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FBI documents and interviews show that the nation’s first Asian American chancellor, Chang-Lin Tien fell victim to United States’ fear of China.
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A fee referendum asking students to support The Daily Californian passed in the ASUC general election, according to ASUC Elections Council chair Pamudh Kariyawasam. Following the ASUC Judicial Council ruling Tuesday night to overturn ASUC President Vishalli Loomba’s executive order invalidating the initiative, the elections council chair said Tuesday that
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A judge ruled Friday that Daniel DeWitt, who was charged with murdering a Berkeley resident earlier this year, should be sent to the Napa State Hospital to be treated for his mental illness. DeWitt, 23, has been accused of killing Peter Cukor, 67, on Feb. 18 outside of Cukor’s home
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Berkeley police officers shot and injured a man during a shooting Friday evening. A little after 10:30 p.m. Friday, officers were searching for a man who had fled from a vehicle stop. Officers spotted the suspect in an apartment near 8th and Delaware streets in West Berkeley, according to a
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After nearly a week of on-and-off heavy showers, the rain in the Bay Area is expected to clear up by Friday night. Currently shrouded in clouds, Berkeley will likely see scattered showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms throughout Friday, according to the National Weather Service. However, the rain is
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A man was the victim of a strong arm robbery Monday on Southside, according to police. A 22-year-old man was walking eastbound on Dwight Way — near the intersection of Dana Street — when he was approached by two men who blocked his path and demanded his property, according to
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A man was seriously injured in a collision between a car and a pedestrian Tuesday evening in Berkeley, according to police. At approximately 7:58 p.m., the Berkeley Police Department responded to a collision at the intersection of Colusa and Marin avenues in North Berkeley, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, spokesperson
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The city of Berkeley is offering $15,000, and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000, for information leading to the arrest of suspects in Thursday’s homicide in Berkeley. On Thursday, Vallejo resident Devin Whitmere was shot and killed in South Berkeley in the city’s third homicide of 2012.
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In honor of Trayvon Martin, Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore wore a hoodie at the council meeting Tuesday night. The Feb. 26 killing of Martin, a black teenager from Florida, has been nothing less than fiercely controversial and has elicited nothing less than fierce outcry over the past several weeks.
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The UC Berkeley alum who went missing last week was found dead Thursday, media outlets reported this weekend. Police had been looking for Elgin Stafford since he was last seen at his home in Carson, Calif. on March 20. On Thursday, Stafford, 23, was found dead in the Dominguez Channel
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