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The ruling comes after local groups sued the university, challenging its long-range...

The court case that forced UC Berkeley to slash enrollment for next year is just one of a...

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. The h

A California Supreme Court ruling upholding an enrollment cap on UC Berkeley will force the campus to offer hundreds of incoming students admission for online classes for fall or deferred enrollment next spring.

Berkeley drops objections to UC construction project for $82.64 million FacebookTwitterEmail The project at Hearst and La Loma avenues on the northeast edge of the UC Berkeley campus will move forward under an agreement between UC and the city of Berkeley.Solomon Cordwell Buenz The city of Berkeley is dropping its objections to a University of California construction project on the northeast edge of campus and to continued increases in UC Berkeley enrollment in exchange for $82.64 million over ...

Judge sides with Berkeleys objections to a proposed UC Berkeley development FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 The UC Berkeley campus, with People’s Park in the foreground, is the subject of a lawsuit that questions the impact of the university on the city of Berkeley.Noah Berger/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 UC Berkeley must do a new environmental review on its proposal for a building, seen in an artist’s rendering.Solomon Cordwell BuenzShow MoreShow Less A judge has sided with Be...

We are the long-term, rent-controlled tenants at 1921 Walnut St. in Berkeley. Since April 2020, UC Berkeley has pursued plans to evict us and demolish our homes. We do not oppose UC Berkeley building more student housing. What we oppose is the UC administration’s hasty decision to purchase 1921 Walnut St. at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, ignore the Berkeley community’s concerns and pursue shadowy plans to replace our long-standing community with luxury apartments and market-ra...