Pacific Ocean

Temperatures soared to the triple digits across the country this week, yet the Bay Area experienced a temperate week in the 70s.

A variety of genes connected to a longer lifespan can be found in rockfish genome, according to a new study from UC Berkeley researchers. 

If you find Berkeley’s constant battle between heatwave and frigidity to be tiresome, Hawaii delights with 80-degree weather forecasts and rainbows galore.

What do illegal camping, bilingual sailing lessons and Robert Kennedy have in common? They each could be your path to a future university professorship — or, at least, they each were part of a UC Berkeley faculty member's road to success.

When I see her now, I feel as though I’m looking at an imposter. This woman took the place of the mom that I had — the one I felt entitled to.

Summer break is a time for ambitious social plans and tons of fun, especially if you’re vacationing in Orange County.

As of June 6, 149 birds and 72 mammals were reported dead after a pipeline along the Santa Barbara coast burst May 19 and polluted miles of beaches and reserves with crude oil, including a natural reserve owned by the University of California, according to the most recent status report from the oil spill responders.

There’s a stretch of highway reaching through the Santa Cruz mountains down to the coast that I find myself returning to each summer like clockwork. California Highway 9 winds through redwood forests and hugs steep drops into the San Lorenzo Valley, spanning a number of miles leading through tiny towns and campsites into downtown Santa Cruz and the vast expanse of the Pacific.