On Thursday, the UC Board of Regents approved the 32 percent increase in student fees and the budget plan that goes through 2011. The board also agreed to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital by the end of 2012, in partnership with Los Angeles County. Read more...

Photo: Following the UC Board of Regents’ approval of a 32 percent fee increase, UC Berkeley student Kaila McDonald screams at those exiting Covel Commons, including Student Regent Jesse Bernal. Bernal was the only regent to vote against the increase Thursday during this month’s UC Regents meeting.

In a scene reminiscent of the student protests and occupation of Murphy Hall in the 1970s, students from UCLA and other UC campuses, as well as supporters from the Los Angeles area, barricaded themselves inside Campbell Hall early Thursday morning. Read more...