Berkeley rises from San Francisco Bay toward wooded hills, with the University of California campus at its center and Telegraph Avenue running south past bookshops, cafes, and street vendors. Sather Tower, known as the Campanile, offers views across the bay, while the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive present art and film close to campus. The city has long mixed scholarship with activism, and that spirit still shows in posters, protests, and public debates on busy corners.