Did a beautiful Berkeley landmark rise in part because an Italian landmark fell? It’s speculation, but an interesting possibility. The Berkeley landmark is our famous bell tower, the Sather Campanile, ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- UC Berkeley's most recognized symbol is the Sather Tower, most commonly known as the Campanile. The tower is turning 100 years old and it's cause for much celebration at Cal.

There’s a special birthday in Berkeley this week. The beginnings of Sather Tower, better known as the Campanile, have been overlooking the university and the bay beyond it for 100 years. Last Friday, ...

WHEN THE bells toll, somebody’s probably late to class. For the rest of us, when the big chimes of the carillon atop UC Berkeley’s historic Campanile at Sather Tower go BONG, it’s a glorious sound. A ...

BERKELEY — When the bells toll, somebody’s probably late to class. For the rest of us, when the big chimes of the carillon atop the University of California, Berkeley’s historic Campanile at Sather ...

One hundred years ago when architect John Galen Howard looked up at the almost-finished Sather Tower on a gloomy October day, a small shadow might’ve darkened his mind. On most days, the Campanile ...

Lilyanne Clark introduces herself to people as the "mistress of the tower," which sounds like something from a tawdry romance novel. Instead, she presides over the Campanile, a UC Berkeley landmark ...

When the bells of Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus ring out on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 3, the sound will amplify the low rumble of the earth that most of us in the Bay Area prefer to forget ...

Thanks Phil! This is awesome. And to think you did it with a "modest pocket camera." This is a keeper! And for those unfamiliar with the Campanile, it is the most recognizable building on the ...