Daniel Tutt

The conservative group Judicial Watch Inc. filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that the University of California is prohibited by federal law from giving in-state tuition and grants to undocumented students.

A bill that would ban most stores from giving out single-use plastic bags is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk for signing after passing the senate floor.

The University of California Student Association sent students to Sacramento in early August and asked students over Twitter on Monday to call their representative and urge them to support bills that address UC funding and loans for undocumented students.

When Janet Napolitano assumed the role of UC president on September 30, she also assumed the responsibility of overseeing ongoing negotiations. Within three months, that number was down to three.

After nearly two years of negotiations, university patient-care workers ratified a four-year contract with 99 percent approval in a vote Wednesday and Thursday.

With a five-day strike by UC patient care workers set to begin on Monday, the California Public Employment Relations Board issued an official complaint Wednesday in response to union allegations that the university engaged in unfair labor practices.

In their Wednesday meeting, the University of California Regents approved a $150 million plan to replace the seismically-unsafe Tolman Hall with a new building in downtown Berkeley.

The Daily Californian sat down with UC President Janet Napolitano at her office in Oakland on Friday to talk about some long-standing issues the university will continue to face in the coming months and years.

With 97 percent approval in its Wednesday and Thursday strike authorization vote, the union representing about 13,000 patient care workers notified the university of their plan to hold a five-day strike from March 24 to 28.

The union representing the university’s 13,000 patient care workers called a strike-authorization vote Tuesday, alleging that the university has been bargaining in bad-faith.