UC Riverside’s application surge this year has pushed it ahead of UC Santa Cruz, which saw an 8% dip in applications ... The campus has historically had the highest acceptance rate among UCs — 92% ...

University of California admissions ... After UC Riverside, 24 students enrolled at UC San Diego, 14 at UC Los Angeles, 13 at UC Berkeley, 10 at UC Irvine, and five or fewer at UC Santa Barbara, UC ...

KAZU’s Elena Neale-Sacks spoke with Steve McKay to make sense of this moment and what it means for the Monterey Bay area.