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STATE

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB 24 to provide medication abortion at CA public universities

FILM & TELEVISION

Director, stars of ‘Waves’ discuss bringing authenticity to Black characters

EATING BERKELEY

Spice up your life! Simple Korean spicy rice cake recipe

CITY

Bay Area cities seek more regulation for electric scooters

News

City 10/19/19

Roads reopen after damaged fire hydrant blocks traffic on Northside

City 10/18/19

Downed telecommunications lines at Grizzly Peak Blvd

Grizzly Peak Boulevard is closed between Fish Ranch Road and Centennial Boulevard due to downed telecommunications lines.
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Campus 10/15/19

Cancer research worth $500K may be lost as a result of power shut-off

The outage — which closed the UC Berkeley campus from Oct. 9-11 — may have cost Morris’ laboratory $500,000 and two years of cancer research.
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City 10/17/19

Developer buys $180M of UC Berkeley student housing

Texas-based developer The Dinerstein Companies, or TDC, bought $180 million of UC Berkeley student housing from real estate company Equity Residential.
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Campus 10/18/19

UC Berkeley alumnus donates $25M for construction of College of Chemistry building

UC Berkeley alumnus Terry Rosen, along with his wife, Tori Rosen, have gifted the College of Chemistry $25 million for the construction of a building in the name of his Ph.D. adviser, Clayton Heathcock.
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Campus 10/18/19

Haas institute paper details young voter trends from 2018 surveys

Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society fellow Sonam Kotadia detailed young voter trends found in two 2018 surveys fielded by the institute’s Civic Engagement Narrative Change project in a research paper published Friday.
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Campus 10/18/19

UC Berkeley CFO, Vice Chancellor for Finance Rosemarie Rae to retire in spring 2020

Rosemarie Rae, the campus vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, has decided to step down from her position in what she describes as her “quasi-retirement.”
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Obituary 10/18/19

‘A tremendous example’: UC Berkeley alumnus, legendary football coach John Ralston dies at 92

John Ralston, UC Berkeley alumnus and former head coach of Stanford University football, died Sept. 14 in Sunnyvale, California at the age of 92.
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ASUC 10/18/19

Guest speakers dominate conversation at weekly ASUC Senate meeting

Online classes, community relations with police and possible tuition increases were some of the many topics discussed at Wednesday night’s ASUC Senate meeting.
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City 10/18/19

Parent company of Berkeley-based KPFA radio station lays off staff in New York

John Vernile — the interim executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, the parent company of the Berkeley-based KPFA radio station — laid off staff and cancelled programming at its New York-based WBAI radio station Oct. 7.
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Sports

Football 10/19/19

Gridiron gloom: Slow start, late turnover seal Cal football’s 21-17 loss to Oregon State

Football 10/19/19

Cal football’s free fall continues after 21-17 loss to Oregon State

Three consecutive losses. Cal’s 2019 has followed the same exact pattern as the two seasons prior: come flying out of the gates, then, in the words of Weaver, “fall off a cliff.”
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Football 10/18/19

Cal football lands commitment from three-star defensive tackle Ricky Correia

On Friday morning, Fresno Central High School defensive tackle Ricky Correia announced his commitment to the Bears in a social media post, spurning three other Pac-12 programs who were also in pursuit of him.
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Pressroom Banter 10/17/19

The Pac-12 Mascot Battle Royale

Move over Mike Leach, and let the big boys handle this. Without further ado, this is how the Pac-12 mascot battle royale would really go down.
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Football 10/16/19

Tale of the Tape: Safety Ashtyn Davis snaps Justin Herbert’s interception-less streak

As Oregon State arrives in Berkeley this weekend, Davis and the Cal defense are poised to continue their impressive run against the Beavers’ offense.
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Pressroom Banter 10/16/19

Inspecting NBA’s progressiveness

More than anything, Daryl’s Morey tweet revealed that the NBA will only keep up its facade of progressiveness as long as it brings in money.
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Football 10/16/19

Oregon State shootaround: Can the Bears bounce back?

After two consecutive Pac-12 losses, the Bears will aim to right the ship against Oregon State and their dangerous offense.
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Football 10/16/19

No pressure: A journey through Cal kicker Greg Thomas’ mind

When Thomas goes back and watches film, he is usually trying to recreate what he was feeling in that specific moment rather than analyzing the physics behind the ball’s flight path.
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Football 10/16/19

Q&A with sports chief of The Daily Barometer, Alex Luther

Ahead of Cal’s matchup against Oregon State, sports editor for The Daily Californian, Spencer Golanka, speaks with sports chief of The Daily Barometer, Alex Luther.
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Football 10/16/19

Making a hero: Jake Curhan is more than a lineman

In a season where Cal’s offensive line has needed more help than ever, Jake Curhan has provided heroics and fully embraced his role as a leader and mentor for his fellow Bears.
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A&E

Concerts 10/18/19

The Japanese House illuminates San Francisco once again

Theater 10/18/19

BareStage’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ thrives in magical excellence

Director Benjamin Arsenault treated the content with a close eye and sensitivity that allowed the production to be at once true to the original text and a slight, but effective, modernization.
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Concerts 10/18/19

Beabadoobee captivates audience at Regency Ballroom with raw, effortless songs, melodious voice

To close her set, beabadoobee switched out her black guitar for a smaller, personalized, pink-and-white electric guitar, adorned with subtle but colorful stickers and the occasional plastic jewel.
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Album Reviews 10/18/19

On ‘Que Quiénes Somos,’ CNCO brings fiery beats, vulnerable ballads to reggaeton

What’s truly exceptional about Que Quiénes Somos is the chameleonic nature of the EP. None of the songs commit to one genre, and yet the EP doesn’t feel cataclysmic or uncertain.
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Film & Television 10/17/19

‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ leans into dark roots, loses cohesion

Unfortunately, in setting up and revealing a secret history, the film strives to pave an unmarked road, simultaneously traveling across it.
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Music 10/17/19

Gus Dapperton talks being an introvert, upcoming tour

Brendan Rice, more popularly known as Gus Dapperton, still doesn’t know what he’s going to be for Halloween.
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Columns 10/17/19

Rogues and riddles

Somewhere in between analyzing every villain’s batshit plots to kill Batman and concluding that The Penguin sucked, we became best friends.
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Concerts 10/16/19

Henry Chadwick hits San Francisco with electrifying performance

The crowd consisted mainly of young 20-somethings one would expect to see in the Mission District on a Saturday night, but there were a few exceptions: older men who seemed appreciative of Chadwick’s timeless, but nostalgia-infused, style of music.
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Concerts 10/16/19

Crumb plays sonic acid trip at Slim’s in San Francisco

Having released its newest album, Jinx, during the summer, Crumb came back to the Bay Area with a whole new palette of songs to perform.
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Concerts 10/15/19

Dodie delightfully illuminates Fox Theater in Oakland

The artist’s personability extended to larger aspects of the show, especially her songwriting and song structure.
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Opinion

Editorials 10/18/19

Legislative protections promote city inclusivity

Columns 10/18/19

Life, liberty and the pursuit of productivity

In response to the high-pressure nature of the startup ecosystem, individuals are treating their own bodies like computers.
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Op-Eds 10/18/19

Survivors of intimate partner violence deserve support, validation

On the eve of October and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I saw the news of another domestic violence arrest: a woman claiming she called the police because she had been attacked, and then was surprised that she was the one being arrested.
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Op-Eds 10/18/19

UC Berkeley must do more to protect students from potential health hazards

Brown water typically occurs when a pipe is shut off. While not a direct health risk in and of itself, rust in water is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
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Columns 10/17/19

Stick it to stigma

Stigma hasn’t gone away. It’s just more insidious. There is a limit to what is “acceptable” when it comes to having a mental illness.
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Columns 10/16/19

Fighting for the environMANt

Once an institution is set in its ways, it can be hard for it to change. White men established their environmental boys’ club and were loath to give it up.
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Editorials 10/15/19

PG&E power outage plan kept people in the dark

PG&E should’ve known that the outage would drive people to use the website; failing to prepare for that was a huge mistake on PG&E’s part.
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Sex on Tuesday 10/15/19

The worst of times

A stretch without sex can be like Charles Dickens’ famous beginning to “A Tale of Two Cities”: It can be both the best of times and the worst of times.
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Op-Eds 10/15/19

Cities can lead the fight for a Green New Deal

In 2018, Berkeley became the first city in California — the second in the country — to declare a climate emergency. In the time since, 23 other California cities and counties have followed us in passing such declarations.
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Op-Eds 10/15/19