The Latest Breaking News from Berkeley

Four years after the pandemic shined a spotlight on public health, it remains an in-demand field.

Congressional hearing to address antisemitism in K-12 schools, focusing on incidents in liberal cities. US Department of Education investigating Berkeley U...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us9WM72Fh6c Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky—who is also a noted scholar of constitutional law and academic freedom—joins Jane Bambauer and me to discuss student speech controversies (including the one that was literally in Erwin's back yard), as well as faculty academic freedom in scholarship, public commentary, and teaching.

A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies.

From NBC, what strikes me as a misleading characterization of Professor Catherine Fisk's confronting a student who pulled out a microphone to orate at a dinner organized at the professor's (and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's) house.

The city’s pioneering step fell flat after a long fight in court, but campaigners – and leading chefs – say they’re still going electric

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Berkeley City Council meeting, shouting derogatory remarks during Holocaust Remembrance Day vote.

Berkeley, CA settles to end natural gas ban in new buildings after legal challenge, sparking broader movement.

Ohlone people celebrate return of sacred land in Berkeley, California for cultural preservation and education.

UC Berkeley condemns protest disrupting Jewish student event, launches criminal investigation into safety concerns.

In latest move by University of California, Berkeley, law enforcement agencies arrested protesters and erected barrier