Politics

Oakland’s congressional representative Barbara Lee stepped up her calls to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

The Mayor’s Community Toy Drive, which is sponsored by Mayor Ron Dellums and several council members, began Saturday with a sign-up event.

An all-day sit-in at U.C. Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall ended peacefully this evening, as protesters who had occupied the second floor of the central campus building were escorted out by police officers and faculty observers.

The sit-in at UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall ended peacefully this evening, as protesters who had occupied the campus building were seen leaving in small groups to join cheering crowds of supporters outside.

A quick review of a few key numbers in the U.C. tuition controversy.

An Alameda County judge ruled yesterday that the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer charged in the January 1 shooting of Oscar Grant, will take place in Los Angeles.

A statement from the University of California’s Office of the President argues that financial aid and other help will ease the impact of fee hikes.

The Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights will review the social equity aspects of BART’s current projects within the next several months, a process that could lead to further delays or even kill a plan to build an elevated rail connector to the Oakland airport.

In a tradeoff, Clear Channel takes down several dozen neighborhood billboards in return for access to a Bay Bridge approach site.