By Gabby Annicchario BERKELEY— On Saturday, Oct 28 a group of fifteen demonstrators led a sit-in a ...
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Protest Against Suspension of Berkeley Professor Ivonne del Valle Delays Start of Cal vs USC Football Game
Protest Against Suspension of Berkeley Professor Ivonne del Valle Delays Start of Cal vs USC Football Game
By Gabby Annicchario BERKELEY— On Saturday, Oct 28 a group of fifteen demonstrators led a sit-in at the 50-yard line at Memorial Stadium at the Cal vs USC football game to protest the suspensio ...
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Commentary: Davis Isn’t the Only Place with a Housing Mess, But Emulating Others Doesn’t Seem Viable
Commentary: Davis Isn’t the Only Place with a Housing Mess, But Emulating Others Doesn’t Seem Viable
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep asking the same question – how is Davis expected to meet st ...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep asking the same question – how is Davis expected to meet state requirements for housing given current barriers to housing? I ask that because what we have ...
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Student Opinion: Environmental Racism and the Silent Attack on Non-White Communities
Student Opinion: Environmental Racism and the Silent Attack on Non-White Communities
The following piece was submitted through the Vanguard’s Berkeley Student Publication and represents the ...
The following piece was submitted through the Vanguard’s Berkeley Student Publication and represents the views of the author and not necessarily that of the Vanguard and its editorial staff. The Vangu ...
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Berkeley Eviction Numbers on the Rise after End of Pandemic Moratorium.
Berkeley Eviction Numbers on the Rise after End of Pandemic Moratorium.
By Miri Valenzuela BERKELEY--What it means and where to seek help if you are served. Since the ex ...
By Miri Valenzuela BERKELEY--What it means and where to seek help if you are served. Since the expiration of the Berkeley eviction moratorium in August 31, 2023 (https://rentboard.berkeleyca.g ...
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Op Ed: There Is No Justice without Water
Op Ed: There Is No Justice without Water
By Miri Valenzuela The lack of access to clean water is responsible for millions of deaths each year. Unf ...
By Miri Valenzuela The lack of access to clean water is responsible for millions of deaths each year. Unfortunately, as the climate crisis exacerbates the scarcity of this valuable resource, we must c ...
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Climate Justice in the Bay Area
Climate Justice in the Bay Area
Op-Ed by Michael Verna UC Berkeley is known for its unique campus environment, balancing top-tier ...
Op-Ed by Michael Verna UC Berkeley is known for its unique campus environment, balancing top-tier academics and athletics with progressive social attitudes. However, what differentiates Berkele ...
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Engaging with Justice: Professor Menka’s Decolonizing UC Berkeley
Engaging with Justice: Professor Menka’s Decolonizing UC Berkeley
By Kayla Mendez BERKELEY-- Berkeley Law Professor Nazune Menka develops a course unpacking the his ...
By Kayla Mendez BERKELEY-- Berkeley Law Professor Nazune Menka develops a course unpacking the history of UC Berkeley through a critical settler colonialism lens: “Decolonizing UC Berkeley.” ...
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Despite Los Angeles Traffic Carnage, Cops May Have Traffic Role Taken Away as Justice Reformers Wish
Despite Los Angeles Traffic Carnage, Cops May Have Traffic Role Taken Away as Justice Reformers Wish
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – About 312 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2022 here, ...
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – About 312 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2022 here, a 29 percent increase over 2020, and 159 pedestrians and 20 bicyclists were also killed by moto ...
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Crime in Berkeley
Crime in Berkeley
User:Introvert, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Common ...
User:Introvert, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons By Michael Verna BERKELEY- Crime rates are rising in Berkeley, impacting UC Berkeley students ...
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, ...
Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023, California has been hit by ...
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UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows
UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows
By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Ma ...
By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Mathematics Statistics, and Physics-Astronomy Libraries, as part of a new "long-term space plan" ...
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UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties
UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties
By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to rac ...
By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to racist beliefs tied to former history professor Bernard Moses. On Feb. 7, 2023, UC Berkeley ...
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Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control
Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control
By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ...
By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ASUC* Superb Productions held a free concert for UC Berkeley students featuring Soulja Boy, an ...
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Berkeley Law Students’ Pro Bono Project to Defend Vulnerable Communities from ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Service
Berkeley Law Students’ Pro Bono Project to Defend Vulnerable Communities from ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Service
BY NANCY HU, PATTY YAO, & HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITERS Image courtesy of Getty Images BERKELEY - St ...
BY NANCY HU, PATTY YAO, & HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITERS Image courtesy of Getty Images BERKELEY - Students at UC Berkeley School of Law are conducting a public survey to research and better under ...
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System
GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System
By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the ...
By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the largest strike ever by academic workers in the United States. Graduate student instructors (GS ...
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Jury Finds Paul Flores Guilty of 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart
Jury Finds Paul Flores Guilty of 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart
By Laurel Spear MONTEREY COUNTY – On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a jury in Monterey County foun ...
By Laurel Spear MONTEREY COUNTY – On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a jury in Monterey County found Paul Flores guilty of the first-degree murder of former classmate Kristin Smart. Flores (who ...
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020
California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020
By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB ...
By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB 1020) bill which aims to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels in three stages. The fir ...
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free
Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, maki ...
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and th ...
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law
California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law
BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...
BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...
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Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide
Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide
By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay ...
By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay Area. The Oakland Police Department recently announced that a 2021 shooting in East Oakland ma ...