{"id":146747,"date":"2026-01-23T20:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T20:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:07:33","slug":"cal-professor-to-carry-olympic-torch-with-his-service-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146747\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal professor to carry Olympic torch with his service dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Matteo M. Garbelotto-Benzon and his service dog, S\u2019Abba, pose in the Dolomites as both prepare to carry the Olympic torch on its journey to Milan to open the 2026 Winter Games. Courtesy: GoFundMe<\/p>\n

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A UC Berkeley forestry professor who survived a ski accident\u00a0will carry the Olympic torch\u00a0in his native Italian Dolomites alongside the service dog who helped him walk, and ski, again. (UC Newsroom<\/a>, GoFundMe<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Enrollment in Covered California, the state\u2019s Affordable Care Act marketplace, has dropped 24% in Alameda County after Republicans in Congress opted not to extend a policy that beefed up financial assistance for patients, a move that led to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. (East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A UC Berkeley class makes queer contributions visible on Wikipedia. (Berkeley News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Texas man is facing charges after police\u00a0say they linked him through a familial DNA search to seven sex crime victims over 14 years, including a woman who was raped at the Berkeley Marina in 2002. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>, SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The UC Regents have revised the faculty code of conduct and disciplinary policy. (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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