[1] The Daily Californian became independent from UC Berkeley in 1971 after the campus administration fired three senior editors over an editorial that encouraged readers to "take back" People's Park.

In 2002, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates agreed to pay restitution after admitting to having thrown away a thousand copies of The Daily Californian after it endorsed his opponent, then-Mayor Shirley Dean.

The largest act of theft took place in November 1996 when the paper's senior editorial board endorsed Proposition 209.

[9] As a way to repair relations with campus community members angered by the publication of the editorial endorsing Proposition 209, editors at the Daily Cal established the nation's first regular college newspaper sex column.

[13] A unit of The Daily Californian Education Foundation, the DCAA provides mentorship and financial support to the current student staff.