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November 2026 Newsletter
Coffee and Hike with the Bears, the Big Game watch party with Stanford Coachella Valley, and a fall college fair recap.

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Amid Air Quality Concerns, Valley Students Ask ‘Will Change Happen?’
Cal alum Olivia Rodriguez helped guide a youth-led research project on air quality in the eastern Coachella Valley, featured in The Desert Sun.

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Moments from the Community

  • Cal Bears in the Desert hosting UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons for lunch at Guillermo's Mexican Restaurant, March 2026
    March 2026 — Cal Bears in the Desert hosted UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons for an intimate lunch at Guillermo’s Mexican Restaurant in the Coachella Valley.
  • February 28, 2026; Berkeley, California, USA Alumni Chapter Leadership Conference: Dinner (Photo credit: Don Collier/KLC fotos)

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