UC Police report multiple arrests related to Ann Coulter appearance on campus
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.
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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In a new executive order, the president codified a threat he made against UC Berkeley two years ago.
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.
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.
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.
UC Berkeley and College Republicans settle free-speech case
Both sides said they consider the outcome a victory.
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.
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.
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.
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.
