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.
UC Berkeley ordered to freeze enrollment at 2020 levels
Thursday’s decision is the result of a legal battle with a residents group called Save Berkeley Neighborhoods that sued the university for failing to address the effect of increased student enrollment on housing, homelessness, traffic and noise.
UC Berkeley professor weighs in on Biden's speech on Russia/Ukraine conflict
UC Berkeley associate professor of history and international policy Daniel Sargent specializes in foreign policy going back to the Cold War with Russia. He says Putin is becoming isolated and facing more opposition from Ukrainians and the NATO countries than he perhaps expected.
Berkeley foreign policy expert weighs in on Russia sanctions
Russian foreign policy expert, Steven Fish, says he's worried that the sanctions may not be enough to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin.
UC Berkeley employee crashes truck into sorority house, dozens displaced
A UC Berkeley employee crashed a truck into a sorority house causing an evacuation and the displacement of dozens of students early Thursday morning.
Berkeley researchers look to preserve Rainbow Sign's place in Bay Area Black history
Berkeley researchers are making sure a building – now occupied by the City of Berkeley – gets its due for its role in Bay Area Black history.
UC Berkeley officials appeal court ruling reducing enrollment
UC Berkeley officials will appeal decision that reduces enrollment to last year's levels. Cal had wanted an enrollment increase of 3,050 students.
Millions who are unvaccinated provide virus new opportunity for variants, expert says
An infectious disease expert from UC Berkeley says with millions in the U.S., who remain unvaccinated, there are no assurances there won't be future COVID variants. He says easing the mask mandate can be done safely as cases plummet.
Gene Ransom, Berkeley basketball legend, killed in Oakland freeway shooting
Gene Ransom, the beloved Berkeley basketball legend, was killed Friday evening in a freeway shooting along I-880 in Oakland, according to his close friends. Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol arrested the suspected gunman.
UC Berkeley police arrest man suspected of 3 assaults on campus
Officials believe he's responsible for an attack at the Haas School of Business where a person was pushed from behind and injured his face.
Recent UC Berkeley grad offers free COVID-19 PCR testing at pop-site, amid concerns over unauthorized sites
Almost every day for the past three weeks, Ata Mahmoud has been volunteering her time to offer free COVID-19 testing services at her own makeshift testing site in Oakland, she's said, as a service to help her community.
Port backups, labor shortage due to sickness keeps items off of shelves
The ports remain jammed, so much so, that products keep arriving late. Now, Bay Area air quality officials want the diesel-powered container ships anchored in the Bay to go out to wait at sea instead of idling in the bay.
With rising demand, Berkeley lab cranks out thousands of PCR tests a day
One Berkeley lab can process 4,000 samples a day.
Rising COVID cases causing delays, remote instruction at Bay Area universities
The spike in COVID cases is causing some Bay Area universities to return to remote instruction or delaying their return from winter break.
Sierra could get 80 more inches of snow by Christmas
Scientists are predicting that between 60 and 80 inches of snow could actually fall between now and Christmas Day.
Off-duty UC Berkeley officer kills man who tried to rob hamburger restaurant at gunpoint
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty UC Berkeley police officer who was dining inside Nation’s Giant Hamburgers when a man walked in and tried to rob the place at gunpoint.