Berkeley business-owners are taking city rot and lawlessness into their own hands
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Nypost ^
| 09/21/2024 | Jeff DeMartini
Berkeley, Calif., once a bastion of liberal idealism, currently mirrors the lawlessness of the Wild West. Its streets resemble an open-air drug den, overrun by homeless encampments. Tents
block streets and parking, making sidewalks impassable for pedestrians with disabilities. Human waste, syringes and hazardous materials spill directly on private property and in waterways, polluting them. Open-air fires in the middle of public thoroughfares offer scenes more reminiscent of the Great Depression than the prosperous, innovative community associated with the Berkeley name.
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Teenagers in Berkeley and Oakland school districts may now vote for board members
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ABC Bay Area ^
| 8-7-24 | Ryan Curry
The Berkeley and Oakland Unified School Districts announced Wednesday that teenagers aged 16 and 17 can vote for the school board. This
stems from two ballot measures: one passed in Berkeley in 2016 and another in Oakland in 2020, allowing this voting change. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters says it is ready to implement this and get those teenagers registered to vote.
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Berkeley scholar warns U.S. liberals: Either get tough, or get ready to lose
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Berkeley News ^
| 7/16/24 | Edward Lempinen
In a new book, political scientist M. Steven Fish argues that pro-democracy forces need to deploy a “high-dominance” political style to defeat Trumpism. And, he says, they need to stop being so squeamish about patriotism.
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Suspect in arsons at UC Berkeley lives in parents' million-dollar home, is a PhD grad, and called US a 'fascist hellhole'
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The Blaze ^
| June 18, 2024 | Carlos Garcia
A suspect arrested in relation to arson attacks at University of California, Berkeley is a 34-year-old PhD student who lived in his parents' million-dollar home and called the U.S. a "fascist hellhole." California
and federal law enforcement say that 34-year-old Casey Goonan was arrested on Monday for allegedly committing four acts of arson at Berkeley during pro-Palestinian anti-Israel protests on campus. His attorney confirmed that officials had raided Goonan's parents' home in Pleasant Hill on Monday at about 10 a.m. A CalFire news release said that Goonan had been booked into the Alameda County jail on suspicion of arson and...
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Claim Credit for Second Arson at UC Berkeley
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The Jewish News of Northern California ^
| JUNE 14, 2024 | Natalie Weinstein
Pro-Palestinian activists took credit for a felony arson attack outside of UC Berkeley’s Koshland Hall on Thursday. Details about the fire were scarce on Friday. But it is at least the second case of arson at Cal that pro-Palestinian activists have claimed responsibility for this month. A
UC Berkeley police vehicle was set on fire on June 1. On Thursday morning, an anonymous “student intifada” post took credit for the latest incident. “UCLA students were attacked last night so we retaliated with a firebomb on UCB campus,” the post said. “We unloaded a firebomb on the side of a campus...
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In December 2014, in Berkeley, Missouri, Alvin Henry Jones Jr., 62, died two days after Black Lives Matter protestors blocked an ambulance that was carrying him
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Wordpress ^
| June 4, 2024 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.co December 2014, in Berkeley, Missouri, Alvin Henry Jones Jr., 62, died two days after Black Lives Matter protestors blocked an ambulance that was carrying himBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)June 4, 2024In December 2014, in Berkeley, Missouri, Alvin Henry Jones Jr., 62, died two days after Black Lives Matter
protestors blocked an ambulance that was carrying him.Source: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Med January 2015, in Milton, Massachusetts, Black Lives Matter protestors blocked an ambulance that was carrying Richard McGrath, 82. The protestors chained themselves to barrels full of concrete to make especially sure that no vehicles could get by.In February 2016,...
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Pro-Hamas Activists Take Over UC Berkeley Building — After Deal to End ‘Encampment’
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Breitbart ^
| 05/15/2024 | Joel B Pollack
A group of radical pro-Palestinian activists took over a building at the University of California Berkeley on Wednesday, just hours after administrators and protesters struck a deal to end a weeks-long “encampment.” The
Daily Californian, the UC Berkeley student newspaper, reported: A group of pro-Palestine protesters broke in and took over Anna Head Alumnae Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The protesters — gathering in a group of about 30 by 3:15 p.m. — hung up the Palestinian flag as well as boards reading “Free Gaza” and “Avenge Al Shifa.” [Al-Shifa is a hospital in Gaza that was taken over by terrorists,...
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Hundreds of students join pro-Palestine protest at UC Berkeley graduation ceremony
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San Francisco Chronicle ^
| May 11, 2024 | Sam Mauhay-Moore
UC Berkeley's Saturday morning graduation ceremony was punctuated by the chanting of hundreds of pro-Palestine student protesters whose demonstration caused the event to be paused and delayed several times.
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55 years after Reagan took on Berkeley, Newsom stays in the background amid roiling campus protests
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latimes ^
| 05/05/2024 | Laurel Rosenhall and Mackenzie Mays
SACRAMENTO — In May 1969 a National Guard helicopter hung over the campus of UC Berkeley, spraying protesters with what The Times then described as “heavy clouds of tear gas.” It
was the sixth consecutive day of campus demonstrations over plans to develop the land known as “People’s Park.” An ambitious governor who would go on to become president had called in 2,300 National Guard troops and hundreds of Highway Patrolmen. They brought shotguns, rifles and bayonets. The problems, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan said in a feisty televised appearance, all started because universities “let young people think they had the right...
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Autophagia at Berkeley
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American Thinker ^
| 14 Apr, 2024 | Clarice Feldman
When you sup with the Devil, you must bring a long spoon. Berkeley
law dean Erwin Chemerinsky has never been a favorite of mine, but I love irony, and this week he’s my avatar of people whose actions have come back to bite them. He has publicly bragged, for example, how much easier it is to avoid anti-discrimination laws in his faculty hires than it is in student admission, tacitly admitting that is what he has done and what he encourages others to do. But that seems to be of no avail to him now that he’s become a target...
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Antisemitic Blood Libel': Private Dinner Hosted by Berkeley Dean Targeted by anti-Israel Activist
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Haaretz.com via MSN ^
| 04/10/24 | Judy Maltz
Targeted by anti-Israel activists, the dean of Berkeley's law school requested on Wednesday that security guards be stationed outside his home for protection after agitators disrupted a private dinner party he and his wife were hosting. Erwin
Chemerinsky, the law school dean, and his wife, Professor Catherine Fisk, were hosting a dinner for a group of graduating law students on Tuesday evening, when a woman wearing a hijab stood up, and with a microphone in hand, began accusing the law school of complicity in genocide
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M 3.4 - 3 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
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USGS ^
| April 6, 2024 | USGS
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UC Berkeley accused of 'systemic racism' after banning white people from California community farm co-owned by the university on Saturdays
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UK Daily Mail ^
| April 1 2024 | JAMES GORDON
One of the most progressive and socially liberal schools in the country is cultivating controversy as it faces accusations of racism after it allegedly banned white residents from accessing a community farm on Saturdays. Gill Tract Community Farm in nearby Albany has designated Saturdays exclusively for use by 'Black, Indigenous, and People
of Color' (BIPOC) after a complaint was filed with the US Department of Education by the Mountain States Legal Foundation. The move has been denounced by some as an example of 'systemic racism.'
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WATCH: Antisemitic Riot at Berkeley City Council Meeting on Holocaust; Mayor Condemns
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Breitbart ^
| March 28, 2024 | Joel B Pollak
An antisemitic riot broke out Tuesday evening at a meeting of the city council of Berkeley, California, that was to have discussed plans for observing Holocaust Remembrance Day in April.
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UC Berkeley professor tells student to 'get out of the Bay Area' if they want a girlfriend
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SFGate ^
| March 22, 2024 | Madilynne Medina
A UC Berkeley professor is being pilloried after telling students to “get out of the Bay Area” if they want a girlfriend. SNIP
“If you want a girlfriend, get out of the Bay Area. Almost everywhere else on the planet is better for that. I’m not kidding at all. You’ll be shocked by the stark differences in behavior of women in places where women are plentiful versus their behavior within artillery distance of San Jose and San Francisco.” Shewchuk’s comments were in response to a student who was asking for advice about finding work in the Bay Area and dating...
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Parents of U.C. Berkeley students hire private security for their children
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American Thinker ^
| 03/20/2024 | Rajan Laad
The very least parents expect when they send their children to any educational institution is security. This
is the safety of both the physical and mental variety. After this safety is provided, the educational institute must provide a forum for a healthy exchange of ideas and debates. Education isn't merely about imparting knowledge but also about challenging students intellectually and compelling them to confront opposing perspectives. This is not a place for dogma but for open-mindedness. A student must be taught to challenge the seemingly immutable and form opinions after digesting facts about any subject from multiple perspectives. An educational...
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Now Berkeley is probed over antisemitism: House slams liberal college after anti-Israel ‘riot’
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NY Post ^
| 03/19/2024 | Isabel Vincent
A powerful congressional committee accused the University of California, Berkeley, of fostering “an environment of pervasive antisemitism” — which included an anti-Jewish “riot.” The
Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce said Tuesday it was formally investigating the San Francisco Bay Area college as part of an escalating probe into antisemitism. And the committee chair, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), revealed she had “grave concerns” about Berkeley because of the “inadequacy” of its “response to antisemitism on its campus” even before the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel ignited anti-Jewish demonstrations. The committee outlined a list of antisemitic incidents...
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Berkeley parents raise $40K for private security to patrol campus as university plagued by ‘armed robbery spree
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NY Post ^
| 03/14/2024 | By Fox News
Concerned parents calling themselves SafeBears have raised $40,000 to pay for security guards or “safety ambassadors” to patrol the UC Berkeley campus area for a few weeks in early March. UC Berkeley may be one of America’s most prestigious schools, but its location in the California Bay Area has parents and students
both wary of safety on campus. A group called SafeBears, that touts itself as comprising “1,300+ Cal parents and community allies working to improve safety for UC Berkeley students,” has worked to solve the problem themselves, hoping their prototypical program of patrols around campus will inspire the college...
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Berkeley Lets Loose an Antisemitic Mob-Rioters attack Jewish students, and leaders claim to be helpless.
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Wall ^
| Feb. 28, 202 | The Editorial Board
Antisemitism took a frightening turn Monday at the University of California, Berkeley, where a pro-Palestinian mob surrounded a campus auditorium, broke a window, and harassed Jewish students trying to enter the building. Israeli
lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat was invited by a Jewish student group to address the subject of Israel and international law. This included “the rules of wartime conduct and how the [Israel Defense Forces] can better protect civilians,” according to an Instagram post by Students Supporting Israel at Berkeley. But the speech never happened, as besieged Jewish students gathered inside a nearly empty auditorium in Zellerbach Playhouse while some...
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At least 50 cars broken into in Berkeley
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ktvu.com ^
| February 25, 2024
Police are investigating at least 50 car break-ins around West Berkeley. A video from social media on Friday by the Aquatic Apartment complex on Fourth Street depicts the damage. Car
after car has at least one window smashed out. The Berkeley Police Officers Association says the break-ins are tied to the same overnight crew.
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