Justin Sidhu

The Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change received a $5 million donation from Jim and Marilyn Simons on Wednesday.

Researchers at UC Berkley and UCSF published new findings about gene-modifying proteins in December connected to their research of CRISPR technology, a natural bacterial defense mechanism that is the subject of an ongoing patent dispute.

A Cal Hacks 3.0 team outfitted a Tesla to be driven with mind control technology during the annual campus hackathon in November.

California’s recent widespread death of trees — affecting 102 million trees since 2010 — is raising environmental concerns among fire and ecology experts.

Livermore, California, has become a point of interest in the past few years ever since an outlet mall on the town’s outskirts opened in 2014.

Children, Youth and Recreation Commissioner Brianna Rogers, former mayoral candidate Ben Gould and community member Kate Harrison are set to run for the District 4 Berkeley City Council seat recently vacated by Mayor-elect Jesse Arreguin.

California voters approved a majority of measures on the ballot Tuesday.

The Berkeley City Council will be holding special and regular meetings Tuesday to discuss Berkeley’s adoption of the East Bay Community Choice Aggregation Program, among other topics.

The Berkeley Unified School District is toughening its enrollment standards with the results of a new address verification policy presented to the Board of Education last Wednesday.

Poke Parlor, an upcoming restaurant that will sell poke bowls and other fish dishes, will replace the vacancy left by smoke shop Gypsy Trader on Telegraph Avenue.