California's salamanders have amazing skydiving skills, UC study reveals
A UC Berkeley study has unveiled incredible gliding and parachuting skills that have evolved among the wandering salamander which dwells among towering Northern California coast redwood forests.
Fire at People's Park leads police to discover violent assault
Cal police are investigating a fire and aggravated assault that happened Tuesday morning in People's Park. The suspect is still at-large, authorities said.
Man convicted of killing UC Berkeley student to reveal motive
The man charged with the 2020 shooting and killing of a UC Berkeley student is expected to reveal the motive behind the incident on Monday.
If Roe falls, other rights could follow, warn Bay Area legal experts
The draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito suggesting the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade is based on legal arguments that could have impacts far beyond abortion and lead to other laws and rights being eliminated.
Fire damages historic building owned by UC Berkeley
A historic hall owned by the University of California at Berkeley was damaged in a fire Monday, university officials said.
Critics protest new UC Berkeley student apartments at People's Park
The protest targets a plan to build more than 1,000 units at People's Park near Cal's campus, because the critics say the student housing will displace the homeless who live there and increase the cost of local housing.
UC Berkeley student charged with criminal threats for alleged emails to staff
A University of Berkeley student was charged this week by Alameda County's district attorney with making threats to staff through emails. Those threats led to a campus-wide shelter-in-place last Thursday.
UC Berkeley student detained after alleged threats trigger shelter-in-place
A UC Berkeley student on Thursday was detained after they allegedly made threats that triggered a campus-wide shelter in place, a source told KTVU.
Inflation causes and how consumers can fight it
The most effective thing we can do to fight inflation now is buy less, a lot less, until decreasing demand meets up with now increasing supplies.
Inflation: Is it close to peaking? Economists weigh in
The federal government reported, the inflation rate grew to 8.5%, the highest since more than four decades when Jimmy Carter was president. For many years, 2% inflation didn't matter to most consumers and was not a political issue. Things have changed.
UC Berkeley student-run newspaper secures five more years of funding
UC Berkeley students voted to pass the initiative that would fund the independent student-run newspaper for another five years.
UC Berkeley student-run newspaper's fate up in the air
UC Berkeley students are voting on an initiative to fund the student-run newspaper, the Daily Cal, which would determine the fate of the newspaper.
Berkeley heeds calls for unity at rally for Ukraine
The sound of the Ukrainian national anthem and the blue and gold colors of the Ukrainian flag rose above the city of Berkeley Thursday, as about one hundred people gathered for a rally in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call for a worldwide Day of Unity.
Governor Newsom overturns freeze on UC Berkeley enrollment
Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman spoke to Mornings on 2 The Nine on Tuesday about the implications of the decision and CEQA lawsuits overall.
Gov. Newsom signs legislation to overturn UC Berkeley enrollment cap
Following the California Legislature's unanimous vote on Monday to overturn a recent court ruling that would have forced one of the nation’s most prestigious universities to turn away thousands of students from its incoming freshman class, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the bill into law.
Legislative fix could let UC Berkeley admit more students
Democratic lawmakers have agreed to legislation that could let the University of California, Berkeley accept thousands more students this fall after a judicial freeze on enrollment in a dispute with residents over growth.
'Dire' situation with battles surrounding Ukraine's nuclear power plants
The security of Ukraine's nuclear power plants in the middle of a war zone has become a growing international concern as Ukraine told international regulators that it lost all communications with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Thursday.
Nuclear worries grow as Russia presses attacks in Ukraine
Rep. Jackie Speier says Russia has repeatedly violated the Budapest Memorandum, an agreement that gave Ukraine security guarantees in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons.
UC Berkeley declines group’s offer to admit 1K more students
Save Berkeley Neighborhoods said in a statement that it would agree to a temporary or partial stay of the state Supreme Court ruling to freeze next fall’s enrollment at 2020-21 levels, meaning the prestigious public university will have to accept about 3,000 fewer students than planned.
What does UC Berkeley's enrollment cap mean for next year's class?
UC Berkeley is one of the world’s top colleges, and the dream school of many high-schoolers. But thousands of would-be undergraduates will be getting a rejection letter instead.