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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday to extend local governments’ ability to halt evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UC Berkeley has admitted 55 students, who were less qualified than those it rejected, for familial and donor connections, according to a report published Tuesday by the California State Auditor’s office.
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Berkeley City Council unanimously passed an ordinance at its meeting Tuesday that requires large food retailers to stock only healthy food and drink options in their checkout aisles, making Berkeley the first city in the nation to pass such a law.
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Normally, Sproul Plaza would be bustling with students handing out flyers, but this semester’s COVID-19 limitations confronted clubs with an unprecedented fall recruitment process.
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This November, California residents will vote on Proposition 16, a proposition that would overturn the earlier Prop. 209, which outlawed the use of race- and sex-based affirmative action in public institutions, including state employment and public universities.
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Jones Berkeley, a new 170-unit apartment building located at 1500 San Pablo Ave., will be accepting lottery applications from “very low income” households for 16 of its apartment units, according to a city of Berkeley press release sent Monday.
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AC Transit Board of Directors President Joe Wallace is running for reelection for his fourth term with hopes of bolstering public opinion of local transit.
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Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, is searching for information about a shooting that occurred on Eighth Street near Channing Way on Tuesday night.
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The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged 28-year-old Britoria Stanley after their alleged robbery and assault of a UC Berkeley student on campus Sept. 7, according to a UCPD community advisory sent Wednesday.
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The ASUC Office of the Academic Affairs is seeking to relax the pass/no pass, or P/NP, unit cap, among other academic policy recommendations for this semester.
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