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People's Park belongs to Berkley, not a group of devoted radicals.

A bear surprises merry picnickers, a wiener roast on Hillcrest Drive, two people unconscious in automobiles and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly setting a house and trailer in Davidson County on fire multiple times over a three-month period.

It’s a quarter past three on a sunny spring Thursday in Berkeley. After weeks of rain, People’s Park is bursting with life: a sea of yellow, purple, and red flowers pours from the gardens on the west side of the 2.8-acre park, while the occasional gust of wind carries the scent of jasmine. People occupy nearly every available picnic table and bench, shedding jackets with

Officers seize $6 million worth of marijuana, $645,000 of Canadian currency at Portal Port of Entry U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Portal Port of Entry seized more than 3,760 pounds of marijuana and $645,240 in unreported Canadian currency on Thursday, May 20. Written By: Forum News Service | 4:30 pm, May 25, 2021 × GRAND FORKS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than 3,760 pounds of marijuana valuing more than $6 million ...

Portal Port of Entry officers make largest marijuana seizure in state history U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Portal Port of Entry seized more than 3,760 pounds of marijuana on Sunday, May 16, in the largest marijuana seizure in state history. They also seized $645,240 in unreported Canadian currency on Thursday, May 20. 1:47 pm, May 25, 2021 × U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than 3,760 pounds of marijuana valuing more than...

Editor’s note: This article is the first part of a three-part series on People’s Park and campus’s proposed development of it. Since February, UC Berkeley students have occupied People’s Park in protest of campus plans to build a multi-story student housing and supportive housing complex on the site, marking the latest in a decadeslong struggle to preserve the 2.8-acre parcel of land as a public open space and a piece of Berkeley history. Park advocates and the UC system have collided o...

The battle over the right to access People’s Park in Berkeley began over 50 years ago, but it never really ended. Now, UC Berkeley plans to develop the