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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Cal lands 4-star 2026 interior lineman Tommy Tofi

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.
Graduating with an ankle monitor

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.
Berkeley Unified School District rescinds 166 potential layoffs, approves final notices for 15-plus staff

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Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, announced that it rescinded 166 potential layoff notices for teachers, administrators and other staff at their regular Wednesday meeting last week.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.
My last meals of Berkeley

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.
What I would do with only one day left to live

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.
Workers strike across UC on May Day

1 month ago | dailycal.org | Cara Hene

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME Local 3299, and University Professional and Technical Employees, or UPTE, Local 9119 went on strike Thursday across all UC campuses in response to the UC system’s hiring freeze, and in hopes of negotiating a new contract for workers.
BYU star linebacker Harrison Taggart transfers to Cal

1 month ago | dailycal.org | Joaquin Ruiz

Star BYU transfer linebacker Harrison Taggart has committed to Cal, his agent, Johnny Townsend of The Void Agency, told The Daily Californian on Thursday. The Bears beat out Colorado and NC State for one of the best available in the transfer portal. Taggart, 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, comes to UC Berkeley with two years of eligibility remaining after helping lead the Cougars’ defense over the past two seasons.
‘Everyone is on Edge’: UC research funding could be affected by new NIH restrictions on DEI

1 month ago | dailycal.org | Ayah Ali-Ahmad

New federal conditions on funding from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, now require grant recipients to certify they do not promote certain forms of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI — a shift which is already delaying the release of grant awards at UC Berkeley. The change, announced in an April 21 policy update, applies to all new, renewal, supplemental and continuation awards.
The price of belonging in the land of the free

1 month ago | dailycal.org | Lucy Wang

One of the first things I noticed after coming to the United States was how frequently people move. When asked where they’re from, people often say something such as, “I was born in D.C. but moved to California when I was five,” or, “I grew up in Texas but went to high school in Illinois.” Americans never seem to question these kinds of answers, but they puzzle me. What’s the reason behind so much uprooting and starting over?
AFSCME union files 2 charges against the UC, citing systemwide hiring freeze

1 month ago | dailycal.org | Cara Hene

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299 has filed two new unfair labor practice charges against the UC Board of Regents regarding the recent systemwide hiring freeze and alleged denial of employee benefits to certain workers. In one of the charges AFSCME filed with the California Public Employment Relations Board, or PERB, the union alleges that the UC system failed to provide notice and enter into bargaining prior to imposing the hiring freeze.