University of California at Berkeley

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

California migrations plummet 38 percent as state population growth slows

Far fewer people are moving to California from other states, while a growing number of residents opted to leave the…

2 years ago

AC Transit boosts East Bay, Transbay service amid rising demand

AC Transit ridership is steadily increasing and stands at 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels, leading to increases in service.

2 years ago

NASA greenlights UC Berkeley satellite mission to Mars orbit

NASA has greenlighted a mission by University of California at Berkeley to put two satellites into orbit around Mars, university…

3 years ago

Study finds symptomatic Covid-19 poses significant risk for pregnant women

Researchers at University of Oxford and University of California at Berkeley have found a significantly higher risk of severe complications…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Two UC Berkeley students spend shelter time producing hand sanitizer for most vulnerable

A pair of students at University of California at Berkeley has taken to producing more than 100 gallons of free…

4 years ago

Research finds many employers retaining workers despite closures

Timely snapshots of the effect of the coronavirus on workers at small and medium-sized businesses in the Bay Area, state…

4 years ago

Berkeley pop-up diagnostic lab to help process Covid-19 tests this week

The University of California at Berkeley said Monday that its Innovative Genomics Institute is creating a pop-up novel coronavirus diagnostic…

4 years ago

Bay Area coronavirus update: SF needs more hospital beds, East Bay closes parks

San Francisco officials gave a stark warning that The City's health care system could be overburdened.

4 years ago

Bay Area coronavirus update: rising numbers, campus closures, cruise ship evacuation

San Francisco’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases, or COVID-19, jumped to 13 since the announcement of the first…

4 years ago

University police investigate morning knife assault

Police in Berkeley are investigating an aggravated assault with a knife that occurred Friday morning. The incident occurred at 2:44…

4 years ago

Two aggressive robberies rock Berkeley Monday

A second robbery in less than six hours occurred Monday just off the University of California at Berkeley campus, police…

4 years ago

After more than 100 years, UC Berkeley removes name of racist benefactor Jonn Henry Boalt

The University of California at Berkeley announced Thursday that it has removed from its law school the name of a…

4 years ago

UC Berkeley experiencing partial outage

The University of California at Berkeley campus is experiencing a power outage Thursday morning, UC police said. UC Berkeley police…

4 years ago

Cal Athletics ‘concerned’ for former player after Sunday arrest

A former University of California at Berkeley football player has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a Berkeley police officer and…

4 years ago

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