Law & Justice

BART saw its highest arrest totals since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic this spring after doubling its police presence on trains in March, according to a BART press release.

Four graduates of California law schools with disabilities filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against the State Bar of California for its alleged inability to provide fair and equitable accommodations.

In her own words, Gabrielle Cirelli was “born and raised a Golden Bear.” Growing up in the East Bay, she frequented tailgates and football games as the child of two UC Berkeley alumni.

Berkeley police stop data from October 2022 to April 2023 revealed that Black and Hispanic/Latine residents were stopped at disproportionate rates compared to white residents.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, is allegedly discriminating against foreign-born individuals, according to a lawsuit filed in Alameda County on April 27.

Berkeley council members voted to confirm Jen Louis as Berkeley Police Department’s chief of police May 9.

The popularity of 'smash and grab' auto crimes in the region significantly negatively impacts students.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the City of Berkeley from enacting a natural gas piping ban in the case California Restaurant Association, or CRA, v. City of Berkeley.

After a slew of bills aiming to decrease reproductive rights swept the nation post-Roe, members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus announced Monday in a press conference 17 bills aiming to safeguard reproductive rights across the country. 

Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board, or PAB, met Wednesday evening to discuss the department’s staff shortage, the recent rise in sexual assault reports and the usage of audited body working cameras, or BWCs, on Berkeley police.