Police police cars outside the Zeta Psi fraternity in November 2014 (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso Two years after being charged with attempted murder in connection with the beating with a metal bat of a pair of UC Berkeley students, an Oakland man has entered dual “no contest” pleas for assault with a deadly weapon. Frank Paul Watson, […]
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Alcohol at Cal: Authorities report record arrests, tickets
Paramedics load a patient into an ambulance during a response to an alcohol poisoning call at Freeborn Hall in the Unit 1 dorms at the University of California, in Berkeley, on Sunday, Aug. 23. The call came in as a possible alcohol poisoning case involving a 19-year-old female in a bathroom in Freeborn Hall. Photo: David […]
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Berkeley neighbors take on ‘noisy and drunken parties’
Residents, city staff and representatives from UC Berkeley met Monday to discuss parties around campus. Photo: Emilie Raguso Dozens of concerned neighbors met Monday night at the Berkeley Police Department to strategize about how to cut down on “noisy and drunken disturbances,” particularly in Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood. The city of Berkeley is working on an […]
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Man, 20, found dead after party at Berkeley frat house
Police cars outside the Zeta Psi fraternity at 2728 Bancroft Way where a man was found dead Sunday, Nov. 9. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police cars outside the Zeta Psi fraternity at 2728 Bancroft Way where a man was found dead Sunday, Nov. 9. Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, Dec. 31, 5:18 p.m. The Alameda County coroner’s office on Tuesday, Dec. 30, determined […]
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Man arrested after attempted Berkeley homicide with baseball bat following Cal frat house fight
Image: Google maps Police arrested a 23-year-old Oakland man over the weekend in Berkeley after he reportedly struck two males over the head with a baseball bat, causing what authorities described as “significant injuries.” Sunday, at 1:25 a.m., the Berkeley Police Department responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 2700 block of […]
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The Never Land of Zeta Psi: excavating a frat house
Laurie Wilkie‘s archaeological journey began with a dig, as you’d expect. But rather than occurring in some exotic spot, the dig that led to the just-published Lost Boys of Zeta Psi was just outside the windows of the university’s Archaeological Research Facility at 2251 College Avenue. A construction crew was excavating for the foundations of […]
