UC Davis

The Bears split the series between Villanova and Miami Ohio at the DeMarini Invitational, snapping their nine-game winning streak.

Cal is set to face both Miami (Ohio) and Villanova twice this weekend at the DeMarini Invitational before taking on UC Davis.

Following their match against San Diego, the Bears will then immediately high-tail it over to La Jolla to play in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships, facing competitors like No. 3 Michigan, No. 8 USC and No. 24 Stanford.

Cal rode fantastic pitching and a couple clutch hits to another three wins across Friday and Saturday, before stormy weather on Sunday forced a rain-out after three innings of play.

An appellate court ruled Friday that UC Berkeley may not proceed with plans to build student and low-income housing at People’s Park, prompting calls from local and state officials to reform the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, at the heart of the lawsuit.

At a virtual UC system-wide town hall meeting Friday, staff advisors had the opportunity to ask university president Michael V. Drake questions on varied topics such as hybridity after COVID-19, the university’s role in climate change and police accountability.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center and Energy Storage Center are currently studying the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area in Southern California’s Imperial Valley as a potential domestic source of lithium for the United States.

The First District Court of Appeal released a tentative decision Dec. 22 regarding the lawsuit filed by Make UC a Good Neighbor against the UC Board of Regents’ Environmental Impact Report for long range developments and student housing on People’s Park.

The December UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee meeting was disrupted within 5 minutes by UAW 2865 and SRU protesters.

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