Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and ...
New surveillance cameras planned for Berkeley prompt support and concern
In the interest of thwarting crime, the Berkeley Police Department is seeking to install surveillance cameras in at least 16 ...
Crime and Public Safety
In the interest of thwarting crime, the Berkeley Police Department is seeking to install surveillance cameras in at least 16 ...
Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives
The U.S. Education Department last week said it was investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, ...
She worked two full-time city jobs in Berkeley at once. Then she got a pay cut, bias suit says
The city manager, who is Black, says her predecessor, who is white, discriminated against her when he reduced her salary ...
The Press Democrat1d
Schools in this Central Valley town won acclaim for their pandemic comeback. How they did it
In the early days of the pandemic, Delano school officials quickly provided the tools needed for remote learning and made ...
Colman Domingo shares sweet message for husband on their anniversary
Colman Domingo and his husband, Raúl Domingo, have reached a marital milestone. The Academy Award winner celebrated his 20th ...
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Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates
If Andrea Ghez had listened to her critics, one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries might yet remain unsolved. The UCLA astronomer won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for proving the existence of a ...
Palo Alto Daily Post1d
Palo Alto considers a vacancy tax targeting 2,000 ‘ghost homes’
Apartment owners are taxed $6,000 per vacant unit, and the tax doubles in consecutive years to raise $3.9 million to $5.9 ...
West Berkeley's vacant Pacific Steel foundry could transform into a life sciences campus
A stretch of manufacturing and industrial space in West Berkeley could soon have a new future as a sprawling life sciences ...
A Department of Education Office Changed My Life. Now It's Been Cut
The FLAS falls, or fell, under the umbrella of the office of International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE), an office ...
The Daily Californian1d
Berkeley City Council approves task force to combat sex trafficking
The Council also approved a resolution which would begin changing the manufacturer of fixed surveillance cameras around ...