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A payment overhaul is coming to California child care, along with a 20% raise for workers

More than 40,000 California child-care providers who watch the children of low-income workers have secured a 20% average pay increase under a tentative union agreement with the state — a "watershed moment" for an industry dominated by immigrant women of color, labor officials and experts said.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 7, 2023

IBM Unlocks Quantum Utility With its 127-Qubit "Eagle" Quantum Processing Unit

IBM has announced that it has unlocked practical utility out of today's NISQ-era quantum computers - showing how a pairing of quantum and standard computing is required for reliable, consistent, truthful - and thus useful - results.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 2, 2023

UC Berkeley graduate student gunned down on research trip to Mexico

Gabriel Trujillo, a 31-year-old University of California, Berkeley graduate student, was shot and killed in Mexico while conducting field research, according to friends and family.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 30, 2023

The most lucrative majors? Some community college grads can outearn elite university peers

LOS ANGELES — Elijah Calderon, after a yearlong training program at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, is poised to earn about $105,000 annually as a power lineman. Once he becomes a journeyman in three to four years, he stands to make about $165,000 — and potentially much more with overtime.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023

What was affirmative action designed to do – and what has it achieved?

The US supreme court has banned the use of affirmative-action policies that have been in place for decades

The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2023

George Soros’ millennial son used to worry he’d be seen as a ‘deadbeat lazy trust-fund kid.’ Now he’s in charge of a $25 billion hedge fund empire.

Once known as the host of #CampSoros, Alex Soros filled Instagram with pictures of his celebrity-studded parties in the Hamptons. Then he went to Berkeley.

Fortune · Jun 12, 2023

How USAFacts created the Data Skills for Congress program

Data is central to the legislative process. However, Congress often faces challenges in locating and working with it. Enter USAFacts and UC Berkeley.

USAFacts · Jun 6, 2023

Elon Musk’s Twitter algorithm changes are ‘amplifying anger and animosity’, say researchers

Twitter users are being shown more emotional tweets, especially those expressing anger and animosity towards people with opposing views

Evening Standard · May 30, 2023

Advocates: Reparations are the answer for sea level threat in West Oakland, Calif.

Reparations are one way to confront the rising sea levels in West Oakland, Calif.

WEKU · May 30, 2023

A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds

WASHINGTON — A substantial majority of Californians feel that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit for the job because of her recent declining health, and more voters believe she should resign than support her staying in office, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored…

Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2023