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Eye doctors and optometry students held a news conference Monday to announce Medi-Cal’s reestablishment of two “life-saving” benefits for those under the health care program.
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State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced SB 889 on Tuesday, which would increase the age for young individuals in California to be automatically tried as adults from 18 to 20 years old.
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College athletes have brought in billions of dollars to campuses — some even risk their lives to play their sports. These students are forced to compromise on academics and financial stability to support their campus. They deserve fair compensation for these sacrifices — and if the NCAA won’t allow campuses to pay student-athletes, it should, at the very least, permit athletes the right to be compensated through sponsorships.
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Health facilities and prisons in California will now be required to serve vegan food options, in line with a recently signed landmark bill penned by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley.
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California sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Berkeley Rent Board vice chair Paola Laverde attended a panel Thursday night to discuss the recent housing policy, which could greatly affect housing in Berkeley and across California.
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