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For nearly 10 months, bargaining teams for the West Contra Costa Unified School District and the United Teachers of Richmond have gone back and forth about key contract issues such as pay, healthcare benefits, class sizes and working conditions.

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The mini-satellite, named 3UCubed, was built over 5 years by students at Sonoma State, Howard and the University of New Hampshire. It will monitor how the solar wind interacts with the upper atmosphere.

In a groundbreaking study, UC Santa Cruz researchers have shown that developing brain tissue exhibits spontaneous activity and structure without receiving any sensory information, suggesting that the brain comes prewired to understand physical experience.

SB 19 criminalizes threats against schools and public spaces, even if an individual person is not specifically targeted.

Investors and young scientists are pulling back from biotech, amid broader attacks on science under Trump, industry representatives said.

In a scene as idyllic as a Norman Rockwell painting, Elevate Tutoring fellow Mia Matute sat at a dining table with her 12-year-old tutee, Kaycie Grant, as golden hour light shone on the fractions of a paper worksheet as they worked together one Friday evening in the Oakland hills.

BERKELEY — Concerned that the rights of students and faculty have been violated, a national Muslim civil liberties organization has requested UC Berkeley turn over any information it has on its cooperation with a Trump administration investigation into antisemitism on campus. A California Public Records Act request was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ San Francisco Bay Area off…

Faculty and staff across the system condemned the change, arguing it comes amid widespread layoffs, tuition increases and a staggering $2.3 billion budget shortfall.