In the 1970s, Berkeley Lab research scientist Shyamala Gopalan sometimes brought her daughters to help out in the lab after school. One of those daughters, Kamala Harris, returned in 2006 to speak at a Black History event. Read more about her local ties and path to Washington, D.C. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-was-shaped-by-Berkeley-and-a-mother-15485359.php