Berkeley

They comb through troves of legal records and video evidence to challenge wrongful convictions. They organize medical data to help personalize health treatments for better care. They scrutinize school test scores to investigate inequities.…

The Supreme Court of California agreed Wednesday to consider UC Berkeley regents’ petition to develop the university’s People’s Park site, setting aside a lower-court ruling earlier this year pushing school officials to study alternative…

Retail section of a 207-unit, 8-story residential development at 1598 University Avenue in Berkeley, concept. (Trachtenberg Architects) BERKELEY — Hundreds of homes could sprout at a Berkeley site as part of a project that would replace…

As protesters chanted in the background, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a hotly contested bill that dismantles diversity, equity and inclusion at Florida’s public universities and colleges. The governor called DEI “a distraction…

Mixt, the Bay Area-founded farm-to-salad restaurant, has made its way to Berkeley with new seasonal salads and the same organic ethos it’s espoused for 17 years. Love snow peas? Lentils? Roasted beets? You can add any and all to your salad,…

The developer slated to build permanent supportive housing for UC Berkeley’s controversial project at People’s Park has backed out, after ongoing lawsuits jeopardized crucial federal funding late last year. Resources for Community…

“For the past five years, we have been honored to be a part of UC Berkeley’s campus and student body, providing sustainably and locally sourced food that we’ve been proud of,” read the post. “Unfortunately, with the current economic…

After Elizabeth Hoover was hired as an associate professor by UC Berkeley in 2020, the anthropologist was mentioned in the campus media as one of the small but growing number of Native American scholars who could help make the campus a more…

Everyone poops. That’s the title of a children’s book and a fact of life. But a dearth of publicly accessible bathrooms in the Bay Area — and across the U.S. — often forces people to either pay up at a local business, sneak around…

A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley, California's first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved…