By Ed Carpenter, USF News USF computer scientists have joined the national Computer Science For All movement to train 10,000 public school teachers to teach...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a 2016-17 state budget that provides $10 million to help launch a statewide earthquake...
After over 15 months of organizing, mobilizing, and negotiations, the Black Student Union at UC Berkeley–in assistance with the African Black Coalition–, has reached an agreement...
After 35 years of service to UC Berkeley, Harry Le Grande is retiring his position as vice chancellor of student affairs on Dec. 31. LeGrande...
Special to the Post The Richmond City Council voted unanimously in 2011 to explore a public-private partnership city transit technology startup company CyberTran International,...
By Anne Brice, UC Berkeley News About 100 students, staff, faculty and community members gathered for this year’s Take Back the Night at UC Berkeley....
By Harry Brill Governor Brown just signed a minimum wage bill that was enthusiastically greeted by many progressive organizations. Among the enthusiasts is the California...
Former East Bay Assemblymember Sandré Swanson’s campaign for State Senate District 9 has announced that he has earned the support of Berkeley Councilmembers Maxwell Anderson, Kriss...
More than six weeks after a calling for a boycott on guest speakers at UC Berkeley, the university’s largest employee union, AFSCME 3299, and university have...
By Pamela Drake It is one of the features of life today in Oakland that bus stops the community needs disappear without explanation, and residents...
Eastbay Assemblymember Rob Bonta, joined by immigrant, civil rights, and labor group, is backing legislation to address controversial deportation tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Courtesy of Rafu Noted artist and peace activist Iwao Lewis Suzuki passed away recently at the age of 95. “With more than 30 family,...
Courtesy of Berkeley News Berkeley Law professor and former dean Christopher Edley has launched a nonprofit organization that aims to use education and related social...
By Nikolas Zelinski The social media website Nextdoor.com, designed to connect neighbors, is gradually making changes to its website in the wake of intense criticism...
Assemblymembers Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) and David Chiu (D-San Francisco), representing the California Latino Legislative Caucuses and the California Asian Pacific Islander (API) Legislative Caucus respectively, have...
More than 206,000 students applied to attend the University of California as undergraduates in fall 2016, an overall jump of 6.4 percent over fall 2015 and...
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News In a first, a graphic novelist has been picked as the new national ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and...
By Sally Douglas Arce It’s remarkable yet true. For 50 years, the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra (BCCO) has provided free concerts. Eugene Jones,...
Mary V. King, an Oakland native who was the first African American on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and served as AC Transit general manager,...
Dorothy Johnson-Speight (right), the National Director of Mothers in Charge, spoke to the congregation of St. Columba Church in Berkeley at the church’s Saints Day...
Fast-food workers, care givers, and store employees in hundreds of cities across the country walked off the job Tuesday demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union...
Tensions remain high at Berkeley High School in the wake of a student walkout sparked by the discovery of a written message in the school library...
Yuvette Henderson’s family, represented by civil rights attorney Dan Siegel, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Emeryville and two police officers responsible for the...
Berkeley High School students walked out of classes, rallied on campus and marched to UC Berkeley yesterday in the wake of news that a racist threat...
The California Nurses Association (CNA) has endorsed former East Bay Assemblymember Sandré Swanson for State Senate. The CNA’s support follows recent endorsements by East Bay...