Natalie Meier

An audit report presented to Berkeley City Council last week found that the city may not reach its zero waste goal by 2020, while UC Berkeley’s efforts to reach the same zero waste goal have been met with comparable obstacles.

Telegraph Avenue’s Caffe Mediterraneum, bracketed between Amoeba Music and Shakespeare & Company Books, is officially up for lease with a purchase component following the owner’s desire for a change in management hands.

UC President Janet Napolitano announced the launch of the UC Global Food Initiative Tuesday morning, detailing the UC system’s plan to expand food education, maximize sustainable farming practices and reduce hunger at the university, national and global levels.

While Berkeley’s City Council unanimously passed a city ordinance Tuesday night to raise the minimum wage, some local businesses are concerned for the future.

California residents have decreased water usage by 5 percent this year compared to the last three years — far less than Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for a 20 percent decrease in January — according to a statewide survey released Tuesday.

Frank Asaro, a nuclear chemist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory known for his work on mass extinction, died June 10 at 86.

The city’s Police Review Commission spent the majority of its Wednesday night meeting deliberating and amending a declaration stating that none of the commissioners leaked information regarding an in-custody death case to The Daily Californian.

UC Berkeley added a sixth faculty member to its list of those who have held positions on President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers in the last 20 years.

The California State University plans to hire 600-700 full-time positions by this fall, as both the CSU and UC systems struggle to hire more tenure track faculty in light of recent budget cuts.