COVID-19

​With the end of California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency on Feb. 28, state health officials announced the end of the statewide mask mandate in high-risk settings, effective April 3.

Berkeley Farmers’ Market attracts community members from all over the Bay Area three times a week to support local vendors and businesses.

At a virtual UC system-wide town hall meeting Friday, staff advisors had the opportunity to ask university president Michael V. Drake questions on varied topics such as hybridity after COVID-19, the university’s role in climate change and police accountability.

When Ifafunke Oladigbolu moved to Berkeley from Nigeria in 1991, she missed the vibrancy and vividness of Nigerian fashion.

HBF, a public health grassroots organization dedicated to building a thriving Black community in Berkeley, focuses on housing, health and birth equity and the promotion of healthy foods and beverages. 

"The Last of Us," based on the 2013 video game of the same name, is both gut-wrenchingly brutal and beautifully tentative, solidifying the show as a true masterclass in video game adaptation.

UC Berkeley welcomes two new additions to their faculty in the fields of economics and biological anthropology– Federico Echenique and Andrew Wooyoung Kim. 

With California’s state of emergency set to expire by the end of the month, all of the city of Berkeley’s COVID-19 testing sites are expected to close.

TikTok might mimic the spontaneity of meeting a stranger or the serendipity of finding common ground with another person, and it may have even served as an anchor in community life during the pandemic, but third places hinge on this element of place, and TikTok would be more fairly considered a “nonplace.” 

The Berkeley Forum lineup for the spring 2023 includes a diverse range of speakers and panelists who will cover various topics, including:  representation, mental health awareness and creative marketing.