Who else celebrates her birthday with an annual musical bash that everyone is invited to? 

Musician and poet and Avotcja (A-VAH-Cha) is who – and this Sunday, she will be back at it again with some of the area’s top musicians, poets and spoken word artists at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck in Berkeley.

Biofuel Oasis in Berkeley is an all-women worker-owned cooperative and urban resource for folks who want to lighten their ecological footprints and maybe raise a chicken or two.

YO!BUGS, a youth entrepreneurship program of OBUGS, has a new stand at the Berkeley Organic Farmer's Market.

Mention ‘Arizmendi’ to most Bay Area bread lovers and watch their eyes glaze over as they recall the intoxicating aromas and scrumptious flavors of artisan breads, pastries, cookies and pizzas. Yet as heavenly as these lovingly hand-crafted baked goods are, there’s more that sets Arizmendi bakeries apart from the rest.

If you’ve lived in Oakland long, you’ve probably seen them outside a dive bar or gallery, the skinny-jeaned hipsters with long bangs and eyeliner smoking in packs, possibly clutching cans of Pabst. For those who don’t know better, this manifestation of “indie,” or independent, culture may be as far as the idea goes.

The Human Rights Fellowship Program offers students on six UC campuses the chance to conduct fieldwork in human rights and present their projects at a fall conference. The Fellowship award is $4,500 and the deadline for application is Feb. 25.

In Moses Ceaser’s home, there can’t be too many cooks in the kitchen.

The new year is almost here and there are tons of ways you can say goodbye to the 1st decade of the century and get ready to usher in the next. There's a long list of events from the wild ruckus to quiet reflections.

Antonio Yip Wlassowsky (Berkeley, '10) is the president of UC Berkeley's Mixed Stu

Monday afternoon approximtely 100 students and activists gathered outside the University of California headquarters in downtown Oakland chanting, holding signs high and demanding a meeting with UC President Mark Yudof.