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.
Over 200 participants met for the first meeting of Occupy Berkeley at noon today in Downtown Berkeley, where they voted to begin the occupation tonight rather than wait until next Saturday as they had originally planned. Community members toting signs and flags as well as students from UC Berkeley and
Read More…
This summer, UC Berkeley architecture students drew up designs ranging from an “Urban Ecology Center” to an Institute for Anarchic Studies to develop the vacant lot on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue. Darell Fields, a lecturer in the campus Department of Architecture who provided guidance for the
Read More…
UC Berkeley student leaders, Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak and Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, gathered on the steps of city hall Friday morning to submit a redistricting proposal for the creation of two student super-majority districts. Under overcast skies, ASUC External Affairs Vice President Joey Freeman, ASUC President Vishalli Loomba,
Read More…
The Berkeley City Council approved a referral that would make a civil course of action — the right that individuals have to sue each other for personal damages and receive compensation — for bicyclists who are harassed by motorists on roads in the city. The referral is based on an
Read More…
Thousands of miles of separation is not enough to stop the Berkeley City Council from taking a stance on a labor dispute. On Tuesday night, the council voted to send a letter to Verizon Communications President and CEO Lowell McAdam expressing the council’s support for Verizon employees — who largely
Read More…
Fifteen community members attended a town hall Monday night to discuss their questions and concerns regarding redistricting proposals submitted to the city of Berkeley thus far. Community members who were in attendance voiced concerns over the breaking apart of neighborhoods as well as the viability of a student district as
Read More…
Demonstrators gathered at the intersection of Dwight Way and Telegraph Avenue Monday to raise awareness of traffic and pedestrian danger they said the spot is notorious for. About 10 community members and local government officials — including Councilmembers Kriss Worthington and Jesse Arreguin — met at around noon near the southwest
Read More…
A UC Berkeley student has not been elected to the Berkeley City Council since 1984, when Nancy Skinner became the first student to ever serve as a council member. After 27 years, students are working to change that with the creation of a student supermajority district. But students are not
Read More…
In an attempt to officially address the nation’s defense budget, the Berkeley City Council could soon join a movement to influence U.S. Congress to redirect resources from the Pentagon to local communities. In its meeting tomorrow, the council will discuss a resolution that supports the New Priorities Campaign to Reduce
Read More…
Frustrated by Berkeley landlords refusing to return security deposits, student tenants and their Berkeley City Council representatives protested Wednesday night at a landlord lobby meeting. The protest — which took place just before the Berkeley Property Owners Association’s monthly meeting at the North Berkeley Senior Center at 5:30 p.m. —
Read More…
