California Magazine Archive
Same Bat Channel
By Margie CullenBats, they’re just like us!
Botox, Green Screens, and “Factor X”
By Pat JosephMore things you never knew came from Cal
They Don’t Exist, But They Went to Cal
By Pat JosephFictional characters with Berkeley backgrounds
6 Questions for Pulitzer Prizewinner Hua Hsu
By Hayden RoysterThe New Yorker writer and author on his memoir of Berkeley
Normal (Asian) Lives
By Esther OhFans of comics wunderkind Adrian Tomine may have rested easy upon seeing the film adaptation of his 2007 graphic novel Shortcomings this past summer.
Hot and Getting Hotter
By Pat JosephGoodell examines the most obvious effect of warming: Extreme heat.
Marshawn Lynch Acts Like an Actor
By the editors at California magazine… and other Berkeley movies, books, and entertainment
The Man Who Came to Class by Plane
By Bill Zhou, M.Eng. ’23 As told to Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22I really loved transportation growing up.
Clearing a High Bar
By Pat JosephIt may not say so on the cover, but the organizing theme of this issue is creativity—what it is, how it works, what it says about us as human beings.
Berkeley Goes to Silicon Valley—and Space!
By Chancellor Carol T. ChristWe have recently been reminded that creativity comes in packages large and small.
Barbara Chin
Class Secretary Barbara Chin received an activity report today on the Class of 1956 Humanities Preservation Endowment for the Library. She says, “It was terribly disappointing to see only $925.00 was received in gifts during 2023. Our class supports the salary of a conservator in the Preservation Department for the University. We will not be able to continue this […]
Jessica Huang
Jessica (Jex) Huang (B.S. ’08) is climbing the world’s highest volcano (elevation 22,615′) above sea level to raise funds and awareness for the non-profit Range of Motion Project, after receiving corrective surgery and regaining mobility from their own range of motion disability. All alumni are welcome to follow along as they try to enable more people in becoming more […]
