Power has been fully restored to all buildings on the UC Berkeley campus as of Friday morning, after a Sept. 30 explosion near California Hall damaged underground power lines and left 11 buildings unable to connect to the campus’ power grid. Read More…
UCPD released a photo Wednesday evening of a man who they allege may be linked to the theft of laptop computers and other personal property on campus. Read More…
Oakland police announced charges against a man not only for murder in the September death of Berkeley man but also for murder in the July death of an eight-year-old Oakland girl, helping piece together a string of murders that rattled neighborhoods in Berkeley and Oakland. Read More…
A dry, smoky haze engulfed Berkeley on Friday afternoon as an 8-alarm fire in Solano County sent smoke miles southwest of its source in Suisin City. Read More…
Berkeley and campus police arrested three men involved with a robbery at Cafe Mediterranean on Telegraph Avenue around midnight Saturday night. Read More…
The percentage of college-educated Americans who identify as “lower class” increased to 3 percent in 2012 according to the General Social Survey, the highest rate since the survey was first taken in 1972. Read More…
The Pac-12 Networks, which televise hundreds of athletic events for Pac-12 schools each year, have run into opposition from unions of technicians who claim that the wages and benefits the networks offer fall below industry-standard rates. Read More…
Eight UC Berkeley students will each receive $5,000 a year as part of the STEM Scholarship Program, a new undergraduate program that will provide financial aid to students interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Read More…
It’s not even close. The Cal rugby team has had the most successful history of any sports team at Cal. Its run of dominance over the past three decades is unparalleled by any other team in college rugby. No other team in any sport can match the accomplishments of the Read More…
It’s not the fault of the Cal men’s swim team that it comes in so low on this list. After winning NCAA championships in 2011 and 2012, the Bears finished second at the NCAAs in March, a finish that felt disappointing only because the team has done so much in Read More…