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From MLK Park to seditious conspiracy: Berkeley’s bloody past with Proud Boys, Oath Keepers
Berkeley has a sordid past with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, two groups at the center of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.Read More
UC Berkeley ordered to shelter in place due to ‘credible’ threat
UC Berkeley is under a shelter-in-order due to a credible threat. Police are searching for someone who may want to hurt specific individuals.Read More
State moves at record speed to clear way for UC Berkeley enrollment
Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted no time in signing legislation on Monday to halt a cap on student enrollment at the University of California at Berkeley. The bill, known as...Read More
Senate takes up CEQA bill that would negate UC Berkeley enrollment cap
State Senate budget committee members voted Monday afternoon in favor a bill that will effectively allow about 2,600 more students to attend the University of California at Berkeley in...Read More
UC Berkeley rejects compromise to increase enrollment by 1,000 students
A group of Berkeley residents said over the weekend they would compromise with the city’s prestigious public university in a court challenge over student enrollment and housing, but University...Read More
Toxic chemicals lurk in drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Californians
An estimated 371,000 Californians – about 1 percent of the state's residents – rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of toxic chemicals.Read More
Dancers catch Covid, Mark Morris weekend performances canceled
Cal Performances at UC Berkeley announced the cancellation barely an hour before Saturday's 8 p.m. performance. Read More
Campus police investigate Haas Pavilion aggravated assault
An aggravated assault took place Friday afternoon in the area of Haas Pavilion, an arena on the University of California at Berkeley campus, campus police said. The assault happened...Read More
Legal experts refute Nuremberg Code argument around vaccine mandates
Dan Vanderzwaag, a resident of Ottawa County, Michigan, had a question for the county’s Board of Commissioners during its meeting Tuesday. In a clip that later went viral, he’s...Read More
Activists hold graphic protest against university’s Tyson Foods contract
Student animal rights activists spilled “blood” on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday because the school has a contract with a...Read More
City settles on campus developments in place of People’s Park, rent-controlled housing
The Berkeley City Council approved a $82.6 million settlement with the University of California, Berkeley that drops lawsuits challenging long-term development projects the campus is pursuing. In a closed...Read More
UC Berkeley warns of student Covid-19 case surge
The University of California at Berkeley on Sunday morning issued an advisory confirming a surge in student Covid-19 cases, “including students who live in campus housing.” The university posted...Read More
Man convicted as ‘NorCal Rapist’ maintains innocence as judge hands down 897-year sentence
Roy Charles Waller was sentenced Friday to 897 years in prison following a conviction in the “NorCal Rapist” case involving the assault on nine women from 1991 to 2006....Read More
UC Berkeley unnames two halls that honored white supremacist, racist
Two halls on the University of California at Berkeley campus have had their names removed because the names are associated with people who held racist views, university officials announced...Read More
UC Berkeley pilots smartphone alert contact tracing system
A pilot program that will provide Covid-19 contact tracing to members of the University of California at Berkeley community via smartphone may go statewide, university officials said Thursday. UC...Read More
Pac-12 cancels Cal football game against University of Washington after player tests positive for Covid-19
The Pac-12 Conference announced Thursday that it approved a request from the University of California at Berkeley to cancel the school’s scheduled football game against the University of Washington...Read More
UC Berkeley institution serving Black, Indigenous students faces closure. More ethnic, social centers could soon follow.
"ISSI is a critical part of the legacy of anti-racist research and practice on campus, and to close it down now sends the wrong message."Read More
UC Berkeley goes online only for fall start, chancellor says fraternity party Covid-19 outbreaks to blame
University of California, Berkeley will hold all classes remotely when the fall semester begins next month, Chancellor Carol Christ announced, saying that it wouldn’t be safe to have in-person...Read More
Six-country study shows safety measures prevented more than 500 million Covid-19 infections
Emergency health and safety measures taken in six major countries have prevented more than 500 million infections during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published Monday by...Read More
UC Berkeley Nobel Prize winning economics professor dies at 87
A University of California at Berkeley professor who won a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences passed away this week following a period of failing health, according to the university....Read More