New developer tapped to build supportive housing at People’s Park

A Berkeley-based nonprofit housing developer will be building and operating a roughly 100-unit supportive housing building at ...
NBC Bay Area

‘People are suffering': Frustration mounts over Berkeley homeless encampment

Tents and belongings were staying in place late Wednesday on the deadline for a large homeless encampment to be cleared at Berkeley's Ohlone Park. The delay in removing the encampment has left some ...
KTVU

Protestors vow to stop UC housing project at People's Park in Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. - Police in Berkeley cleared out People's Park early Wednesday morning, in a long dispute over the historic grounds. But, the tumult escalated as protesters struggled against police ...
KQED

City of Berkeley Reconsiders, Then Sustains Police Tear Gas Ban Following Unrest at People's Park

Update, 12 p.m. Friday: A California Court of Appeal judge on Thursday issued a temporary stay, ordering UC Berkeley to stop all construction work at People’s Park in Berkeley. The latest injunction ...
Los Angeles Times

On the grounds of People’s Park, UC Berkeley proposes housing for students and the homeless

For nearly 50 years, the University of California and Berkeley activists have been locked in conflict over one of the state’s most contested pieces of land. The standoff started in 1969, when hundreds ...
Los Angeles Times

UC Berkeley halts site work at People’s Park after angry protests and police clashes

BERKELEY — Following hours of angry and tense protests, UC Berkeley officials abruptly announced Wednesday afternoon that they would pause work on transforming historic People’s Park into housing “due ...
NBC Bay Area

Berkeley to start clearing out Ohlone Park homeless encampment

Berkeley city crews are planning to start clearing a long-debated homeless encampment at Ohlone Park. The move is scheduled for Thursday as leaders on both sides of the issue question what will happen ...
The New York Times

Battle Over People’s Park in Berkeley

After U.C. Berkeley won a months-long legal fight to turn the historic People’s Park into new student housing, the university began construction on Wednesday. But protesters quickly interrupted the ...