Useful resources
BART
Berkeley links: hotels, housing, transport
Housing: Cal Rentals, Homefinders, Rent Stabilization Board of Berkeley
San Fransisco Bay Area transit information, including BART and maps
UC Ballroom Dancing
U-Haul vans and trucks for moving
United States Postal Service postage rates
If you bank with Wells Fargo
Zachary's pizza - the best pizza in Berkeley
Berkeley crime statistics

Phone cards: Cheap phone cards can be bought at two neighboring shops towards the east end of Durant. Prices are as much as three times cheaper than at other shops. You can buy cheaper phone cards online.

Comments on earthquakes and earthquake safety at Berkeley

It is estimated that there have been four to seven large earthquakes on the Hayward fault since 200 BC. Giving about a worst case 1/300 chance of a large earthquake in any year. There have been five earthquakes greater than 7.0 in California in 150 years, one was in San Francisco.

There are details of expected structural damage depending on the earthquake magnitude for different building strengths. Magnitude 8 earthquakes can cause partial collapse of masonry of ordinary workmanship, but the largest earthquake recorded in California was the Fort Tejon earthquake of 7.8 along the San Andreas fault.

Earthquake links
Map of earthquakes in California in the last week, with size and location of earthquakes
Preparing for earthquakes
UC Berkeley seismic report, which rates safety of campus buildings