Loni Hancock

California State Senators Loni Hancock and Carol Liu discussed the future of higher education at a packed campus forum Tuesday in an effort to raise public awareness about the relationship between government and the public university system.

After eight years of service, Loni Hancock has termed out of her position as state senator of California’s 9th District.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into legislation Thursday intended to increase transparency between licensed contractors and the Contractors State License Board, or CSLB, in light of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse.

UC Berkeley public policy professor and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich endorsed Berkeley mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli on Thursday, one week after former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed opposing mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin.

A bill written in response to a balcony collapse in Berkeley last year requiring building contractors to report felony convictions against them will advance Friday to the California State Assembly floor.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a series of bills Friday morning that placed sweeping restrictions on firearms, following a meeting among state Legislature.

Following closely behind the anniversary of the balcony collapse last June, a Senate bill advanced past the state Assembly on Tuesday, mandating that licensed contractors report any convictions of felonies or other crimes to the Contractors’ State License Board.

A year after the collapse of a balcony on the fourth floor of the Library Gardens apartment complex, where five Irish students and one California resident fell to their deaths, the city of Berkeley has implemented safer construction regulations and formed stronger relations with Ireland in the wake of the tragedy.

David Maldonado stood above the crowd that had packed into Anna Head Alumnae Hall — a crowd that included the mayor of Berkeley, a former campus chancellor, a California state senator, Maldonado’s smiling wife and kids and his fellow graduates — and changed the song. On top of everything else, he was the graduation DJ.

Beginning this week, UC Berkeley will no longer include a box for on-campus job applications that requires applicants to disclose their criminal history.