Barbara Lee

Born out of Indigenous American and African textiles, the Gee’s Bend quilts have come to represent the fortitude of African American culture.

Due to intense winter storms that led to 20 deaths and the forced evacuation of tens of thousands of California residents, Biden approved a Presidential California Emergency Declaration on Jan. 8, according to a press release from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

Ying Lee, Berkeley’s first Asian American city councilmember, has died, leaving behind a memory of her kind spirit and fierce activism. 

At 5 p.m. Wednesday, students, park residents and People’s Park advocates gathered on Sproul Plaza to send a message: end development on People’s Park.

BART is offering free rides home to users of Oakland Coliseum’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site, which opened Tuesday and is accessible from the Coliseum BART station.

Rep. Barbara Lee was chosen by UC Berkeley’s graduating class to give the keynote speech at the 2020 winter commencement.

Incumbent Rep. Barbara Lee won the 2020 election for California’s 13th Congressional District, according to a race call by The Associated Press, with 64% of precincts reporting.

On Wednesday, 39 California congressional members wrote a letter to the UC Board of Regents to oppose UC affiliations that may impose religious restrictions on health care.

Finishing with 90.02 %, Lee took an early and strong lead ahead of Piterman, who received 9.98 %. Both candidates will appear on the November ballot, due to state law.

Barbara Lee, congresswoman for California’s 13th congressional district, is running for reelection in 2020 and is the lone contender for the Democratic nomination.