Anjali Shrivastava

The University of California announced Wednesday morning that it will extend the undergraduate application deadline and grant fee waivers to students affected by recent wildfires.

The city of Berkeley’s Community Environmental Advisory Commission heard updates on the city’s climate mobilization plan and efforts to make Berkeley more “bee-friendly” at its regular meeting Thursday.

Two separate street robberies occurred in Berkeley in the past two days, according to a Berkeley Police Department Nixle alert sent about 1 p.m. Thursday.

UC Berkeley student Jessica Christie died after a motorcycle accident occurred early Monday morning in San Francisco.

Droste led the polls into the early morning hours Wednesday as votes were counted, and secured 56.05 percent of the vote as of press time about 2 a.m., with all precincts reporting.

On Saturday, a suspect walked up to a 63-year-old man lying on his blanket on Shattuck Avenue and threw a bottle at his head about 11:05 p.m., according to the alert. The suspect then drove away, and the victim was treated at a local hospital for a cut on his forehead.

At approximately 9:54 p.m., the woman was walking on the 2600 block of Virginia Street when she was approached by three suspects, one of whom was armed with a knife, according to Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White.

Campus senior Justin Illescas never lived in campus housing, although they would have liked to. Illescas, who uses they/them pronouns, said UC Berkeley housing never replied to their application, and as a differently abled individual, they were not sure how to ask for accommodations in the first place.

A shooting occurred early Saturday morning at the Berkeley Marina, as first reported by Berkeleyside.