Larry Rosenthal

The 2022 midterm elections are here: Berkeley residents have a chance to vote on local representatives for city council, school board and rent board, as well as city measures to create affordable housing and repair city infrastructure.

Campus will transition from Piazza to Ed Discussion for online discussion forums in courses, according to an announcement from UC Berkeley Research, Teaching, and Learning, or RTL.

Amid the April 21 lockdown following a UC Berkeley student’s alleged threats of violence against campus staff, professors responded in varying ways.

Gentrification in Berkeley has caused low-income families and people of color to lose their longtime homes and forced some to leave the area because of a lack of affordable housing.

Over the past decade, schools have become the second most common place for active-shooter incidents. UCPD, however, does not currently have specific protocol in the event of an active shooter, according to UCPD Corporal Kevin Vincent.

The city’s current general fund reserve policy is below recommended levels, which could hinder the city’s ability to economically sustain itself for more than a month in the case of an emergency situation.

Berkeley City Council will discuss possible ballot measures for the November elections at a special meeting Tuesday.

A group of Berkeley property owners is seeking at least $500,000 annually to fund a coalition for landlord rights.

Federal Housing Administration Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Housing Carol Galante has announced that she will be stepping down to become a UC Berkeley professor.

UC researchers balked at a request by Los Angeles city officials last week for data about the seismic safety of buildings in the city, due to the researchers’ concerns that the data, which is part of an unfinished study, could be misleading.