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In the aftermath of the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, during which 17 people were killed and 14 were hospitalized, conversation regarding gun violence has sparked in California, which continues to be at the legislative forefront of the movement to control gun violence.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to approve the child care and early education tax ordinance, taking it one step closer to being placed on the June 2018 ballot.
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A bill penned by UC Berkeley students was passed by the California Senate Monday, putting the state one step closer to requiring all public universities to offer medical abortion services.
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In spring 2016, campus senior Adiba Khan urged the campus to offer medical abortion services at the Tang Center — now, the same request is being put forth in SB 320, which was introduced February 2017 and read in the California State Senate again Jan. 22.
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A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Gulf of Alaska early Tuesday morning, causing the National Tsunami Warning Center of the National Weather Service, or NWS, to issue a tsunami watch on the West Coast.
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Following the detention of two UC students by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the California Latino Legislative Caucus wrote to ICE to request their release, according to a tweet published on Tuesday by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher.
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A California federal judge temporarily prevented the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, on Tuesday.
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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation to renew the Higher Education Act of 1965 that includes several changes to current higher education policy on Friday.
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California released new regulations last week for the state’s marijuana market, less than two months before the drug becomes legal for recreational use in the state.
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California made history when the California State Board of Education voted Nov. 9 to approve 10 LGBTQ+-inclusive history textbooks for K-8 students, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
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