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The People’s Park tree-sit that began just over a week ago came to an end early Tuesday morning after one of the protesters fell out of the tree and had to be rushed to the hospital. A 19-year-old female fell out of the tree at about 4 a.m, sustaining major
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Berkeley police officers responded to a report of 15 people fighting in front of a bar in Downtown Berkeley early Sunday morning in what turned out to be an altercation between employees and allegedly intoxicated patrons. At about 2:05 a.m., the Berkeley Police Department received a report of fighting in
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Preliminary statistics indicate an overall decrease in violent and property crime in Berkeley during the first six months of 2011 compared to the same time period the previous year — a trend mirrored in surrounding cities. The Berkeley Police Department recorded 4 percent fewer Part One Violent Crimes — which
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A UC Berkeley student was robbed of his iPhone and cash on Southside Saturday night. No suspects have been arrested. At approximately 9 p.m., the victim, a 20-year-old male student, was standing alone on the 2400 block of Channing Way west of Telegraph Avenue when he was approached by three
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South Berkeley residents awoke Wednesday morning to find tires punctured on over 50 of their cars on California, King and Julia streets. The tires were most likely damaged with a puncture tool such as a fireplace tool, a small pocket knife or an ice pick between 8 p.m. Tuesday and
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The proceedings for a case involving a UC San Francisco employee who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents began today. Campus employee Todd Senigar, who is black, filed a racial discrimination lawsuit in the San Francisco Superior Court alleging that he was not provided opportunities
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A UC Berkeley student was robbed of his iPhone Saturday night just south of campus. No suspects have been arrested. At approximately 8:50 p.m., the 18-year-old victim was walking westbound on the 2700 block of Bancroft Way when he was approached by two men who threatened him and demanded his
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The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the death penalty Thursday for a Berkeley man convicted of murder over 10 years ago. After being found guilty of fatally shooting his nephew and sister in 1995 in their Berkeley home, Erven Blacksher was sentenced to death in 1999 by the Alameda County
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A man was robbed of his cell phone late Wednesday night on the threat of a gun on Southside. At about 10:50 p.m., the victim, whose affiliation with UC Berkeley is unknown, was walking along the 2700 block of Dwight Way near Unit 2 when he was approached by two
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From the wee hours of Sunday morning up until Monday night, the UC Berkeley grounds and the area directly south of campus saw a combined total of three sexual battery crimes, two in which a student and parent were victimized. In each of the three cases, one suspect — who
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