UC Berkeley spent $7.8M on seizing and securing People's Park

UC Berkeley has released an expense account detailing how much it cost to secure and seize People's Park last month.

Cal Athletics honors civil rights Olympic activists Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Harry Edwards

Former Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos, and renowned sociologist Harry Edwards will speak at Cal on Friday. The event will highlight their contributions to sports and society and the work they’ve done to advocate for social justice and racial equality.

UC Berkeley's falcon atop bell tower named

UC Berkeley holds contest to name a peregrine falcon that has made a home on campus.

Former YouTube CEO's son dies in UC Berkeley dorm

The 19-year-old son of YouTube's former CEO Susan Wojcicki was found dead in a dorm room at UC Berkeley this week, his grandmother said.

UC Berkeley student living in dorm dies

 A UC Berkeley student who lived at the Clark Kerr Campus has died, officials said.

9 shots fired on UC Berkeley campus, suspect in custody

People on campus at w were temporarily under a shelter-in-place order when shots were fired on Friday evening near Sproul Plaza, the university said.

UCSF doctors share abortion care stories and research with Sec. Becerra

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra arrived at UCSF on a fact-finding mission Monday, meeting with OBGYN doctors and professors to discuss front-line stories of how abortion care has changed since the Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe vs. Wade opened to door for some states to adopt abortion restrictions.

California ends COVID isolation rule for asymptomatic cases as winter infections climb

Californians infected with COVID-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health. 

UC Berkeley moves forward with turning People's Park into housing; protesters vow not to back down

Protesters on Monday saId they won't back down from trying to re-occupy People's Park in Berkeley after law enforcement and construction crews removed people and structures at the park last week to prepare the area for UC Berkeley's plan to build student housing on the site. 

Organization raising $10k to send family of teen receiving treatment in San Francisco on Hawaii trip

A Minnesota family is hoping to go on the trip of a lifetime. The non-profit One At A Time is trying to raise $10,000 by the end of the year to send the Wicklund family on a dream trip to Hawaii, after years of struggling with their 15-year-old son Isaac's illnesses. 

Winter storm brings wet week to UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab

Experts with the lab say that this week's winter storm brought a mixture of snow and rain, which both melted and refreshed snow levels.

Decades-old snow diaries tell storied history of Central Sierra's Snow Lab

The Central Sierra Snow Lab, which is currently managed by UC Berkeley, first opened its doors in 1946. Snowfall records span numerous and even predate the lab by many years.