Posts by marlenatelvick

Chloe Swedberg (’27) reports that a coalition of Berkeley performing arts organizations is proposing an arts tax to counter the loss of millions of dollars in grant funding under the Trump administration.

Calliope Arkilic (’27) reports on a Contra Costa County cooking class that has to find new funding after the Trump administration cut all SNAP education programs.

Eloise Rollins-Fife’s (’27) report on how $600,000 in federal funding cuts at the direction of the Trump administration force a center’s services to scale back, or cut entirely, publishes in The East Bay Times, San Jose Mercury News and Oakland North.

Lenéa Sims (’27) reports on the impact of the EPA cancelling a major grant claiming the North Richmond initiative promoted “DEI or environmental justice initiatives”, in the Contra Costa Pulse.

Nicole J. Caruth (’25) reports on hunger relief organizations benefiting from surplus donations due to SB 1383, which has reshaped the state’s approach to food waste.

Fernando Haro (’27) reports that while regular ICE raids across the country have prompted some cities to cancel Latino community events, not in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Hope Muñoz reports on the Shark Stewards, the organizer of Berkeley’s largest protest last weekend that opposes the Trump administration’s opening of commercial fishing in protected areas of the ocean.    

Renée Bartlett-Webber (’26) reports California schools are heading into a new academic year without about $148 million in federal grants for teacher preparation programs, funds seen as integral to addressing widespread teacher shortages, for LAist.

Berkeley Talks shares an hourlong special about The Stakes Explained that aired on KALX in July. Berkeley scholars and other experts break down some of Trump’s executive orders, from those targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in education to others that are reshaping the immigration system and immigration enforcement.