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California’s game at Washington State was canceled less than two hours before kickoff on Saturday because of a case of COVID-19 on the Cal team.

The names of two University of California Berkeley buildings were removed Wednesday after a formal review found their namesakes promoted racist ideas.

The names of two University of California Berkeley buildings were removed Wednesday after a formal review found their namesakes promoted racist ideas. Cierra Johnson reports.

A pilot program providing COVID-19 contact tracing to members of UC Berkeley may go statewide.

The Pac-12′s football schedule has been scrambled for a second straight week

California’s departments off Public Health and Technology announced a plan to expand the pilot of a mobile app that will notify users when they have been exposed to someone with coronavirus.

California’s season-opening game Saturday night against Washington won’t be played following a positive coronavirus test Wednesday on the Golden Bears that has caused what coach Justin Wilcox said is a “significant” number of players needing contact tracing.

Jennifer A. Doudna, a UC Berkeley biochemist, is one of a pair of women who were awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry for their development of “molecular scissors” to edit genes, offering the promise of one day curing a host of inherited diseases. Kris Sanchez reports.

A share of the Nobel Prize in physics this year is going to University of California at Berkeley professor emeritus Reinhard Genzel, university officials announced Tuesday.

UC Berkeley is looking into temporarily closing its entire campus to the public, but the university said people shouldn’t expect strict enforcement if it happens.

UC Berkeley is looking into temporarily closing its entire campus to the public, but the university said people shouldn’t expect strict enforcement if it happens. Jodi Hernandez reports.

As the fight to slow the spread and protect others from COVID-19 continues, one East Bay city will have stricter enforcement of the public health orders.

Fail to wear a mask in Berkeley and be fined $100. An emergency ordinance passed Tuesday, adding muscle to rules designed to protect people from contracting COVID-19. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Some UC Berkeley students are not waiting for the city to crack down on social gatherings — they’re calling out other students on social media and accusing them of throwing unsafe parties during the pandemic.

As the fight to slow the spread and protect others from COVID-19 continues, one East Bay city will consider stricter enforcement of the rules for face coverings. Cierra Johnson reports.

Some Cal students aren’t waiting for the city to crack down on social gatherings – they’re calling out other students on social media and accusing them of throwing unsafe parties during the pandemic. Melissa Colorado reports.

A professor in the East Bay believes he found the the key to keeping his students engaged in online learning. He’s transformed his mancave into a studio, where he films and edits his creative virtual lessons, and then uploads them for students to watch. Melissa Colorado reports.

Thanks partly to UC Berkeley, the United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to launch an interplanetary probe.

An increase in COVID-19 cases among the student population at UC Berkeley that school officials say is tied to recent social gatherings has the administration reconsidering plans to return more people to campus in the fall.

International students face an uncertain future in the fall, after ICE warned it would strip away their student visas, if their universities moved all classes online. It took less than 48 hours for Cal students to band together and come up with their own on-campus courses so their international schoolmates can stay in the country.