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The pharmaceutical company Bayer opened a new cell therapy facility in Berkeley on Tuesday.

Over 100 Berkeley High School, or BHS, students walked out of class on Wednesday to show their support for Palestine in the latest Israel-Hamas war and to call for an immediate ceasefire. 

Team 5419 Berkelium is part of the FIRST Robotics Competition. The program involves a six-week build season followed by six weeks of competition, where teams from around the world compete in alliances of three to complete tasks and score points.

Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, held a meeting Thursday to review a mental health assessment conducted as a step in a four year mental health improvement plan. 

Though Berkeley’s 2024 mayoral race is still more than a year out, the slate is taking shape early, as Councilmembers Kate Harrison, Sophie Hahn and Rigel Robinson all announced their candidacies this week. 

Specializing in Mexican cuisine, University Taqueria on University Avenue soft opened this month with its grand opening set for Sept. 1.

After three drafts, four years, and hundreds of public comments, the California State Board of Education has passed the 2023 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools to encourage “equity and excellence” in math learning, according to a California Department of Education press release. 

Thanks to a new agreement between Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers, or BFT, teachers will be granted compensation for their time spent writing letters of recommendation.

The California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, approved the creation of the girls’ flag football league this past February. This decision raises the question of how the league will change girls’ flag football throughout the nation.

Berkeley City Council announced a new sister city program, funding for traffic safety updates and a waste rate schedule in Tuesday meetings.