ALBANY, Calif. — UCPD blocked off vehicle access to the encampment on UC-owned land in Albany known as the Gill Tract early Wednesday morning, causing protesters to fear their camp would be raided. The west entrance to the land on Jackson Street was blockaded with a concrete barrier in front of a fence Read More…
UCPD confirmed Wednesday morning that the UC Berkeley student who fell from a window in Unit 2 Tuesday night was pronounced dead at the scene, in an incident the department is investigating as suicide. At around 9:48 p.m. on Tuesday, officers responded to the Unit 2 residence hall after receiving Read More…
UCPD officers will step up patrols and take extra precautions following a string of armed robberies on the east side of campus over the past two weeks. Four armed robberies and one assault with a deadly weapon occurred on Gayley Road near the Foothill Residence Hall and Stern Hall between Read More…
Many of the 13 protesters charged in relation to the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests are crying foul over what they say is a concerted attempt by UCPD and the university to silence them. The 13 who were presented with criminal charges are mainly former and current students at UC Read More…
The UCPD bomb squad aided another department in responding to explosive devices found near a Fairfax middle school Sunday. The bomb squad was consulted to determine the nature of four homemade explosive devices found on White Hill Middle School’s baseball field as well as the best way to deactivate the Read More…
Every UC Berkeley student has experienced stress juggling midterms, relationships and jobs. Few, though, can imagine a world where every moment they spend on campus is shaded by the pall of potential arrest. 12 of 13 Occupy Cal protesters being charged with misdemeanors for their alleged actions on Nov. 9 Read More…
About 50 people gathered outside of California Hall at noon Monday to protest criminal charges filed by the district attorney’s office against protesters active in the Nov. 9 protests. Protesters marched in a circle holding banners and chanting in unison, calling for the dissolution of the charges and hoping for Read More…
Despite repeated warnings about violating campus policy, Occupy Cal protesters continued their encampment outside Sproul Hall with nine tents Monday evening. As of about 5:30 p.m. Monday, around 25 students remained on the Sproul steps in continuation of a protest that began Feb. 9 — three months after the Nov. Read More…
In the month of January, the area south of the UC Berkeley campus saw a “surprising and troubling” uptick in robberies compared to this month last year, according to a UCPD officer. After only one robbery on Southside in January 2011, the area has experienced eight robberies, including attempted robberies, Read More…