Community activists rekindle Occupy the Farm in Gill Tract
Over 100 community activists occupied and farmed a portion of UC-owned research land in Albany this weekend in the latest iteration of the Occupy the Farm movement.
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Register to vote in Berkeley and have an active voice in local politics
This year, Cal students have an unprecedented opportunity to have a voice in local Berkeley politics. Currently, Cal students make up about a quarter of Berkeley’s population, but in the last half century, only one student has been elected to Berkeley City Council. The Free Speech Movement — the apex
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Back to the Gill Tract
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Gill Tract researcher receives National Science Foundation grant
Damon Lisch, a researcher in the College of Natural Resources, was granted $1.3 million out of $3.4 million to conduct research on epigenetics using corn.
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Occupy the Farm supporters re-enter Gill Tract to harvest crops
ALBANY, Calif. — Members of Occupy the Farm broke into UC-owned research land in Albany Saturday morning in order to weed and harvest crops they planted during their three-week occupation of the land that ended in May.
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Albany City Council to vote on Gill Tract zoning
Vote could determine whether or not land is used for commercial use
The Albany City Council will convene Monday to address upcoming commercial developments that may take place on UC-owned land in the city.
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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
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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
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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
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VIDEO: Occupy the Farm – Police Raid
Protesters occupying the Gill Tract were raided by police on the morning of Monday, May 14, 2012.
