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Measure R, which would have expanded and implemented more stringent regulations for Downtown buildings and created a Civic Center zoning overlay to protect historic parks and buildings, failed to pass Wednesday with 73.87 percent of Berkeley residents voting against the measure.

On Tuesday, voters will determine the outcome of Measure R, which would create a Civic Center zoning overlay to protect cultural resources and expand and implement regulations from the 2010 downtown “green vision” measure.

Incumbent Joel Young faces two candidates vying for his position as AC Transit district director-at-large, running on platforms to expand free bus passes to school-aged students and balance pension funds.

Chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced plans to transform the Richmond Bay campus to a globally focused research and education facility at a meeting of the Berkeley division of the academic senate Wednesday.

About 50 UC Berkeley students and community members rallied on Sproul Plaza Wednesday to demonstrate against police brutality and mass incarceration as part of a nationwide anti-police brutality day.

The U.S. Department of Education published a regulation Monday updating and expanding the Clery Act’s existing requirements to respond to sexual violence on college campuses.

In November, voters will decide on the outcome of Measure BB, which would increase county sales tax by 0.5 percent in order to raise revenue for Alameda county transportation improvements.

At his first fireside chat of the semester, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks met with student-athletes Monday to discuss challenges they face on campus.

Marshall Tuck, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, visited UC Berkeley Wednesday afternoon to talk to students about his platforms and problems with the state’s current education.

Three UC Berkeley faculty members were selected to receive the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for scientists and scholars, on Friday.