Protesters were demonstrating a talk by right-wing pundit Ann Coulter at UC Berkeley.
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Kyle ‘Based Stickman’ Chapman takes felony plea deal in Berkeley weapons case
A man who became a conservative icon in 2017 for showing up armed at political rallies where antifascists and right-wing activists clashed has been found guilty of possession of a weapon at one of those rallies.
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Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca ordered to pay conservative group $20,000
A federal judge ruled that the activist and her colleagues are responsible for Judicial Watch’s legal fees in a case involving Berkeley Unified.
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Trump issues free-speech order following renewed focus on Cal
In a new executive order, the president codified a threat he made against UC Berkeley two years ago.
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Berkeley teacher Felarca ordered to stand trial in neo-Nazi assault case
Yvette Felarca’s felony assault charges, stemming from a protest against a neo-Nazi rally, were bound over for trial in February.
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Video of neo-Nazi rally is central in court hearing for Berkeley teacher Felarca
The preliminary hearing for the Sacramento assault charges began Dec. 6 and will continue in January.
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How a little-known Berkeley group sparked the 1960s student movement
SLATE pre-dated the Free Speech and anti-Vietnam War movements. Its members protested racial discrimination by holding ‘shop-ins’ at Lucky’s supermarket on Telegraph Avenue.
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UC Berkeley and College Republicans settle free-speech case
Both sides said they consider the outcome a victory.
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Berkeley inspired first-of-its-kind United Against Hate Week
A week of events across the Bay Area, organized by Oakland-based nonprofit Not in Our Town, grew out of Berkeley’s 2017 ‘Berkeley Stands United Against Hate’ poster campaign.
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Berkeleyside’s Frances Dinkelspiel wins SPJ excellence award for longform story on Milo Yiannopoulos
‘One day, one night: The fuse that lit the Battles of Berkeley’ is a 12,000-word oral history crafted by Frances Dinkelspiel that tells a story through the voices of those who were there.
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White nationalist group came to Berkeley in 2017 with intent to cause violence, documents contend
Members of Rise Above Movement trained in military-like tactics before coming to Berkeley. They later bragged on social media about hitting people and stealing Yvette Felarca’s banner.
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Berkeley Unified flooded with angry calls, threats over Felarca, records show
The 150 pages of documents were released to a right-wing group after the teacher lost a lawsuit.