Since assuming the position in 2009, Mitch Celaya has managed some of UC Berkeley’s most controversial disputes. But effective Dec. 31, Celaya will retire from his post, thus ending a 30-year career with the campus police. Read More…
An intentionally racist bake sale. Police officers jabbing batons against nonviolent student protesters. These images were some of the most iconic of fall 2011, but they should not be the ones that completely characterize this semester. As we move into the spring, we cannot forget the progress that has been Read More…
As students began to zip across the country for Thanksgiving break last Tuesday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau shot out an audio message to the UC Berkeley community — at last an apology for the highly-criticized events of Nov. 9. It takes courage to take full responsibility for the police Read More…
Documents obtained by The Daily Californian show that over 3,500 emails were sent to the UC Board of Regents in response to police action against students during protests at UC Berkeley and UC Davis in November. Over 2,000 of the emails called for UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi’s resignation, while Read More…
Following the direction of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, the criminal charges against four protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations were dropped Wednesday in court. The decision to drop the charges against UC Berkeley students Ashley Pinkerton, Justin Tombolesi, Ramon Quintero and Ricardo Gomez comes after charges Read More…
OAKLAND — The charges against one of the protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration were dropped Monday morning following the direction of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. Juan Davalos — who faced one misdemeanor charge of obstructing a public place — is one of 13 protesters who Read More…
Recently obtained email exchanges between campus officials regarding the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest suggest that the UC Berkeley administration may have tense feelings about the role of two state legislators in encouraging past campus protests. In a Nov. 8 email, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer wrote to Read More…
OAKLAND — A judge lifted stay-away orders issued against two protesters in connection with the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests at a preliminary hearing Friday. At their arraignments last month, a total of 12 stay-away orders were issued to protesters who were charged in relation to the Nov. 9 demonstrations Read More…
Next week, Berkeley City Council could join the growing chorus of voices speaking out against the criminal charges filed against Occupy Cal protesters. Public outcry has surrounded the charges against demonstrators from Nov. 9, and the City Council could become the newest critic of what one council member described as Read More…
The UC Berkeley Police Review Board will hold an open forum Monday night to hear statements regarding the events of the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest in order to help further the board’s investigation.
