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The university went completely online in September after a spike in COVID-19 cases. Now, about 10% of the student body will return to in-person classes.

The school is aware of 1,068 confirmed cases at SDSU and 52 probable cases, the university's Student Health Services reported Saturday.

A COVID-19 vaccine trial sponsored by drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is slated to get underway soon in San Diego, and will include an estimated 2,000 participants at UC San Diego Health.

Proposition 16 is asking California voters to bring affirmative action back to public schools and government work. Supporters of Prop. 16 say it would help balance the scales, but some critics say it could hurt.

UCSD began its fall quarter Monday with extensive safety precautions in place to protect students and faculty from the spread of COVID-19.

The Mountain West Conference announced Thursday that its 2020 football season will get underway Oct. 24.

The University of California has sued Dr. Kevin Murphy, the subject of a recent inewsource investigation, alleging fraud, concealment and misappropriation of a $10 million research gift meant to study an experimental brain treatment.

Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro replaces outgoing Chancellor Timothy White to become the first Mexican-American and native Californian to lead the nation’s largest four-year public university system.

Before the pandemic, there was no difference in the rates at which Democratic and Republican voters cast their ballots by mail or in-person. Now, there's a significantly greater preference for mail, or absentee, ballots among Democrats than Republicans.

A California state audit finds that the University of California wrongly admitted at least 64 wealthy, mostly white students over the past six years as “favors to donors, family, and friends.” The audit was conducted in response to the national college admissions scandal that embroiled prestigious universities around the country, athletic coaches and dozens of wealthy parents.