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Editorial: The struggle for the soul of UC The Times Editorial Board © (Josh Edelson / For The Times) Sather Tower, also known as the Campanile, at UC Berkeley, where a quarter of the undergraduates are from out of state. (Josh Edelson / For The Times) The conundrums of the University of California are perpetual. Should the education there be more state-funded or tuition-funded? Should the school be more an elite research institution or a vehicle for graduating young people as efficiently as possible? Should it mimic private universities by importing foreign and out-of-stat...

TV by the Bay: You watched the shows – now get out and go Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, (TNS) SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the early days of the pandemic, most of us probably couldn’t have predicted what a reliable quarantine companion TV would become. But as the lockdowns wore on, there we were: Safely welded to the couch, binging and streaming to our hearts’ content as TV took us to places where we could find reprieve – including some places in the Bay Area. Now that things are reopening, it’s a good time to get off the couch, get outside and rediscover some of the fun activities whe...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the early days of the pandemic, most of us probably couldn’t have predicted what a reliable quarantine companion TV would become.

UC Berkeley plans to become bigger, greener and more pedestrian friendly The university’s new long-range plan includes building 12,000 housing units for a projected larger population. The Cal campus population, including students, faculty and staff will grow from 55,130 people to 67,200 in the next 15 to 16 years, about a 22% increase, according to the university’s new long-range plan. Photo: UC Berkeley UC Berkeley released a draft of its long-range development plan this week, a blueprint for how the campus will grow and change from 2021 through the academic year 2036-37. The plan projec...

The University of California at Berkeley on Sunday morning issued an advisory confirming a surge in student COVID-19 cases, including students who live in campus housing.