Proposed student residential development draws protest from local residents
Over 100 residents have signed a petition expressing opposition to a new private residential development geared toward students in Downtown Berkeley. Read More…
Author Archives: Megan Messerly
Ambassador Christopher Stevens to be memorialized at San Francisco City Hall
A memorial service will be held this afternoon for U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens at the San Francisco City Hall. Stevens, a UC Berkeley alumnus, was killed on Sept. 11 along with three other Americans when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked. Campus community responses to Stevens’ death included Read More…
ASUC organizes candlelight vigil to commemorate student, relieve stress
The ASUC will hold a candlelight vigil Saturday at 7 p.m. on Upper Sproul Plaza in response to online posts on the UC Berkeley Compliments Facebook profile stating that a female UC Berkeley student had died. Read More…
Protesters occupy Eshleman Hall, press for multiculturalism
Occupation ends after extensive negotiations with student leaders
An estimated six students began occupying Eshleman Hall Tuesday afternoon as part of an awareness campaign regarding the campus’s multicultural retention center and minority enrollment. Read More…
Protesters disrupt November UC Regents meeting
Protesters briefly brought the UC Board of Regents meeting to a halt Thursday morning. Read More…
Protesters halt UC Regents meeting, set up encampment on Sproul
Protesters briefly brought Thursday’s UC Board of Regents meeting to a halt, though demonstrations throughout the day never reached the scale of last year’s Nov. 15 Day of Action. The meeting, which took place at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus, was the third and final day of the regents’ November meeting. Read More…
Berkeley City Council hears testimony regarding South Berkeley medical marijuana operation
The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously for city staff to draft of a resolution finding a local medical cannabis collective a public nuisance after a public hearing Tuesday night. Read More…
Alameda County Superior Court issues eviction notice to medical marijuana collective
The Alameda County Superior Court issued a Writ of Possession Thursday, which, when served, will put the 40 Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective on eviction notice. Read More…
Alta Bates nurses strike for sixth time over contract reductions
Registered nurses at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley went on their sixth strike Thursday along with six other East Bay hospitals in protest of contract negotiations with Sutter Health Corporation. Read More…
Private provider to manage university child care program
UC Berkeley will bring in management services from a for-profit child care provider to its Early Childhood Education Program next year — a move that has come under fire from parents. Read More…