Alexandra Feldman

Alleged reduced teaching staff and longer office hour wait times are among the myriad problems for undergraduate and graduate student instructors, respectively uGSIs and GSIs, as a result of UC Berkeley budget cuts.

Amid a self-sequester mandate in UC Berkeley residence halls to limit the spread of COVID-19, students have raised concerns over health and UCPD presence.

With COVID-19 shifting the traditional workplace to remote work and posing a wide variety of challenges, both the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley have developed useful virtual work strategies that may carry forward into the future. 

Both the UC system and UC Berkeley announced a record high number of high school students applying for freshman admission for fall 2021.

At its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents discussed allocations of state general funds and sustainable practices.

In its first meeting of the year Wednesday, the Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, discussed upcoming changes to law enforcement oversight in 2021, including its transition to the Police Accountability Board, or PAB.

An apartment building in the 2600 block of Etna Street in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood caught fire at 1:50 a.m. Nov. 16, one of several recent fires in the city.

As part of the state’s response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a stay-at-home order from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for some counties beginning Nov. 21, according to a press release from Newsom’s office.

Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, arrested the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision Nov. 4 at around 4 p.m. on suspicion of identity theft, probation violation and possession of narcotics, according to a BPD community message.

As the United States waits to learn the results of the 2020 elections, UC Berkeley students expressed anxiety over the uncertain nature of the presidential race.