Tag: Berkeley

Pro-Palestine protesters at UC Berkeley take down encampment

(KRON) — The encampment put up by pro-Palestine protesters at UC Berkeley will come down, Chancellor Carol Christ said in a letter on Tuesday that was acquired by KRON4. The encampment was sitting at the Savio Steps of Sproul Hall. UC Berkeley reached an agreement with the UCB Divest Coalition to take it down, a […]

I survived the Holocaust. What I see happening in Berkeley is frightening

Editor’s Note: Sanne DeWitt is a microbiologist, geneticist, researcher, and author of a memoir: “I Was Born In An Old Age Home”. She has lived in Berkeley, California since 1957, where she moved for advanced studies in microbiology and genetics, and worked there until her retirement. The views expressed here are those of the author. […]

UC Berkeley leadership condemns protest against Israeli speaker

(KRON) — Leadership at UC Berkeley leadership is speaking out against a protest that happened on campus Monday night. The University Chancellor Carol Christ said protestors turned violent when they broke into a campus building to try to stop an event that was set to feature a speaker from Israel. Road reopens at scene of […]

23 cars broken into at North Berkeley BART station

(KRON) — Twenty-three cars were burglarized at the North Berkeley BART station on Wednesday, BART confirmed to KRON4. There is limited information available about the break-ins, but police said Thursday afternoon that no arrests had been made. A’s deny involvement after beer vendor abruptly pulls out of fan fest BART officials did not confirm when […]

$40K worth of tools stolen from UC Berkeley campus construction site: police

(KRON) — Approximately $40,000 worth of construction tools were stolen in a burglary at UC Berkeley on Wednesday, according to campus police. The burglary happened at the North Campus Construction Site. Police said the burglary happened sometime between the early evening on Tuesday, Feb. 20 and the early morning on Wednesday. The suspect was possibly […]

Son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki found dead at UC Berkeley

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s son, Marco Troper, has died. He was 19. University of California, Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore told NBC News that on Feb. 13, a student living at a student housing complex located on the Clark Kerr Campus was found unresponsive at around 4:23 p.m. Troper’s grandmother, Esther Wojcicki, confirmed his identity […]