Rachael Cornejo

Berkeley City Council unanimously voted to create a task force that will address racial disparities suggested in data on the Berkeley Police Department.

The event, titled “The Path Forward in Kashmir,” was organized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies as part of its “Topics on Contemporary India” series.

Berkeley Police Department Capt. David Frankel was the highest-paid police officer in Berkeley in 2016, with a regular pay of $184,193 and total pay and benefits of $359,412. He is the third highest-paid employee in Berkeley.

Pachter, who worked with Speed during his time as a campus assistant professor of mathematics, was a confidante of both Speed and the researcher as the events of the report unfolded. He eventually decided to file the Title IX complaint, which alleged that Speed’s behavior created a “hostile environment” for both Pachter and the researcher.

On March 8, a group of reporters from the Bay Area News Group, or BANG, held a press conference in which the reporters denounced the business practices of BANG's corporate management, a hedge fund called Alden Global Capital.

The 17 houses and three apartment complexes in the co-op system are known for the vivid and eclectic murals that cover their walls.

City Council voted to lower Berkeley’s recreational marijuana tax from 10 to 5 percent during its regular meeting Tuesday.

Weeks after the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state of California, the city of Berkeley voted to reduce the sales tax on recreational marijuana from 10 to 5 percent.

Berkeley City Council voted to direct revenue generated by development projects near campus toward housing for extremely low-income or homeless college students during its regular meeting Tuesday evening.

The Apothecarium, a San Francisco cannabis dispensary that received a medical permit from the Berkeley City Council in September 2016, is looking for a new address to open its Berkeley location.