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Several eyewitnesses reported a man attempting to self-immolate on Sproul Plaza on Wednesday evening.

Berkeley’s “so-called chess club” has quickly become an essential community pillar, where people from all walks of life, socioeconomic status, race and age, can come together and bond over a game of chess. 

Stanford University has been criticized this month by several free speech advocacy groups for a system that allows students to anonymously report bias or discrimination. 

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.

With the drop in temperatures and increase in rainfall, the City of Berkeley and local organizations have been working to provide aid for the houseless population during this turbulent weather. 

San Francisco’s Joyride Pizza is bringing Detroit-style pizza offerings to their first East Bay outpost in Berkeley through an expansion partnership with Gilman Brewing Company.

A sudden white dusting of snow covered Berkeley Hills and Grizzly Peak Boulevard on Friday morning after a cold night of rain and hail, as California’s winter storm touched elevated local areas.

Where there are gaps in mental health services at UC Berkeley, student organizations are looking to fill them. 

Plaintiffs allege Berkeley Unified School District breached a settlement agreement that the district reached with four families in 2021 regarding improvements to reading and literacy programs. 

Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, announced it is “more than doubling” its police presence on trains in order to address rider safety concerns beginning March 20, according to a press release from BART on Friday.