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.
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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Berkeley Unified School District staff has a lot of work ahead to determine how the school district can operate next year — both logistically and financially, as discussed at Wednesday’s board meeting.
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UC Berkeley’s reputation may depend on the eminence of its tenured professors, but students’ daily experiences of campus tend to center far more around lecturers.
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During its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents discussed the financial impacts of COVID-19, passed a budget resolution adjusting to a $1.2 billion deficit and approved guidelines for reopening campuses, which will likely operate in a “hybrid mode” during the upcoming fall semester.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Tuesday that addresses multiple groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the state budget’s May revision Thursday, with significant budget cuts in funding for education, judicial processes and natural resource management.
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The city of Berkeley announced Monday that it will move into phase two of resuming economic activity Tuesday, which will allow for retailers to sell products through curbside pickups, among other measures.
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Applications opened Monday for California Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants — a state-funded program that provides a one-time award of disaster relief to undocumented adults impacted by COVID-19.
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The UC Board of Regents makes decisions that impact every UC student’s life — determining student tuition, approving campus developments, setting the UC system’s budget and more — yet most students across the system do not know who the regents are.
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Despite restricted budgets, the city and state are actively providing support and coming up with ideas on how to protect residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Berkeley officials and California state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, during a town hall Saturday.
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