron Tunneling?: Nano Seminar series

Seminar | January 9 | 2-3 p.m. | 3 2009-01-09 00:00:00 at University of California (UC) Berkeley

Wayning Moments — The Isaac Schwartz Quartet
Presented By: The Jazzschool Ages: all ages Event...
2009-01-09 00:00:00 at Berkeley Jazzschool

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Berkeley, CA Demographics

Berkeley, California Population (2007) :101377
Population (2000 census)102743
2006 Data:
Berkeley, CA average commute time17.38 minutes
Bicycle commuters7.00%
Walking commuters:16.18%
Residents that work at home:8.82%
Berkeley, CA general demographics:
Population (2006 estimate)106230
Male:49.19%
Female:50.81%
White alone61.30%
Black or African American alone9.76%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.25%
Asian alone18.59%
Some other race alone6.67%
Two or more races:3.28%
Hispanic or Latino12.47%
U.S. citizen, born in the United States76.99%
U.S. citizen, born abroad of American parent(s)1.17%
U.S. citizen by naturalization9.71%
Not a U.S. citizen11.91%
Children under the age of 53.37%
2000 Data:
Median real estate taxes3004
Median year structure built1941
Median gross rent740
Median household income in 199944485
Per capita income in 199930477
Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 199930.6
Median Value of Owner Occupied Houses374300
Racial breakdown
White alone55.15
Asian alone16.11
Black or African American alone13.37
Hispanic or Latino:9.76
Two or more races4.69
Some other race alone0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.25
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone0.14
Languages Spoken
Speak only English72.48%
Spanish or Spanish Creole8.21%
Chinese5.77%
French (incl. Patois, Cajun)1.63%
Korean1.23%
Japanese1.12%
German1.02%