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.
While major news outlets have been focused on liberal activism surrounding police reform, UC Berkeley’s conservative students have taken to the internet to continue their activism amid the pandemic.
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Southside Station, a new counter-service restaurant located on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, brings fresh ingredients and homemade comfort food to its customers.
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Pinky and Red’s, a Black-owned restaurant in UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, is in financial trouble due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley donated 300 bags to the Bear Pantry on May 25 as part of a joint food drive with Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín to celebrate the end of Ramadan and Memorial Day.
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California now has a statewide COVID-19 contact tracing program and public awareness campaign, called California Connected, as announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday.
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The Berkeley Public Health Division was notified Monday of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a person who had spent time in a Berkeley skilled nursing facility.
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The three peregrine falcon chicks living atop the Campanile have been given names, which were chosen via an online contest over the last week.
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Facebook posts touting #RausserCollegeIsNotMyCollege display the sentiment among some campus students against the UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources being named in honor of Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college, after he made a $50 million donation.
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The Berkeley Forum hosted a virtual panel with experts on the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Four academics and activist Joshua Wong joined forum members for the discussion.
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If you’ve been on social media the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen the “The Earth is healing, we are the virus” memes that are being thrown around. In honor of Earth Day, please enjoy this very serious analysis of some of our favorites!
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