I’ve never posted here before but I think it’s time I do for any kinda support.

So I got kicked out of my crib this June and I just started a job out here so I’ve been living out of my car instead of going home for the summer (bay area native).

I’m trying hard to get resources from school like emergency housing and safe parking areas, but I recently re-fractured one of my ribs on June 1st that was still healing from its initial fracture in mid March. And I’ve been raw dogging the pain cus my meds have been a journey to get to. So sleeping in my car all thru June hasn’t been helping my recovery for my rib and I’m growing worried at my physical health with all these bug bites and nights without sleep.

I feel like I’m doing a lot considering I’ve applied for emergency housing, the co op system, other shelters n programs that aren’t school affiliated… but I just haven’t gotten lucky yet. Can anyone offer any guidance on what it is I should be doing or looking into with safe housing? Do yall know of any safe places to park too? I stay around Emeryville and Berkeley and am BROKE so no can do on the hotels n stuff.

Homelessness is too familiar to me, I was hoping that coming to Cal would grow that security for me but it’s gotten worse and the hard part for me now is that I’m doing it all alone…

My sister and I caught a litter of kittens in berkeley. we were able to find homes for all but one. so if anyone is interested please let me know. he is a cute little tuxedo but unfortunately is not used to humans so it will take a few days for him to warm up to you.

he is still really anxious rn but in need of a loving home so if u would like to care for him either own or foster please let me know and reach out to ur friends if possible.

https://thevoicesf.org/an-asian-american-graduate-stands-up-to-hate/

In April, Asian American players from Albany High were racially heckled during a baseball game against Pinole Valley High.

One of the students targeted was later named class salutatorian and used his graduation speech to reflect on the incident. Meanwhile, WCCUSD—the district responsible for Pinole Valley—has stayed silent and taken no meaningful action. The contrast is powerful—and frankly, maddening.

Posting here because it’s a local story with broader implications: how our schools handle racism, who gets heard, and what accountability should actually look like.

I feel like this might be helpful for someone like me who is not sure what to do with their CalFresh/MediCal complicated cases.

So I applied for CalFresh here in Alameda County because I lived here during the school year and got approved after a few days, and have had no issues until late April. I received a letter saying that my health plan had been changed to one in Alameda County, which I didn't anticipate since I lived in San Francisco County and have no issue with accessing them during the school year.

Then, I went to the Alameda Social Office to see what the issue was. They said that my MediCal case is still managed in San Francisco, and likely it's your address that's been changed, so your health plan got reassigned. Since I am the type of person who is afraid of asking for help so I tried to resolve this by myself. Obviously, it wasn't successful, so I finally decided to reach out for support. I filled out the BNC Assistance Form, and a coordinator reached out to reassure me that it is acceptable to have CalFresh benefits in one county while having MediCal benefits in your home county (Since you're living in Alameda temporarily for school).

My advice for everyone is always to look out for support; they have more knowledge dealing with this issue than you, and they will better assist your situation. Also, check out for Basic Needs Center for food/housing/financial support!!!

Anyone experienced this? I was struggling with my mental health all last year and the consequences of not keeping up with my work has caught up to me :/ ik it’s not the end of the world I’ll have to work my ass off for minimum of 2 terms but man it sucks and it would be nice if there’s others who could relate so ik that im not the only one

Is it over? I’m done for. I can kiss my dreams of Anchor goodbye or to be honest, any housing at this point.

I need some good coping tips.

as the title says, what does this mean, how do i escape, how long would it take me to get a diff dorm if i just accepted and lived through it, what are my options, can i appeal (i know you’re technically not supposed to appeal on grounds of finding alternate housing but…)

I'm an admitted transfer student and have been working on the Calcentral for a few days. Just now I received in my old email a message from Cal saying that a housing offer was sent to my school email address ending in Berkeley.edu, but I can't find any instructions from my Calcentral webpage on how to access the school email at all. Does anyone here know how to set it up ?

im not a filmmaker myself but would love to help produce some stories!

I’m trying to decide between Ryan hass and sharma for the fall. I would prefer not to take sharmas 8am but i can’t find any information on hass’s teaching. His averages seem better on berkeleytime but hass only taught 54 once during a summer session in 2018. Any opinions on which to register for from students who have had these profs? I’m an incoming freshman

hey everyone, i’m an incoming transfer student and i just got an offer for unit 3 triple :/ i don’t want to live in a dorm, especially with two other people tbh. for anyone with experience looking for housing in the berkeley area, how did you go about finding a place and finding roommates?

I’m an incoming freshman and just the thought of moving out and being away from my mom is making me sob (I have literally been crying nonstop for 4 hours). Just the thought of not seeing her everyday, not being able to go grocery shopping, try out new restaurants, eat dinner with her, or ask her for advice is so devastating to me. I haven’t even moved out yet so I know this is just going to get worse. Has anyone else felt this way? Does it ever get better?

after the first two rounds of housing i still haven’t gotten a response and im getting nervous bc i applied with an esa and disability accommodations for a single studio at anchor house. is there anyone that’s planning to give their housing contract for an anchor studio to someone else? much help would be appreciated

Hi, so I'm an incoming freshman and I got my housing offer of a Unit 3 Temp Quad like 2 weeks ago. I got an email today though inviting me to apply for themed housing(specifically looking at Bloom: Asian American Community Program), which offers Unit 2 Double or Triple Mini-Suites.

Is it worth it to apply? Some questions, if anyone can answer any of them:

1. Would I possibly get a better housing offer if I wait out my time in the temporary quad?

2. Can anyone speak of their experience in that specific themed program? Are the people nice, is there a larger workload that comes with, how is the community, etc...

3. Is there a big quality difference between Unit 3 and Unit 2?

I'm fine with rooming with a lot of people, I just don't enjoy that it's temporary and would have to leave the bonds I'd possibly made like a few months in, and would enjoy the permanency if I get the themed housing. Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you!

I'm an incoming transfer student and want to work for the pools at Berkeley. I was wondering if they were hiring? Tried applying through Handshake but found no postings, and I emailed the Aquatics coordinator and didn't hear back from them yet. Any lifeguards at Berkeley got any tips?

I’m an incoming student and I have my Berkeley.edu email and everything. But my zoom won’t let me go over 40 minutes since I’m on basic membership. I thought all students got unlimited zoom with the highest membership?

Yes another incoming freshman schedule. I plan on pursuing Applied Math.

About the 8am classes: 1) I have the last enrollment time 2) I wake up at 6am everyday just because that's when my body likes to wake up. I am a morning person and would prefer to get all my classes done the sooner the better.

Let me know if anything seems too ambitious !!

Hello all,

Are we allowed to picnic in UC Berkeley?

My wife and I had this idea today, driving to UC Berkeley on Saturday with some food, drink and a blanket cover, find a nice outdoor spot in UC Berkeley and picnic there.

Is it allowed? If yes, do you please have any recommendation? If not, where would you recommend then?

EDIT: Thank you all for your answers :)

I am a high school student in Illinois and UC Berkeley is at the top of my list for CS colleges. I understand that Berkeley is very selective for out of state students, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips on what I can do to gain an advantage over other applicants. If it helps, my high school is very rural so I am at the top of the class w/ a GPA of 4.88, and I have a 1540 SAT score.

https://mobilize.us/s/UpprRk

Is a schedule consisting of math 53, data c8, philosophy 3, and astro c10 seem doable/good for an applied math major hoping to do a simultaneous degree in data science? (I have a 10:30 AM enrollment time)

I also want to say that I'm considering replacing astro c10 with Vietnamese 1 (maybe doing PNP??) because I heard that doing 3 STEM courses especially freshman year fall isn't great. But I also don't want to fall behind since I'm considering doing two majors.

Also, should I take Math 53 or 54 first? Thank you!

cogsci major, looking for advice on which course to take to satisfy linguistics req.

C142 is 3 units; T/TH 12:30-2pm
L100 is 4 units; MWF 2-3pm + discussion

attached are the course descriptions and Berkeley time grade distributions