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Confidence in LAPD drops sharply, poll finds, but LA voters don’t want to shrink force

LOS ANGELES — Voters in Los Angeles have serious concerns about the Los Angeles Police Department but little interest in shrinking its size amid worries over rising crime, according to a new poll by UC Berkeley and The Times.

Los Angeles Times

The best London hotels for afternoon tea: Where to visit for city views, tradition and sweet treats

Pinkies up for some of the finest finger food in the capital

The Independent UK

Financial shortfalls hamper college dreams. Here's what can help California students

Yajun Chen is an A student, but may turn down the University of California for a community college. Eric Xie-McCarthy achieved a 4.6 GPA in a rigorous course load, but had to consider forgoing a rich residential experience at his top choice, UC Berkeley, to save money and commute to…

Los Angeles Times

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Student arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot staff at UC Berkeley

A 39-year-old student was charged earlier this week with two counts of making criminal threats to university staff at the University of California, Berkeley.

Los Angeles Times

COUNTERPOINT: Blind to race or blind to racism? Colleges must answer

I believe in affirmative action, but it’s not meant for Clarence.

Tribune News Service

California lawmakers pass urgent bill to stop Berkeley enrollment cuts

LOS ANGELES — California lawmakers passed a bill Monday that would rescue UC Berkeley from a court-ordered enrollment freeze and steep admission cuts and allow the university to resume plans to enroll more than 5,000 first-year California students.

Los Angeles Times

California NIMBYs Are Ruining U.C. Berkeley. Stop Them Before They Kill Again.

A California Supreme Court decision freezing enrollment at the state's flagship university is focusing the public's fury on the normally obscure, but incredibly consequential, California Environmental Quality Act.

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Lawmakers to vote on fix to increase UC Berkeley enrollment

California lawmakers are fast-tracking a proposal that could allow the University of California, Berkeley, to admit as many students as it had planned to for the fall semester despite a recent judicial freeze on enrollment

The Independent UK

Lawmakers unveil rescue effort to help UC Berkeley avoid enrollment cuts after court battle

LOS ANGELES — California legislators are fast-tracking a rescue effort to help the University of California, Berkeley avoid slashing its in-person fall class by more than 2,600 students to meet a court-ordered enrollment freeze, just as the university prepares to release admission decisions this month.

Los Angeles Times

Cédric Grolet at the Berkeley, London W1: ‘Spiking the blood sugar levels of Europe’ – restaurant review

A Frenchman wading into Britain’s fractious ‘jam or cream first?’ scone debate is either foolhardy or admirable

The Guardian - UK

UC Berkeley could be forced to cut enrollment by 3,050 seats under high-court decision

LOS ANGELES — The California Supreme Court on Thursday declined to lift an enrollment cap on UC Berkeley, leaving one of the nation's most popular campuses scrambling to cut its incoming fall class by one-third, or 3,050 seats, just weeks before it was set to release admission decisions.

Los Angeles Times

Here's why UC Berkeley may be forced to slash 3,000 seats from its fall class

This week, UC Berkeley announced that if a court order stands, it would be forced to slash its incoming fall 2022 class by one-third, or 3,050 seats for first-year and transfer students. The news — just a month before the campus was set to release admission decisions — set 150,000…

Los Angeles Times

Opus Rides Again! 'Bloom County' TV Series Gets Development Deal At Fox

Fox Corp (NASDAQ: FOX) has given Berkeley Breathed the greenlight to develop his satirical comic strip “Bloom County” into an animated series.

Benzinga

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