As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Council member, is running for re-election in hopes of continuing to “problem solve” for the city she grew up in.
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The Innovative Genomics Institute launched a study at UC Berkeley to use saliva-based COVID-19 testing for detecting infection in individuals without symptoms who are working on campus.
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Longtime city activist and UC Berkeley alumna Margy Wilkinson died Saturday at the age of 76.
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From rising hate speech to the travel ban to the attacks on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, our country is staggeringly anti-immigrant.
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A Bay Area project aims to provide front-line workers struggling with the trauma of the COVID-19 crisis with free counseling from more than 450 licensed psychotherapists.
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Ana Vasudeo — a local mother, first-generation graduate from Cornell University and strong advocate for closing the achievement gap — is running for the 2020 board of Berkeley Unified School District.
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While many people are dealing with boredom inside their homes, people without housing face the obstacle of finding a place to stay during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order.
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Coming to terms with my Indian American identity was quickly followed by another recognition: The world isn’t as straight as I thought it was.
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Mayor Jesse Arreguín hosted a virtual town hall meeting Saturday to discuss the city’s progress dealing with COVID-19 and to answer questions from citizens about the city’s transition to reopening.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that California hospitals can consider resuming health care procedures that were deferred because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision that has been met with hesitation by nurses.
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