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More than 20 people gathered Thursday evening in a meeting called by student representatives of the UC Berkeley Police Review Board to discuss how the board will proceed with its investigation of the Nov. 9 campus protest. The goal of the meeting — hosted in the ASUC Senate Chambers by
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Police officers arrested two protesters and struck several others with plastic pellets during a demonstration Thursday surrounding the UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Riverside. The two individuals arrested — identified as Kenneth Ehrlich, 39, and Humberto Rivera, 25 — were booked on suspicion of felony assault on a
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Police are looking for a man they allege brandished a knife at a victim Thursday south of the UC Berkeley campus. According to a UCPD crime alert, at about 7:49 p.m. the man brandished the knife at a victim not affiliated with the campus at 2345 Channing Way, near the
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Berkeley was hit by a small earthquake Friday afternoon, with an epicenter near Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The 1.2 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:49 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The coordinates provided by the agency put
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In an effort to bring more transparency to election finances, Berkeley’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission approved Thursday a set of proposed changes to the 1974 Berkeley Election Reform Act. The proposals will eventually be presented to Berkeley City Council, which will have to deliberate, vote and hold a public meeting
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Berkeley’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.9 percent in December, the lowest it has been in nearly three years, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. December’s rate marks a drop from November’s rate of 9.1 percent, which itself was the lowest the city had seen
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Beginning next fall, UC Berkeley students will be able to schedule their courses using a new campus technology program currently in its beta version that is based off of the popular Ninja Courses website. The ScheduleBuilder beta website — which was unveiled late last semester — allows users to create
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Update, Friday 12:25 p.m. — About a dozen demonstrators remained in the UC Berkeley anthropology library Friday morning after holding an overnight study-in as part of a day of protests Thursday to coincide with the UC Board of Regents meeting and oppose cuts to library hours. The study-in — which
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Piles of debris and a partial facade along Telegraph Avenue are all that remain of the historic building once located at 2441 Haste St. The 39-unit apartment building burned down in November, leaving nearly 70 tenants homeless and destroying two beloved Telegraph eateries. Now tenants — many of whom are
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Though the possibility of future tuition increases and a $200 million cut in state funding loomed over Thursday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Riverside, the board’s tone was cautiously optimistic during budget talks. The stated goal of the meeting was to consider alternative, nontuition sources of revenue, but
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