After six years, Nancy Skinner will step down from her position on the California State Assembly, leaving at least six candidates lined up to take her place. Read More…
BART employees narrowly averted a midnight strike on Sunday and instead decided to postpone the decision to strike for another 24 hours, leaving anxious BART commuters at rest for the time being.
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Thirteen women and three organizations were honored for furthering the involvement of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, known collectively as STEM fields, by state Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, on Thursday. The honorees of the 15th Assembly District’s annual Women of the Year Award ceremony were all proponents Read More…
Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage on Wednesday morning, members of the Berkeley community celebrated a major victory for the LGBTQIA community. Read More…
California lawmakers passed a revised 2013-14 state budget on Friday that increases funding for the UC but excludes funding-tied performance outcome requirements that were proposed in Gov. Brown’s original budget draft.
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The California Assembly passed a bill Monday, allowing California community colleges to charge all students out-of-state tuition during summer and winter sessions, regardless of residency. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council passed a motion on Tuesday night to push forward two new redistricting proposals which both include UC Berkeley student districts. Read More…
The ASUC has submitted proposed boundaries for a new student supermajority district to the city of Berkeley Wednesday. Read More…
The ASUC hosted a Proposition 30 rally on Sproul.
An endorsement of “its a personal decision” or “neutral” isn’t usually what voters expect when turning to local officials for election guidance, but that’s what some might find when checking public opinions before voting Tuesday. Read More…