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Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | At 28, he died on Berkeley’s streets | House with famed communal hot tub up for sale

UC Berkeley protests

Posted inCity

May 30, 1969: The final scene in the powerful first act of Berkeley’s People’s Park

Avatar photo by Tom Dalzell May 30, 2018, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

On the 49th anniversary of the largest protest marches Berkeley has likely ever seen, Tom Dalzell recalls a day when Berkeley demonstrated “moral outrage” in abundance.

Posted inCity

In Berkeley: The People’s Park (1968) before People’s Park (1969)

Avatar photo by Tom Dalzell Feb. 21, 2018, 7:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Everybody knows about the People’s Park created in 1969, when thousands of students, activists, and neighbors worked to establish the place. Few know about an earlier park.

Posted inSchools

4 sue UC Berkeley, others, for lack of police response during Milo event

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Jan. 16, 2018, 2:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Those suing say that police hid inside the MLK Student Union instead of protecting people from the violence perpetrated by black-clad demonstrators.

Posted inSchools

Young protesters voice support for DACA at BAMN rally on Cal campus

by Guest contributor Oct. 11, 2017, 11:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

Students from a charter high school in San Jose traveled to Cal Monday to attend a small rally for immigrant rights organized by BAMN.

Posted inSchools

Repercussions still being felt at UC Berkeley over ‘Free Speech Week’

by Caron Creighton Oct. 06, 2017, 1:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

The student news organization, Berkeley Patriot, has filed a second complaint with the Dept. of Justice alleging its First Amendment rights were violated.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Supply and demand at a UC Berkeley protest

by Amitai Ben-Abba Oct. 02, 2017, 12:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

Outraged that UC allows the far-right to harass their student populations under the childish ruse of “free speech,” the author and his friend go to a rally to protest. Sort of.

Posted inSchools

Free speech lawsuit against UC Berkeley dismissed, but plaintiffs get another chance

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Oct. 02, 2017, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

The Berkeley College Republicans have a month to file a new complaint demonstrating that Cal suppressed conservative speech.

Posted inCity

News analysis: Berkeley’s ‘Free Speech Week’ goes out with a whimper

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Sept. 28, 2017, 7:36 a.m.August 4, 2022

The last rally for “Free Speech Week,” was uneventful. The 11 rallies in Berkeley since February, however, have catapulted some protesters to national prominence.

Posted inCity

Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca arrested at Patriot Prayer march

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 26, 2017, 12:49 p.m.August 4, 2022

A right-wing rally and march and counterprotest at UC Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon ended with three arrests.

Posted inCity

Coalition holds march and brief UC Berkeley sit-in to protest white supremacy

Avatar photo by Daphne White Sept. 26, 2017, 8:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The two-hour rally, march and sit-in was put on by a diverse coalition of 30 groups. A security detail blocked right-wing news operations from entering the rally area.

Posted inCity

Photo gallery: Yiannopoulos visit to Berkeley sparks protest

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff Sept. 25, 2017, 5:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeleyside contributing photographers documented the response to Milo Yiannopoulos’s visit to Berkeley on Sunday.

Posted inCrime & Safety

14 arrests Sunday tied to Milo event

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 25, 2017, 2:31 p.m.August 4, 2022

Authorities in Berkeley made at least 14 arrests Sunday in connection with an appearance at Cal by Milo Yiannopoulos.

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