Mattias Hoz

As the COVID-19 pandemic brings safety challenges to local hospitals, Berkeley and Oakland health workers are calling for stronger protective measures from hospital leadership.

Esfandiar Imani, a longtime Berkeley resident and a risk management consultant, is running for a position on the Berkeley Unified School District board this November.

UC Berkeley School of Law held a virtual campus conversation Monday on the relationship between race and the criminal justice system.

In recent weeks, Berkeley residents have been alarmed by reports of alleged employee COVID-19 infections at Berkeley Bowl, Whole Foods and other local businesses.

As Berkeley Unified School District prepares for back-to-school season, many teachers have expressed concerns about returning to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Berkeley Police Review Commission discussed the city of Berkeley’s use-of-force policy at a special meeting Monday.

Berkeley residents participated Tuesday in a student-organized demonstration for Black liberation, which ended with a march and candlelight vigil for victims of police brutality in the Berkeley Hills.

UC Berkeley’s Black student leaders and organizers have long advocated for increased recruitment, academic support and a more welcoming campus climate for Black students, but recent national unrest has reinvigorated the campus Black Lives Matter movement's calls for change.

On Friday, two planned events will allow Berkeley residents to celebrate Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the emancipation of Black slaves in 1865.

On Tuesday, the UC Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute held a virtual interview with professor Lawrence Rosenthal, the UC Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies’ founder, lead researcher and current chair.