University of California at Berkeley police on Thursday defended their actions during demonstrations on campus the day before when the newly formed Occupy Cal movement drew thousands of people and resulted in dozens of arrests.The protest became violent Wednesday night when police arrived to dissemble the makeshift encampment.
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As Occupy SF enters its second month, participants got a shot in the arm Wednesday evening from a man who has been on the other side of the aisle.Economist and activist Robert Reich showed up at Occupy SF’s Justin Herman Plaza camp to give the troops a pep talk, saying they are part of a movement that will change American society.
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A Republican group at UC Berkeley has cooked up controversy with a plan to hold an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” as a satirical way to oppose legislation that would allow public colleges to consider race and other factors in student admissions.
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All things must come to an end — including BART protests.The seventh consecutive planned demonstration called by the online hacker group Anonymous officially fizzled Monday when only three protesters came to the UN Plaza and Civic Center station.Barbara Bettenburg, 61, of San Francisco was one of the three. She held a sign that read, “Stand down BART police.” Another protester left after 15 minutes.Bettenburg said police brutality is worthy of outrage.
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Dozens of protesters are occupying Tolman Hall on the UC Berkeley campus today, and there has been at least one confrontation with a university police officer involving pepper spray, according to police and protest organizers.
The protest began around noon today when hundreds of protesters gathered in Sproul Plaza to protest proposed statewide tuition hikes for the University of California system that could increase tuition by as much at 16 percent per year over four years.
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Two UC Berkeley graduates who have been detained in Iran on espionage charges for more than two years were finally released today, according to their families.Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, and a third UC Berkeley graduate, Sarah Shourd, were arrested on July 31, 2009, after embarking on a hike in Iraq’s Kurdistan region near the Iranian border.Iran accused all three of them of espionage and last month Bauer and Fattal were sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Former University of California at Berkeley golfer Diane Kwon, 21, was found dead in a Fremont parking lot late Monday night, and police said they are investigating the “suspicious” death.A passerby spotted the body of the two-time San Francisco City Championship winner in a parking lot behind 3950 Mowry Ave. — a location that formerly housed a Barnes and Noble bookstore — at about 11 p.m. on Labor Day, police said.
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To Pam Quiton, the opportunity to live in LGBT-friendly low-income senior housing would be “heaven.”The 55-year-old lesbian said she would leave her one-room Mission district home in a heartbeat if such a place existed. Quiton has rheumatoid arthritis and lives in a neighborhood where she has been robbed and regularly hears death threats outside her windows.
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Cal has a lot of questions heading into the 2011 season, and those questions may get answered Saturday when the Golden Bears meet Fresno State at Candlestick Park.
Cal has won six of its past seven season openers, including a 52-3 romp over UC Davis at Memorial Stadium last season.
But the team is coming off its first losing season under coach Jeff Tedford and the lowest finish in the Pac-10 standings since his arrival.
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