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At 11:35 p.m. Sunday, UCPD received a report of sexual battery on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, according to a Nixle alert.
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About a dozen students gathered in Barrows Hall on Friday afternoon for the ASUC Sexual Violence Commission’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month conference.
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Sliver, until recently, claimed on its website to have given monthly “financial and/or moral” donations to at least three anti-human trafficking organizations. Two of these nonprofits, however, have not received donations in at least four years, and one of these nonprofits — Not For Sale, an international San Francisco-based nonprofit — has no record of any donations by Sliver.
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Theaters aren’t going anywhere, at least for Berkeley. The city’s cinema scene has managed to exist outside the typical film industry narrative.
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After almost three hours of presentations and public comment at its full-capacity Tuesday regular meeting, Berkeley City Council voted to award permits to Berkeley Compassionate Care Center and The Apothecarium that will allow them to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
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Berkeley City Council approved nearly all Berkeley Police Department mutual aid agreements with military, law enforcement and private security entities at a Tuesday meeting.
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A newly submitted California State Assembly bill that aims to improve response to sexual assault and other violent crimes in colleges and universities may soon add another layer to the sexual assault reporting process.
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A group of students from various communities and organizations convened Monday evening to discuss the efficacy of a student-led task force on sexual assault and the shortcomings of campus policy on the issue.
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I had only a faint idea of what human trafficking was when I walked into the New Life Center Foundation in early 2012. The NLCF is a rehabilitative center in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for young girls who have survived abuse and exploitation. Many of them have been separated from their
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Nearly 45 UC Berkeley students and community members lined up at Sather Gate Sunday morning to participate in a 3.1 mile race aimed at raising awareness of sexual assault and prevention.
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