Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe.
Graduating students at more than a dozen California public universities will have to hand over money before they are handed their diplomas, a newspaper reported.
The California state Assembly Wednesday approved a bill providing almost $1 billion in financial aid for middle class college students, but funding for the plan has yet to pass.
A judge in the UC Davis pepper spray incident ruled Friday that sections of a report looking into the case can be released to the public, but left it up to the University of California to decide when to do that.