Whole Foods scraps plans for new store on campus-owned land
Whole Foods has canceled its plans to build a new location on the Gill Tract in Albany, representatives announced Friday. Read More…
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Campus officials say costs related to Occupy the Farm top $300,000
The costs incurred as a result of the occupation of UC-owned land in Albany and the May 14 police raid on the encampment total more than $300,000, according to UC Berkeley and city of Albany officials. The campus will seek to recoup its losses in a civil suit filed against Read More…
Charges not filed against two remaining Occupy the Farm protesters
Charges were not filed Monday against the two remaining Occupy the Farm protesters for their involvement in the occupation on UC-owned farmland in Albany last month, during which a total of nine people were arrested during a raid on the land. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office decided not to Read More…
Charges not filed against seven out of nine Occupy the Farm protesters
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has not filed charges against seven out of nine Occupy the Farm protesters arrested during the raid on the UC-owned farmland in Albany late last month. Although the district attorney’s office has not confirmed the names of the two protesters who may still have Read More…
UC, Occupy the Farm present arguments on preliminary injunction
Legal council for Occupy the Farm and the UC met at the Hayward Hall of Justice Thursday to present arguments on a preliminary injunction that would indefinitely bar the protesters from the UC-owned farmland in Albany. If Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter approves the injunction, the 15 protesters Read More…
Litigation continues against Gill Tract occupiers
Ongoing litigation continues against protesters who occupied UC-owned land in Albany two weeks after UCPD cleared out the encampment. Two of the 10 protesters arrested during the May 14 raid on the Occupy the Farm camp had their charges dropped by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office last Wednesday, and Read More…
Occupy the farm protesters face court hearings while campus promises urban farming
Two Occupy the Farm protesters arrested during last week’s UCPD raid of UC-owned land in Albany had charges dropped against them in court hearings Wednesday. At least nine more protesters arrested May 14 at the Gill Tract in Albany have upcoming pretrial hearings, but according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa Read More…
Nine arrested following police raid on Occupy the Farm
ALBANY, Calif. — UCPD arrested nine protesters as they retook control of UC-owned land in Albany Monday morning. Officers from UC Berkeley and seven other UC campuses issued a dispersal order to Occupy the Farm protesters — most of whom were outside the east gate to the land near the Read More…
Protesters refuse campus’s final offer for discussion, move camp off-site
Although protesters occupying UC-owned land in Albany took down their camping structures Saturday, they declined the final offer from UC Berkeley administrators to completely cede control of the land and enter negotiations. On Friday, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer and Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance John Wilton Read More…
Campus gives protesters final deadline to dismantle encampment
UC Berkeley administrators set a Saturday deadline for protesters occupying UC-owned land in Albany to disband the camp and enter into discussions with the campus about continuing urban farming there. In a statement issued Friday, Executive Vice President and Provost George Breslauer and Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance John Read More…