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Police Break Up ‘Occupy Cal’ Encampment At UC Berkeley
BERKELEY (CBS / AP) — Police moved in to break up a demonstration at the University of California at Berkeley that started when anti-Wall Street protesters tried to establish an encampment on campus....
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‘Occupy Cal’ Protesters Call For Strike; Police Defend Actions
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – University of California at Berkeley police on Thursday defended their actions during demonstrations on campus the day before when the newly formed “Occupy Cal” movement drew...
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Occupy SF Protesters Arrested After Swarming Downtown Bank Lobby
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Police arrested dozens of Occupy SF protesters who stormed a Bank of America branch on California Street in San Francisco during a march Wednesday afternoon, and refused to...
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UC Davis Strike Planned To Coincide With Regents Meeting
DAVIS (KCBS) – Occupy UC Davis activists are planning a campus-wide general strike for Monday, set to coincide with a UC Regents meeting that was rescheduled for the same day. Organizers said the...
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UC Students Protest Police Actions, Soaring Tuition As Regents Meet
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A University of California Board of Regents meeting held via teleconference at four UC campuses wrapped up Monday afternoon after being briefly interrupted by protesters who...
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UC Regents Ask State Legislature For Over $400 Million Next Fiscal Year
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The University of California Board of Regents is asking the state legislature for an additional $411 million in funds for the next fiscal year. After years of tuition hikes and...
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Mom Sues Over Son’s Overdose At UC Berkeley Co-Op
BERKELEY (CBS / AP) — The mother of a University of California, Berkeley student who suffered severe brain damage after a drug overdose on campus is suing the UC regents. Madelyn Bennett said they knew...
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3 Arrested During Protest At UC Regents Meeting In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Three people were arrested at a University of California Regents meeting Thursday after a demonstration denouncing a possible state funding deal that protesters said would raise...
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Protesters Disrupt UC Regents Meeting In Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – Protesters disrupted a University of California board meeting where officials are discussing a tuition increase to help close its budget shortfall Wednesday. Members of the UC...
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No Tuition Hike For UC Students
BERKELEY (AP) — The president of the University of California will not request a hike in tuition. UC Regents had been expected to raise tuition next month. Regents for the 10-campus university system...
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UC Tuition Freeze Hinges On Brown’s California Tax Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - The University of California Regents on Wednesday voted to endorse the governor’s tax plan, and contingent on its passing, to freeze next year’s undergraduate tuition costs, as...
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UC Berkeley Students Seek Tuition Cuts After Prop. 30 Passes
BERKELEY (KCBS) — Hundreds of students at UC Berkeley walked out of class and marched in the rain Thursday, demanding that their tuition go down following the passage of Proposition 30. Voters approved...
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Gov. Brown Urges UC To Rethink Education, Contain Costs
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is calling on the University of California to contain costs and rethink how it does business even though voters approved new taxes to fund schools and...
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Gov. Brown Opposes Raise For New UC Berkeley Chancellor
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom voted Tuesday against giving the new chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley a $50,000 pay raise over what his...
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Governor Brown Offers Preview For Next State Budget
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Governor Jerry Brown meant what he said about keeping California’s spending in-check, even though voters have approved giving him more tax money to spend. At Tuesday’s UC Regents...
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UC Regents Add Muslim Student Representative Over Jewish Groups’ Objections
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – The University of California’s governing board confirmed its first Muslim student member Wednesday, despite some Jewish groups’ claims that she marginalized Jewish students and...
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Protesters Disrupt Meeting As Napolitano Confirmed As 1st Female UC President
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was confirmed Thursday as the next president of the University of California amid protests both outside and inside the...
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About The Bay: The Perks Of Being Janet Napolitano
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Last week Janet Napolitano just about tripled her old salary as Homeland Security Secretary now that she’s confirmed to be the next president of the University of California....
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Initial Funding Approved To Redo UC President’s House
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) – When former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano takes over as president of the University of California later this month, she will live in leased accommodations that...
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UC Regents Committee Approves Funding For Dilapidated President’s Mansion
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A University of California regents committee has approved $620,000 in funding to fix a leaky roof and make seismic improvements to a mansion that has traditionally housed the...
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UC Turns To Social Media To Raise Money For Scholarships
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Putting a technological spin on the adage that it takes a village to raise a child, the University of California launched a campaign on Wednesday to harness the power of...
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Napolitano Proposes Tuition Freeze At 1st UC Regents Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – At her first University of California Board of Regents meeting as UC president, Janet Napolitano on Wednesday proposed a tuition freeze and announced several new initiatives,...
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Family Of Cal Football Player Ted Agu Filing Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against...
BERKELEY (CBS/AP) — Attorneys representing the family of former California football player Ted Agu filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California. Agu died following...
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University Of California Regents Shelve Policy Tying Coach Bonuses To...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The University of California’s governing board tabled a policy on Thursday that would have made the public college system the nation’s second to tie bonuses awarded to...
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Pro-Warriors Arena Protesters Expected At UC Regents Meeting In SF’s Mission Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The UC Board of Regents meets in San Francisco on Thursday and with that comes the expectation of protests. However, this time around instead of trying to prevent something from...
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UC Regents To Vote On Whether To Prohibit Anti-Zionism On Campus
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The University of California’s Board of Regents is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposed policy on intolerance that includes anti-Zionism as a form of discrimination that...
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UC Regents Approve Anti-Semitism Statement Of Principles
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The University of California’s governing board adopted a statement condemning anti-Semitic behavior on Thursday, becoming the first public university system to do so since...
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Lewd Comments Land University Of California Regent In Hot Water Again
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF) – A University of California regent who apologized for making lewd comments captured on audio faces additional scrutiny after a second recording of lewd remarks reportedly...
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UC Santa Cruz Student’s Rape Claim Leads To $1.15M Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former University of California, Santa Cruz student who claims she was raped by a professor has settled her claim against the University of California Regents for $1.15 million...
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University Of California ‘Recalled Retirees’ Receiving $300,000+ In Annual...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Twenty-five University of California retirees are each collecting pensions of at least $300,000, totaling more than $8 million annually, public documents show. The non-profit...
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Protesters Call For Rollback Of UC Tuition Hike Outside Regents Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Protests heated up outside a meeting of the University of California regents Wednesday morning as officials gathered to discuss budget concerns raised by a recent audit. Money...
View ArticleUC Regents Postpone Vote On Raising Tuition Until May
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California has delayed a vote on a proposed tuition increase after criticism from Gov. Jerry Brown and impassioned pleas from students who urged the UC governing...
View ArticleUniversity Of California To Raise Tuition For Non-Residents
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California’s governing board has approved a tuition increase for out-of-state undergraduate students of 3.5 percent, or $978 a year, starting in the 2018-19...
View ArticleLawmakers Propose Limits On University Of California Power
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Several state lawmakers say they want to curb the power of the University of California president and regents by limiting salaries and shortening terms. The proposed state...
View ArticleUC Regents Hear Proposal For Locked-In Tuition Rates
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — At Thursday’s UC Regents meeting, the Board was presented with a proposal for “cohort-based tuition” which would “keep tuition flat for students while they are enrolled at UC”...
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Grad Student Accuses UC Regent George Kieffer Of Groping
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California confirmed Thursday it is investigating a graduate student’s allegations that a UC regent touched her upper thigh during a dinner five years ago....
View ArticleAppeals Court in SF Rules UC Student Applicants Can’t Include SATs With...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Student applicants to the University of California can’t submit their standardized test scores with their admissions as the system works to phase out the exam requirements, a state...
View ArticleUniversity Of California Regents To Consider Multi-Year Tuition Hike
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California regents on Thursday will take up a multi-year tuition increase proposal that officials say are needed to keep campuses competitive, increase aid for...
View ArticleUPDATE: University Of California Regents Approve Multiyear Plan To Raise...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Despite opposition from student groups, University of California regents on Thursday approved a multiyear plan to raise tuition and fees at one of the nation’s premier public...
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Richard Blum, UC Regent and Husband Of Sen. Feinstein, Dead At 86
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/BCN) – Richard Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and a longtime member of the University of California Board of Regents, died Sunday evening after a long...
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