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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Sarah Cain wants you to sit inside her BAMPFA painting
  • How did Cal pull away late against Idaho in Berkeley?
  • How Berkeley’s Chez Panisse helped inspire a $700M federal farm shift

Also on today's calendar: Women's Winter Solstice Dance Ceremony and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 57 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Friday: Fog to sun, temps: high: 62, low: 41.
  • Saturday: Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Come in, sit, stay a while: How artist Sarah Cain invites visitors into her paintings (berkeley.edu) — A major new installation by UC Berkeley alum Sarah Cain now fills the atrium of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, inviting visitors to literally sit inside the artwork. On view through June 2027, the piece is easily accessible to Berkeley residents, with free admission for UC Berkeley affiliates and everyone on first Thursdays, encouraging locals to experience this immersive, rule-breaking painting environment.
   

2. Idaho women's basketball drops well-matched game at Cal (spokesman.com) — A tightly contested women’s basketball game at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley saw Idaho briefly lead in every quarter before Cal’s late 8-0 run sealed a 68–61 win. For local fans, it was a strong home showing by the Golden Bears, highlighted by Gisella Maul’s 15 points and a sharp 45.5% team shooting performance.
   

3. USDA announces $700M regenerative agriculture pilot program (spectrumnews1.com) — A new $700 million USDA pilot program will help farmers nationwide shift toward regenerative agriculture, a movement long championed from Berkeley’s own Chez Panisse. While the initiative is national in scope, it highlights how Alice Waters’ Berkeley restaurant helped popularize soil-focused, farm-to-table practices that this federal effort now aims to scale up across American farms.
   

4. Family of man killed in homeless shelter sues Berkeley, BOSS for failing to protect him (berkeleyside.org) — The family of Marcel Dupree Jones is suing the city of Berkeley, shelter operator BOSS and Jones’ former roommate over his 2024 killing at a Northwest Berkeley homeless shelter. The civil case alleges negligence and civil rights violations, raising questions about safety and oversight at city-funded homeless services in Berkeley.
   

5. A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants (nytimes.com) — A UC Berkeley chemistry professor, Omar Yaghi, is receiving a Nobel Prize for pioneering porous materials that can even pull drinking water from desert air. His story anchors a broader look at how immigrant scientists have powered America’s Nobel tally and tech economy, and how Trump-era immigration crackdowns may threaten universities like Berkeley that depend on global talent.
   

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    Last night just before putting my daughter to sleep, I set up my telescope and focused it on Andromeda galaxy. Here’s what I captured after 4 1/2… (Nextdoor Rose District)
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    Would anyone here like to send a sweet little four year old boy a holiday card? We have a small family, so there isn’t usually a lot of holiday mail… (Nextdoor Glendale-Terraceview)
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