Esme Hyatt

Reporter @DailyCal | UC Berkeley 2028🌎

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Amid a massive $30 million budget deficit, the city of Berkeley unveiled a cost-cutting budget proposal that, if passed, would drastically cut unhoused and mental health services

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Recently dismissed director of police accountability for the city of Berkeley, Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Ph.D., has a message for his successor: “The resources you receive will not match the authority you have been entrusted with.”

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The Save Free Student Press Initiative has passed with 88.1% of students voting in favor of the referendum.

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UC Berkeley associate professor of chemistry Kwabena Bediako is under investigation by campus following accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination from a graduate student, detailed in a widely circulated letter
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Check out how the ASUC debate went!!

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Tonight is the ASUC executive debate. Follow this account for updates!

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Tonight is the ASUC executive debate. Follow this account for updates!

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Mayor Adena Ishii has nominated retired city worker Kathy Lee as interim director of police accountability
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Tenants at Evans Manor, a Southside apartment building owned by the Berkeley Student Cooperative, have claimed significant maintenance delays, health issues and three-day “pay rent or quit’’ notices
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Berkeley City College was designated a Black-Serving Institution by the state of California on Dec. 8, 2025. This designation recognizes colleges and universities that provide exceptional academic support to their Black and African American students
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Berkeley City Council’s Public Safety Committee unanimously approved the removal of the Berkeley Police Department’s pepper spray reporting requirement Thursday
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BREAKING |Two members of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board, or PAB, announced their joint resignation today, citing concerns of “reversals” of policy recommendations and difficulties “accessing essential records.”
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The Berkeley City Council introduced an urgent item to address the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, shootings in Minneapolis at its regular meeting Tuesday https://t.co/lY3qAoH46T

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Two hundred Bay Area faith leaders representing more than 45 faith-based organizations participated in a fast Thursday to raise awareness in the wake of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Minneapolis and around the country https://t.co/v1le8U3STF

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The Berkeley City Council will consider rolling back a 2020 ban on tear gas and temporary pandemic-era restrictions on smoke and pepper spray for the Berkeley Police Department’s Special Response Team
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BREAKING | UC Berkeley announced Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, or SAHA, as the developer for the construction of affordable and supportive housing on the former site of People’s Park this morning
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The Police Accountability Board presented to the Berkeley City Council an Investigation of a 2022 text scandal.
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@TaplinTerry introduced an urgent item that gave over $2,000 to the KALA Arts Institute's auctioning exhibit.

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The council commemorated and will adjourn in memory of Willie Ann Bolluck.

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The council commemorated April 9th as "Recognizing Education and Sharing Day". The day falls on the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who advocated for the advancement of education.