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Gov. Jerry Brown released the revised state budget Monday, which predicts and prepares for cuts to primary, secondary and higher education, among other items pertaining to state funding. In a press conference Monday morning, Brown talked about the cuts that reflect state revenues that were lower than anticipated. The plan Read More…
Sports
The Danny Oh show: Oh’s 5-for-5 afternoon leads Cal to 13-8 victory
Bears fall in series finale, but win Pac-12 title
Despite having no stakes on the line, Saturday’s regular season finale between the No. 1 Cal softball team and No. 2 Arizona State featured two of the best pitchers in the Pac-12. After clinching the conference title against the Sun Devils with a 5-0 victory on Friday, the Bears (50-4, Read More…
Cal’s future dim after home sweep by Arizona
The Cal baseball team managed just one run in each of its first two games against No. 14 Arizona at Evans Diamond. On Sunday afternoon, the Bears’ offense finally found a spark, putting a three-spot on the board in the second inning. Unfortunately for Cal, the big inning was a Read More…
A&E
TDPS features work of student directors
Retro Resurrection: Tim Burton directs Johnny Depp in film adaptation of ‘Dark Shadows’
In “Dark Shadows,” Barnabas Collins does not rise from his slumber majestically, cape whipping behind him, on a stormy night in Transylvania. Nor does he have rippling adolescent pecs a la “Twilight.” This vampire, played by Johnny Depp, instead springs out of the coffin after being freed by digging construction Read More…
‘Perfect Family’ delivers film far from perfect
For the past 15 years or so, Kathleen Turner’s acting career seems to have taken that dismal route toward that dark abyss where almost every single actress’ career in Hollywood goes after they hit 40. (Studios seem to think that Meryl Streep is the only veteran actress with talent and Read More…
Opinion
Gill Tract occupiers disregard democratic process
Change we can believe in
With President Barack Obama’s Wednesday announcement in support of same-sex marriage, the country is on its way to becoming, as our Founding Fathers put it, a more perfect Union. Obama’s declaration is historically significant and monumentally important. No president has ever come out in favor of marriage equality before Obama. Read More…
The search is on
When the College of Cardinals convene to select the Bishop of Rome, white smoke is sent out to signal a new pope has been chosen. With Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s March 13 announcement that he would step down from his position at the end of the calendar year, the selection committee Read More…
From The Blogs
We couldn’t have done it without you
The Daily Californian staff was thrilled to hear Friday afternoon that the ASUC Judicial Council ruled in favor of the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, ending weeks of uncertainty about the future of the newspaper. The referendum process proved to be a much more taxing battle than we could have foreseen, yet because Read More…
Annotated agenda for May 15 Berkeley City Council meeting
The Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. will focus largely on items carried over from previous meetings, as well as other new items. Items for the meeting include the third phase of the West Berkeley Project — the master use permit process. Previous discussions of the project have Read More…
Spanish Flavor
What comes to mind when you think Spanish food? Delicious salsa? Guacamole atop sizzling pepper fajitas? Some cold margaritas or tequila and lime? Well that in fact is Mexican food. In turns out not all Spanish-speaking countries have the same cuisine, and oddly enough if you ask for a tortilla out here in Read More…
Three more armed robberies near UC Berkeley campus
A number of armed robberies occurred within the last week in the vicinity of the UC Berkeley campus, adding to a growing list of students and residents who have had their property stolen while outside at night. In addition to a recent increase in robberies along Gayley Road on the Read More…
