Berkeley Unified School District Board

While Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles will be campaigning for the District 15 seat in this November’s general election, many of their opponents in the primaries will be continuing their civic engagement to address issues afflicting the East Bay.

The bill, authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, strengthens an existing gun law she also authored by allowing police to confiscate firearm components such as ammunition and magazines from dangerous individuals with credible evidence of a threat.

Candidates for the State Assembly District 15 seat redirected their attention away from campaigning for three hours Saturday afternoon in order to address a topic rarely discussed in the realm of politics — empathy.

In response to survey results that pointed to inadequate mental health resources for Berkeley High School students, the city of Berkeley’s Youth Commission proposed a peer mental health education program to the Berkeley Unified School District board and City Council earlier this year.

For many trans and nonbinary students, gender-inclusive bathrooms are definitely not enough. At the Berkeley Unified School District, the administration seems to be catching up to this, slowly but surely.

Members of BHS Stop Harassing piled into the Berkeley Unified School District board meeting Wednesday to protest the district’s policies and processes regarding sexual harassment and assault.

The Berkeley Unified School District board unanimously voted to renew the city’s first and only charter school at its meeting Wednesday night.

The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education discussed at its Wednesday meeting potentially renewing the charter of a city charter school.

A report on race and gender disproportionality in student suspensions, absences and special education in the Berkeley Unified School District over the last three school years was presented to the school district Board of Education on Wednesday.

UC President Janet Napolitano and three other leaders in California public and private higher education signed a letter on Aug. 29 expressing support of the Common Core state standards.