A BART strike has once again been averted — this time until Oct. 10 — following a court ordered cooling off period requested by Gov. Jerry Brown and granted Sunday. Read More…
Current house garden manager Ariel Cherbowsky has recently set out to restore what Cherbowsky’s manifesto called Cloyne’s “naturalistic charisma” by calling for residents to become involved in its garden. Read More…
Medical care workers continue to receive large amounts of overtime pay according to UC payroll data, a figure that workers have pointed to as an indicator that staffing levels at medical centers are below what is necessary to provide adequate patient care. Read More…
High school students, teachers, and administrators from eight cities gathered at UC Berkeley’s Alumni House last week for a three-day national summit for Y-PLAN, an initiative that invites youth to engage in city planning for struggling neighborhoods. Read More…
Dojo Dog, one of the three food trucks forced to vacate their operations at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue last December because of campus construction, opened at a new location at Bancroft Way and College Avenue Thursday. Read More…
President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan bill to reform the federal government’s student loan system Friday afternoon, following the expiration of subsidies on some loans July 1 and a resulting month-long legislative battle in Congress. Read More…
Yellen holds a position as Professor Emerita of Economics at the Haas School of Business and if appointed, she would be both the first female and UC Berkeley professor to serve as chair. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents appointed former Michigan State University provost and executive vice president Kim Wilcox as the ninth chancellor of UC Riverside at a special meeting on Thursday. Wilcox will replace Jane Close Conoley, the interim chancellor, who replaced former chancellor Timothy White in December after White left Read More…
About a dozen protesters continue to occupy the steps and facade of the Berkeley post office despite ongoing requests from the United States Postal Service Inspection Service to move off of the post office’s property. Read More…
An hour before Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 threatened to strike, the AC Transit Board finally came to an appeasing resolution with a new three-year contract Tuesday evening. Read More…
