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1 week ago | berkeleyside.org | Felicia Mello |Zac Farber

Editors’ note: This story about international students was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Since early April, Rayne Xue, a junior at UC Berkeley, has watched with trepidation as President Donald Trump’s administration has taken one step after another to limit international students’ access to American higher education.

2 weeks ago | berkeleyside.org | Nathan Dalton |Zac Farber

The Potters’ Studio — a home for clay enthusiasts offering classes, workspace for members, a shop and a gallery — is moving to its fourth location in Berkeley since its founding in the early 1970s, and the first that the organization will own. The new studio will open in July.  ”The board of directors has always wanted to own our space,” said Bobbi Fabian, who became executive director of the Potters’ Studio when it became a nonprofit in 2021.

2 weeks ago | berkeleyside.org | Lakshmi Sarah |Lisa Pickoff-White |Carly Severn |Nisa Khan |Zac Farber

Editors’ note: A version of this story first appeared on KQED. Widespread demonstrations in Los Angeles against increased immigration enforcement are continuing after the Trump administration deployed the National Guard to the region. Meanwhile in San Francisco, police officials said they’d arrested over 150 people — including six children — during protests in the city’s downtown on Sunday night.

2 weeks ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Lakshmi Sarah |Lisa Pickoff-White |Carly Severn |Nisa Khan |Zac Farber

Cal students march through Sather Gate at the end of a two-hour rally in January in support of immigrant community members. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight LocalThe San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of protest. But if you plan on attending a rally yourself, on any cause, how can you stay safe? What are your rights as a protester?

3 weeks ago | berkeleyside.org | Zac Farber

This story was produced by El Tímpano, a civic media organization serving and covering the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrant communities. The original version of the story can be found here. The Obama administration established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program through executive action in 2012, following years of failed efforts to pass federal immigration reform.