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Volatile backdrop sets stage for violent counterprotest in SF ‘free speech’ rally
Donald Trump supporters held a permitted rally for “free speech” at the San Francisco United Nations Plaza Saturday, though the term rally in this case is overstated given the...Read More
Passion, realism dominate Bay Area rallies on brink of impeachment
It can never be claimed that President Donald J. Trump does not inspire civic engagement.Read More
Campus police prep for Ben Shapiro speech
Campus police at Cal are asking students, staff and faculty to avoid the area of a speaking engagement with former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro.Read More
Oakland protestors rally against Charlottesville violence
For the second night in a row, residents and visitors to Oakland are protesting the violence that broke out Saturday in Charlottesville where three people died before the violence...Read More
Wheelchair groper reported on Cal campus
Police at the University of California at Berkeley received reports of two separate incidents of sexual battery by a man in a wheelchair on campus Friday.Read More
Bad Yelp review heads to state Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could determine whether Yelp Inc. and similar websites can be forced to remove an allegedly defamatory review.Read More
Skyline College loosens gag on faculty speech
One Bay Area college is backing off a policy to limit faculty speech to reporters.Read More
Nude activists strip for body freedom
JANE WARNER MEMORIAL PLAZA — San Francisco's nude activists got naked again Saturday.Read More
Go ahead and talk smack about your bank
An overzealous 95-year-old California law that banned false statements about a bank's financial condition has been tossed.Read More
Press access bill heads to Senate
Despite first amendment protections for freedom of the press, state law makes it difficult for journalists to talk to prisoners. That may soon change.Read More
Occupy flag-burning inflames debate
Free speech or not, setting an American flag aflame sends a powerful message about what Occupy stands for.Read More