The four men are all associated with the Rise Above Movement (RAM), which officials described as a “militant white-supremacist organization based in Southern California.”
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Berkeley, other Bay Area cities dedicate week to fighting hate crimes
The Nov. 11-18 week aims to highlight the prevalence of hate crimes and bring communities together to speak out against hate.
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Judge dismisses $23M lawsuit linked to Berkeley protest against Milo Yiannopoulos
Neither UC Berkeley nor city of Berkeley officials could have withheld police protection from Kiara Robles because of her political beliefs or sexuality, the judge ruled.
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Eric Clanton takes 3-year probation deal in Berkeley rally bike lock assault case
A college professor charged with four counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon has taken a deal resulting in three years of probation, court records reveal.
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Protests sweep through downtown Berkeley again
Nearly a year after protesters last clashed on the streets of Berkeley, groups on the left and right returned Sunday ready for confrontation.
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Update: Car windows smashed, fires set, 20 arrests but no injuries in protests
Hundreds of protesters marched through Berkeley streets, but police stopped them from getting to Civic Center Park on Sunday. There had been 20 arrests as of about 6 p.m.
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Ahead of slated Sunday rally, Berkeley issues rules on masks, weapons
Bay Area activists are gearing up for what could be a large “Stop the hate” rally and march Sunday in Berkeley. Whether anyone will show up to oppose that message is unknown.
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Help Berkeleyside and other news sites document hate with ProPublica
Berkeleyside is joining dozens of other media organizations in an initiative to thoroughly track and analyze hate crime and harassment data.
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Jury finds 5 men not guilty of assault during 2017 Berkeley protest
“It’s been over a year of this,” one of the defendants told Berkeleyside on Monday afternoon. “It was intense. We’re all just ready to move on with our lives.”
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Judge says no proof of ‘witch hunt’ against Berkeley teacher facing felony charge
The case against King teacher Yvette Felarca and her co-defendants, stemming from a violent neo-Nazi rally and counter-protest, will be heard in Sacramento County.
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UC Berkeley report says political clashes ‘tore at the campus’s social fabric’
A commission of faculty, staff and students said controversial events and violence in 2017 were stoked by “the rise of ultra-conservative rhetoric.”
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Felarca case draws crowd to Sacramento, but hearing on Berkeley teacher’s dismissal motion postponed
The King Middle School teacher is facing a felony charge from a violent Sacramento neo-Nazi rally and counter protest in 2016.