Local news you may have missed over winter break
Here’s a recap of news you might have missed in Berkeley during winter break.
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Author Archives: The Daily Californian News Staff
From the archives: Court Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger states that the proposition “unconstitutionally burdens the exercise of the fundamental right to marry and creates an irrational classification on the basis of sexual orientation.”
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Follow the Daily Cal’s live coverage of the 2018 ASUC elections forum
This year’s ASUC executive candidates and referendum proponents will debate and explain their campaign platforms at The Daily Californian’s annual ASUC elections forum.
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Collision between AC Transit bus and car kills 1, damages 2 houses
A woman died in a collision when her compact sedan collided with an AC Transit bus at the intersection of Ashby Avenue and Sacramento Street early Thursday morning.
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From the archives: ‘Black Speakers Say Hutton’s Death Backs ‘White Racism’ Allegations’
The Rev. E. E. Cleveland, minister of the church, told a story about a man trying to get a cool drink of water from a spring muddied by a dead hog. “You never get a cool drink of water until you get the hog out of the spring … You must get the hate out of your hearts,” he urged.
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Border Patrol vehicle spotted near UC Berkeley causes alarm among community members
A Border Patrol vehicle was spotted near the UC Berkeley campus, causing alarm until it was confirmed that the agents had been invited to speak on campus.
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What it was like to cover the 2016 election, as told by Daily Cal reporters
It seemed like such a small fleet of red in a vast sea of blue at the time. In hindsight, I see that wasn’t true at all.
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From the archives: Protesters Call for Return of Relics
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Oct. 8, 2007, issue of The Daily Californian. Ten years later, the vast majority of these remains and artifacts are still in UC Berkeley’s possession. By Lilya Mitelman Contributing Writer American Indian groups gathered Friday to protest Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s refusal
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Hundreds march through UC Berkeley protesting police presence at canceled ‘Free Speech Week’ event
Despite the cancellation of “Free Speech Week” at UC Berkeley, about 200 people marched from Crescent Lawn to Wheeler Hall on Monday afternoon to protest militarization and police presence on campus.
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Milo Yiannopoulos makes brief speech at UC Berkeley as hundreds protest outside barriers
Controversial conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos spoke to a crowd of about 50 people on UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Sunday before hurriedly leaving campus on what would have been the first day of the now-canceled “Free Speech Week.”
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