Faces of Berkeley: Mitch Celaya, UCPD Chief

With retirement looming, Chief Mitchell Celaya reflects on his past 30 years of service in UCPD.

With retirement looming, Chief Mitchell Celaya reflects on his past 30 years of service in UCPD.
This election season, two competing tax measures are vying for votes on the California state ballot. Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 both promise to increase state funding and support California schools. But they differ in many aspects. Learn what these difference are and how they will affect students and residents Read More…
On Friday night, the Cal Bears lost to the Washington Huskies, 21-13. This loss ends the Bear’s hopes for the postseason.
During Friday’s postgame press conference, inside the plush auditorium in the stadium he helped get rebuilt, Jeff Tedford had delusions of grandeur. “The state of the program is fine,” Tedford said, following Cal’s 21-13 loss that dropped the Bears to 3-7 and ensured their second losing season in three years. Read More…
On Sunday at Oregon State (13-13, 3-11), the Cal volleyball team was leading two sets to one going into the fourth frame. But the team was in serious trouble. The Bears had just dropped the third set, 26-24, and were tied with the Beavers, 15-15. Cal needed someone to step Read More…
When the Cal men’s soccer team headed down to Southern California last weekend, it needed to pull off a win or a tie against No. 7 UCLA to boost its postseason chances. The Bears did exactly that, tying the Bruins, 1-1, in double overtime at Drake Stadium. But Cal’s NCAAs Read More…
Cal women’s swimming made waves at its first two home meets of the season by staying undefeated against No.7 Texas and No. 23 Wisconsin at Spieker Aquatics Complex last Friday and Saturday. The No.3 Bears beat Texas in 10 out of 16 events in the season home opener and blew Read More…
As the clock wound down in the second half, ticking away crucial seconds that Cal needed to score an equalizer, midfielder Ariana Martinez knew that her team needed a goal. Martinez slotted a ball through the Stanford defensive line for forward Ifeoma Onumonu to run. Onumonu cut around the Cardinal Read More…
With seven different Bears grabbing first in their respective events, Cal turned in another solid performance against the Badgers on Saturday and improved to 2-0 . The Bears were not in full force due to sickness of certain swimmers and the absence of Tom Shields, who has not joined the Read More…
The Cal men’s water polo team did not play like the 2012 Bears this weekend. The No. 6 Bears did not play like a team that has struggled more in the past two months than they had in past five years. Instead, the Bears took down No. 9 UC Irvine, Read More…