Rae Wymer

After Trinity College in Ireland’s announcement of the removal of the Berkeley name from its library due to George Berkeley’s history as a slave owner, there have been no formal efforts to rename UC Berkeley, which shares the same namesake.

A victim was robbed at gunpoint on the 2400 block of Bowditch Street at about 8:30 p.m

After the end of the COVID-19 federal public health emergency the University of California Office of the President adopted an opt-out program for COVID-19 vaccinations for all UC students and employees.

On Wednesday the California Supreme Court decided to hear UC Berkeley’s appeal of their case for development of People’s Park.

The Berkeley Police Department responded to an individual shooting at pedestrians with an orbeez gun from their vehicle, according to BPD watch commander Lt. Joe Okies.

In 2022, UC Berkeley received almost 3,000 information and record requests through the California Public Records Act, or CPRA. On April 26, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit alleging that campus had failed to fulfill its legal responsibilities to make its records “promptly available” for public review.

UC President Michael Drake approved a 4.6% salary increase as part of the 2023-24 systemwide salary program.

Berkeley’s planning commission met Wednesday for an update and community discussion about the proposed redistricting of Southside and updating development standards. 

Across AFSCME 3299 wage scales, about 45% of service worker positions and about 5% of technical patient care worker positions at UC Berkeley earn less than $25 per hour, according to a Daily Californian analysis.

At the center of the Free Speech Movement was Mario Savio, a campus student who led the student protests and movement that culminated with campus students winning the right to political free speech.