SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Last year, the University of California faced one of its greatest financial challenges in its 143-year history, with sweeping budget cuts, student fee increases, and a denial of salary increases to faculty and staff, all of which threatened the future of the most prestigious public university system in the world. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents just raised student fees by 30 percent, but in light of a budget crisis likely worse than last year’s, they are forced to consider raising fees again. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The incoming president of the University of California came out against a controversial ballot initiative on Wednesday that would prevent the state from collecting information on an individual’s race or ethnicity. Read more...

Legal politics may have shattered the momentum of the forces trying to remove Gov. Gray Davis from office. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to postpone the California recall election until six counties ““ including Los Angeles ““ can replace old voting systems prone to error. Read more...

Voting in the October recall may not be as easy as simply choosing a candidate, according to California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and a panel of experts who discussed the issue Wednesday night at Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Dolores Huerta, a nationally renowned labor and women’s rights activist who worked alongside César Chávez to unionize California farm workers, was nominated by Gov. Gray Davis on Sept. Read more...

“There’s no forgetting it, even if people wanted to.” So says Brian Drishelle, a graduate student in moving image archive studies, on the significance of the felled Twin Towers in New York City and the battered Pentagon. Read more...