NASA, UC Berkeley unveil plans for $2B space research hub in Silicon Valley

After a decades-long partnership, NASA's Ames Research Center and U.C. Berkeley announced on Monday their intention to deepen their collaboration.

Berkeley law professor asks employers not to hire 'my antisemitic law students'

University of California Berkeley law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon called out some of his students for supporting "antisemitic conduct" on campus. 

Formerly homeless Berkeley Law student helps homeless man enroll in school, secure housing

Once unhoused himself, Berkeley Law student Anthony Carrascohas helped a homeless man get off the streets and enroll in community college. Carrasco has also used his past as fuel to bring about change to Bay Area homeless policies, especially those involving children.

'They saved her life': 13-year-old from Tracy survives cardiac arrest

School leaders and first responders are being credited with saving Heather Freligh's life at Freiler School in Tracy where the eighth grader stopped breathing and suffered an apparent cardiac arrest Friday.

Berkeley police arrest 4 suspects after string of East Bay robberies

Berkeley police arrested four people suspected a string of robberies in the East Bay, including four in Berkeley, two in Oakland and one at UC Berkeley. 

UCSF nurses' union says increased workplace violence linked to hiring freeze

Registered nurses at the University of California, San Francisco say they have seen an increase in workplace violence since the medical center imposed a hiring freeze four months ago.   

UC president’s Berkeley home vandalized; regents reject buying him home in Piedmont

The University of California regents want to protect President Michael Drake, whose Berkeley home has been the target of vandals — including racist graffiti. But they won't buy Drake a nearly $13 million home in Piedmont.

Dreamforce Day 2: Gov. Newsom's attendance, $6.5M fundraiser for UCSF

Thousands of Dreamforce attendees packed Chase Center Wednesday for the Dreamfest benefit concert featuring the Foo Fighters. The event raised an estimated $6.5 million for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Berkeley sounding its first emergency sirens for testing this weekend

The city of Berkeley is testing their newly installed outdoor warning system for the first time on Sunday, September 17. Ten sirens have been installed throughout the City.

Dreamforce returns with estimated 40,000 attendees and high stakes for SF

Dreamforce is back in San Francisco, bringing an estimated 40,000 attendees to the city for the annual Salesforce event that lasts from September 12-14th this year.

WSU, OSU file complaint to prevent departing Pac-12 schools from standing in way of rebuilding conference

Washington State and Oregon State have filed a complaint in a Washington court against the Pac-12. It seeks a court order preventing 10 departing members from standing in the way of the two schools' efforts to rebuild the conference.

Cal and Stanford headed to the ACC

Cal and Stanford are headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference after ACC presidents and chancellors voted to add the two schools Friday morning, the conference announced.

Stanford, Cal considering options after Pac-12 collapse

The four remaining Pac-12 schools still aboard for next season - California, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State - have options if they are looking for another conference.

Marathon weekend bring kidney donors, recipients and those on the transplant list

If you are looking for inspiration, sit for a moment with Wilson Du and listen to his story. It was 2016 and he was just 34-years old, working hard, and playing harder when his kidneys failed.

Skeletal remains found at UC Berkeley identified as homicide victim

The human skeletal remains discovered in an unoccupied building at the University of California, Berkeley earlier this year belonged to a man from Texas who died in a homicide, according to campus police.

UCSF wants to buy St. Mary's, St. Francis hospitals; longtime doctors fear fallout

UCSF Health is in talks to acquire St. Mary’s Medical Center and St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco from Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital chain. But some doctors are concerned the community hospitals will lose their identity and culture.