The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian is a student-operated newspaper that is published by the Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc. This independent publication focuses on news related to the UC Berkeley campus and the Berkeley community. Founded in 1871, The Daily Californian holds the distinction of being among the oldest newspapers on the West Coast and one of the longest-running college newspapers in the United States.

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  • 4 days ago | dailycal.org | Joaquin Ruiz

    The Bears landed California’s top interior lineman in the class of 2026 on Tuesday morning: Archbishop Riordan’s Tommy Tofi. The 6’6”, 330-pounder from San Francisco chose to stay in the Bay after taking an official visit to Berkeley this past weekend. A consensus four-star recruit, Tofi chose Cal over several major programs including Oregon, Tennessee, Ohio State and Miami. “I want to cement my legacy as a hometown hero in the Bay Area,” Tofi said in an interview with Brandon Huffman of 247Sports.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailycal.org | Zoe Rosenberg

    When I walk across the stage to graduate from UC Berkeley this month, an ankle monitor will track my every step. I am facing up to five and a half years in prison for rescuing four criminally abused chickens, Poppy, Ivy, Aster and Azalea, from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. Throughout my four years of university, I’ve lived a double life.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailycal.org | Alexa Vazquez

    Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, announced that it rescinded 166 potential layoff notices for teachers, administrators and other staff at their regular Wednesday meeting last week. They also approved final notices for about 19 full-time equivalent nonteaching staff — cuts to administrative positions that received pushback from community members.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailycal.org | Molly Freeman

    The end of the school year is nigh, and the Slack messages about subleasing and the piles of furniture on the street have begun to accumulate more heavily — indicating the scramble that is moving season. For the past three years, excluding the semester I spent in Spain, I have lived in​​ the same college apartment. This has meant that for the most part, moving season has evaded me. Alas, I could not escape it forever. This year, as I prepare to graduate, I must also prepare to leave my apartment.

  • 1 month ago | dailycal.org | Molly Freeman

    Undeniably, college is a stressful period of life. Balancing schoolwork, friendships, new living situations, grocery shopping, part-time jobs, taxes, remembering to buy dish soap and so on, rarely does there feel like a time when my brain is quiet. When I have time, I go for runs or read books for pleasure, but sometimes I need a stress reliever that doesn’t actually require me to change the activity I’m doing.