Toxic Cleanup
The University of California at Davis will pay $14 million toward cleaning up the Laboratory for Energy-related Health Research/Old Campus Landfill Superfund site in Davis, in an agreement with the U.S. EPA and California.
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Bringing Science to the Masses, One Beer at a Time
At a cozy watering hole in downtown Oakland, California, budding scientists wield an unconventional weapon to help fight misconceptions about their field of knowledge. Their battleground is a bar. Their ammunition: beer.
Read moreUC Berkeley Defeats $23M Yiannopoulos Riot Suit
A federal judge on Friday dismissed nearly all claims in a $23 million lawsuit over violent protests that led to the cancellation of a speech by conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California Berkeley in 2017.
Read moreRetirees Win One
A California appeals court found it improper Wednesday that a judge decertified a class of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory retirees who claim the Regents of the University of California cheated them of university-sponsored group health insurance.
Read moreUniversity of California Cuts Tuition for First Time in 20 Years
Responding to a booming economy and a generous state budget, administrators on Thursday approved the first tuition decrease for the University of California system in nearly 20 years.
Read moreFormer University Student Claims School ‘Blackballed’ Her Career
A former doctoral student at University of California, Berkeley filed a lawsuit in state court against state university officials Tuesday for what she calls “blackballing” her career after she filed a harassment complaint against a professor.
Read moreMilo Riot
A federal judge on Monday dismissed with leave to amend a woman’s claims against the University of California, the city of Berkeley and a protester, finding her claims stemming from a scuffle before a speech by Trump surrogate Milo Yiannopoulos are either barred by the Constitution or state law, or because they lack mention of specific injury.
Read moreUniversity of California Workers Begin 3-Day Strike
A California employees’ union representing 25,000 low-wage campus and medical facility workers began its statewide, three-day strike on Monday after a year-long impasse in negotiations with the University of California came to a head last month.
Read moreStrike Threat
The California Public Employment Relations Board seeks an injunction against “essential employees” at five University of California hospitals who are threatening a three-day strike and two-day sympathy strike to support custodial workers, who rejected a 3 percent pay raise.
Read moreDiscrimination Lawsuit Against UC Berkeley Allowed to Proceed
The University of California, Berkeley, must face claims that it discriminated against conservative speakers like Ann Coulter, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreSex and College
A federal judge granted summary judgment to the Regents of the University of California on a claim from a woman who says she was sexually assaulted while working on a fellowship in Alaska, as “UC did not have control over the assailant or program in Alaska.”
Read moreNew Agreement to Open Up More Transfers to CA University
California community college students will be guaranteed admission to the University of California if they meet requirements under a new agreement announced Wednesday by the university and the California Community Colleges.
Read moreUniversity of California Likely to Duck Suit Over Assaults
A federal judge on Wednesday said he will likely toss a lawsuit accusing the University of California of failing to investigate a former UC Berkeley student’s reports of sexual assault, putting an end to the three-year-old case.
Read moreConservatives Face Tough Slog in UC Berkeley Free-Speech Fight
Proving that officials intentionally sought to suppress conservative speech at the University of California Berkeley last year won’t be easy, despite a vague policy that gives college administrators broad power to restrict speaking events, a federal judge said Friday.
Read moreJudge Hints at Possible Block of Trump’s DACA Rollback
During a four-hour marathon hearing Wednesday, a federal judge hinted he may block the Trump administration from ending parts of the program that shields nearly 800,000 young immigrants from deportation.
Read moreUnion Busting
The Regents of the University of California illegally spent public money to deter union organizing, the Teamsters Local 2010 claims in Alameda County Court.
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Settlement Reached in the Great Strawberry Fight
The University of California and a private strawberry breeding startup have settled a bitter dispute over UC Davis’ multimillion-dollar strawberry plants, after a jury found that the startup’s founders stole the plants to get an edge in the state’s mammoth strawberry market.
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Bills to Strip UC President’s Powers Sail Through California Senate
A bill to criminally charge and fine state employees who willfully mislead the California auditor unanimously passed the state Senate on Thursday and now awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature.
Read moreCalifornia Auditor Blasts UC System Over $942 Million IT System
State auditors blasted University of California President Janet Napolitano’s office again on Thursday, with a finding that a university information technology project is years behind schedule and its costs have ballooned to nearly $1 billion.
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