Marc DeCoulode

In Berkeley, where bicyclists share the road with motorists more often than in much of the nation, debate lingers over how to interpret and respond to the city’s bicycle accidents.

Students returning to campus after the Thanksgiving break reinvigorated plans to demonstrate against the UC tuition increase Monday night at an assembly held by those who had been occupying Wheeler Hall up until the break.

In the fifth day of an occupation that began Wednesday evening to protest tuition increases, occupiers started to bump up against shrinking numbers and the looming presence of Thanksgiving break, posing new problems and new opportunities for a largely leaderless movement.

UCPD will be stepping up enforcement of bicycle walk zone and pedestrian red light violations.

The ASUC launched a program last Monday that offers on-campus late night study areas and gathering spaces for students and student groups.

UCPD arrested a 55-year-old man in connection with a series of burglaries and grand theft cases on campus. The incidents took place between June and July and involved the theft of laptops, computer monitors and a conference room speaker.

At a Tuesday hearing regarding the ongoing Occupy Cal lawsuit, a judge made a procedural ruling against the activist group, who is seeking $15 million in damages against the university and other parties, but allowed the group one week to refile one of their complaints.

A study conducted by UC Berkeley researchers aims to examine how violence unfolds during protests, with the hope of promoting peaceful protest practices across the world.

UCPD responded to four alcohol-related illness incidents between Saturday night and Monday morning, less than half as many as compared to last year during the same period.

Given last year’s upswing in alcohol intoxication incidents among incoming freshmen, law enforcement officials and emergency personnel are beefing up resources to respond to a potentially high caseload of drunk students needing medical attention this weekend.