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…
An ASUC Senate bill introduced Wednesday criticizes the UC Berkeley administration’s decision to hold the majority of classes on Oct. 1 after an explosion left most of the campus without power the previous evening. Read More…
I was stuck in an elevator in Barrows for 88 minutes — and then there was a fireball on campus. It wasn’t as scary as it sounds, except for those two seconds in the elevator when I misunderstood the student worker who was helping us and thought she was informing us Read More…
An electrical wire theft, which UC Berkeley officials believe may be linked to the recent on-campus explosion, is part of a larger trend of copper thefts on campus and in the city. Read More…
Many UC Berkeley students, professors and staff received a series of text message and email alerts Monday night, alerting them to the ongoing emergency situation on campus Read More…
Tiffany Cheng, Shelby LeBlanc and Sarah Dadouch had just descended past the sixth floor of Barrows Hall when the lights in their elevator began to flicker. Read More…
UC Berkeley found itself at the center of national media attention Monday night following a bizarre series of events that culminated with an explosion near California Hall and the swift evacuation of campus. Read More…
Note: This post is not meant to make light of the suffering of students injured or traumatized by the events that occurred on the UC Berkeley campus on Monday, nor is it meant to trivialize the explosion and its aftermath. Yesterday was a pretty crazy day for students at UC Read More…
UPDATED 4:33 p.m. — Although power has been restored to most of UC Berkeley after an explosion and a subsequent campuswide evacuation, 11 buildings remain without power as of Tuesday morning. Read More…
UC Berkeley officials declared a state of emergency and evacuated the campus, following an explosion near California Hall. Here are some images from the explosion and its immediate aftermath.