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Berkeley, California, is celebrated for its unique vibe, cultural landmarks, and diverse communities. Each area offers a distinct charm, making the choice of where to live or visit an exciting decision.

In Berkeley, advocates, activists and unsheltered people are staging a last-ditch effort to claim safe public space

Two teenagers injured by fireworks in Berkeley on Independence Day, one losing fingers. Prompt emergency response followed.

A California Supreme Court ruling will allow student housing at University of California to be built at Berkeley’s historic People’s Park

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.