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Coming off its first conference series win of the season against the Utah Utes, Cal baseball continued its hot streak Tuesday night, blowing out the USF Dons 17-3.

Cal baseball headed east to Salt Lake City to win a three-game weekend series against the Utah Utes.

The Bears got back on track with two resounding midweek victories — 14-2 over Nevada and 9-3 over Saint Mary’s. Cal now boasts an 11-3 non-conference record, a sign of a solid club, if not the nearly completely opposite 3-12 conference record.

Struggling heavily in Pac-12 play this season, the Bears take a break from playing their conference counterparts to take on Nevada and Saint Mary’s.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center and Energy Storage Center are currently studying the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area in Southern California’s Imperial Valley as a potential domestic source of lithium for the United States.

A recent study conducted by UC Berkeley researchers in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health found a connection between droughts and increases in coccidioidomycosis or Valley fever cases.

The Bears must buckle down with the beginning of Pac-12 play. After its series against Arizona, Cal will take a short trip south to face San Jose State on Tuesday evening.

The three-star running back decommitted from Nebraska football Monday morning and intends to sign with Cal.

The effects of climate change on mountain snowpacks is “potentially catastrophic” for water management, according to a study from the Berkeley Lab.