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Black Lives Matter Sues Berkeley Police

A civil rights complaint has been filed against the City of Berkeley by a group of eleven demonstrators and journalists who are claiming damages for alleged “unconstitutional police attacks on peaceful protesters and journalists” during the violent Black Lives Matter protests that took place on December 6 of 2014.

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Free Speech Fight over Antisemitism on California Campuses

Following a sharp rise in antisemitism across the University of California’s 10 campuses, a group of professors, students, activists and Jewish groups wrangled with a group of UC leaders at a public forum at UCLA on Monday as they sought to make revisions to a proposed policy denouncing intolerance on school grounds.

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Berkeley Turns to ‘Bike Registry’ to Deter Theft

An independent bike registry is aiming to “make bike theft a little less convenient” in Berkeley. Bike Index, started by former bike mechanic Seth Herr in Chicago, allows users to register their bike’s serial numbers free of charge into an open source database to help anyone track whether the wheels they wish to purchase online are stolen goods–and reunite cyclists with their stolen bikes.

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Sexual Assault Survivors Sue UC Berkeley

Three victims of sexual assault are suing the University of California Berkeley and the University of California Board of Regents for allegedly failing to properly prevent, investigate and handle sexual assaults that reportedly took place while they were taking classes at the school.

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6 Die After Balcony Collapses in Berkeley

Six people, including at least five students from Ireland, died on Tuesday after a balcony collapsed early in the day at an apartment complex near the University of California Berkeley. At least seven other people were injured.

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Oakland #BlackLivesMatter Protests Continue

There was no shortage of “black lives matter” protests this past weekend as activists in Oakland and Berkeley sought to link their cause to the life of late civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Close to 150 #BlackLivesMatter protesters took

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Maher to Berkeley Grads: Avoid Groupthink! Fight Climate Change!

Comedian Bill Maher delivered his long-anticipated and controversial speech at the University of California Berkeley winter commencement on Saturday–and it turned out to be a rather conventional liberal address. Though much debate surrounded Maher’s views on Islam, he largely avoided the subject, instead telling

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Berkeley Students’ Reactions to Bill Maher Speech Mixed

BERKELEY, California — Mixed opinions greeted Bill Maher’s controversial appearance at Berkeley’s Saturday winter commencement. Sentiments ranged in favor of the self-proclaimed far-left talk show host and comedian to literal hatred for him and his beliefs. In October, Maher said Islam

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Muslim Scholar Blames Porn for Jihad

Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf, president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Calif., blamed pornography for the proliferation of jihadist violence during a Georgetown Universitypanel discussion Monday about the status of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries. Princeton University law professor Robert George