BERKELEY'S NEWS • MARCH 25, 2023
Maria Young
Senior Staff
Maria Young is a fall 2022 deputy night editor. She joined the news department in fall 2019 and has worked on the student life and higher education beats. She also worked as the university news editor in spring 2022, and served as a deputy news editor in summer 2020 and spring 2021.
Law & Justice
JANUARY 14, 2021
Man charged following robbery with firearm in Underhill parking garage
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged Fidel Valdez Alvarez, an 18-year-old San Pablo male, with carjacking with a firearm and multiple counts of robbery with a firearm Thursday, according to a UCPD email.
Law & Justice
JANUARY 14, 2021
Man charged following robbery with firearm in Underhill parking garage
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged Fidel Valdez Alvarez, an 18-year-old San Pablo male, with carjacking with a firearm and multiple counts of robbery with a firearm Thursday, according to a UCPD email.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Emeryville man pleads guilty to stealing MacBooks from UC Berkeley
Jonas Jarut, a 41-year-old man from Emeryville, plead guilty Thursday to stealing at least 90 MacBooks from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Emeryville man pleads guilty to stealing MacBooks from UC Berkeley
Jonas Jarut, a 41-year-old man from Emeryville, plead guilty Thursday to stealing at least 90 MacBooks from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
City
DECEMBER 15, 2020
BART eliminates paper tickets, transitions to Clipper-only sales
BART will no longer sell paper tickets at its stations and will instead offer only Clipper as the fare product available for purchase.
City
DECEMBER 15, 2020
BART eliminates paper tickets, transitions to Clipper-only sales
BART will no longer sell paper tickets at its stations and will instead offer only Clipper as the fare product available for purchase.
State
DECEMBER 14, 2020
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom launches 'Vaccinate All 58' campaign
California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched "Vaccinate All 58" on Monday, a campaign to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to California's 58 counties.
State
DECEMBER 14, 2020
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom launches 'Vaccinate All 58' campaign
California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched "Vaccinate All 58" on Monday, a campaign to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to California's 58 counties.
Campus
DECEMBER 11, 2020
UC Berkeley reports 81 new cases since Thanksgiving, 56 in last week
UC Berkeley reported 81 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff since Thanksgiving, according to a campuswide email sent out Friday.
Campus
DECEMBER 11, 2020
UC Berkeley reports 81 new cases since Thanksgiving, 56 in last week
UC Berkeley reported 81 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff since Thanksgiving, according to a campuswide email sent out Friday.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 07, 2020
Berkeley police find loaded gun, ammunition, cocaine during traffic stop
While conducting a traffic enforcement stop, Berkeley Police Department officers arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm and possessing narcotics for sale.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 07, 2020
Berkeley police find loaded gun, ammunition, cocaine during traffic stop
While conducting a traffic enforcement stop, Berkeley Police Department officers arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm and possessing narcotics for sale.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Berkeley Lab researchers develop gene-editing technique increasing biomanufacturing efficiency
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, have found a more efficient technique to modify metabolic processes in microbes that has the potential to speed up biomanufacturing.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Berkeley Lab researchers develop gene-editing technique increasing biomanufacturing efficiency
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, have found a more efficient technique to modify metabolic processes in microbes that has the potential to speed up biomanufacturing.
Elections 2020
NOVEMBER 04, 2020
Propositions on affirmative action, rent control fail, restoring former felon voting rights passes
Out of the 12 propositions on the ballot, three have been approved by voters and five have failed while the rest remain uncertain, as of press time.
Elections 2020
NOVEMBER 04, 2020
Propositions on affirmative action, rent control fail, restoring former felon voting rights passes
Out of the 12 propositions on the ballot, three have been approved by voters and five have failed while the rest remain uncertain, as of press time.
Campus
NOVEMBER 04, 2020
'An incredible journey': UC Berkeley Center for Educational Partnerships leader Marsha Jaeger retires
Marsha Jaeger, assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships at the campus Center for Educational Partnerships, or CEP, retired Sunday after more than 32 years of working on campus.
Campus
NOVEMBER 04, 2020
'An incredible journey': UC Berkeley Center for Educational Partnerships leader Marsha Jaeger retires
Marsha Jaeger, assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships at the campus Center for Educational Partnerships, or CEP, retired Sunday after more than 32 years of working on campus.
California General Elections 2020
NOVEMBER 02, 2020
‘On the mark’: Polls say presidential candidate Joe Biden is favored to win
National polls suggest Democratic nominee Joe Biden has an 87% chance of winning the 2020 presidential election, but four years ago, the United States watched as President Donald Trump won despite polls that stated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an 85% chance of winning.
California General Elections 2020
NOVEMBER 02, 2020
‘On the mark’: Polls say presidential candidate Joe Biden is favored to win
National polls suggest Democratic nominee Joe Biden has an 87% chance of winning the 2020 presidential election, but four years ago, the United States watched as President Donald Trump won despite polls that stated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an 85% chance of winning.
