Breaking news now. Police in riot gear moving in to clear out those protesters who illegally took over a building owned by uc berkeley. More than 20 Law Enforcement agencies teamed up to clear them out. Nbcs pete serratos is in berkeley with the very latest pete. Reporter. Well yeah, those demonstrators inside of that abandoned building here in berkeley, as you can see behind me, they have been arrested. We still do have some police here on site, crews on site, as are working to board up that building. But some of those demonstrators outside say that they plan to come back to this site in the coming days. The tension escalating between demonstrators and officers this evening in berkeley, outside of an abandoned building taken over last night by propalestinian protesters calling for an end to the war in gaza. But in less than 24 hours, a heavy Police Presence involving multiple Police Agencies shut down nearby streets, outnumbering the group of protesters, allowing police to arrest 12 p
Get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. To be free palestine. Free, free free palestine. Three protesters and Police Clashed near uc berkeley. Officers moving in to clear an abandoned university building. Several people have been arrested and others forcibly removed. We begin with that breaking news in berkeley. Dozens of Law Enforcement officers from multiple agencies converging near the cal campus tonight as the situation there intensifies. Good evening. Im julie julie haener and im greg lee. The University Says at least 11 arrests have been made as crews dismantled an encampment and barricades outside Channing Hall after protesters occupied it last night. Ktvu Bailey Ocarroll is live near peoples park bailey protesters just started moving out of that area about 30 minutes ago. Yeah. Greg and julie, good evening. Thats right. We are here where the scene is now a whole lot calmer than it was just about 30 minutes ago. I want to move
Of messages congratulating her. Ill be free, free, free, free palestine. A lot of action on the cal campus. More than a dozen law agencies work to clear a protest in berkeley by uc berkeley says the occupation is a crime not protected free speech. Then the worlds top ranked golfer, willie scott, Scottie Scheffler, may not get to play in the second round of the pga championship. What happened when he was arrested on his way there next . From ktvu, fox two news this is mornings on two. Its a busy one and were glad youre here. Im gasia michaela and good morning, im dave clark, and welcome to friday. Its may 17th. Welcome to friday to you. Good to be here with you. Its a nice way to start the end of the week. Steve was saying something earlier. The weather that you just drove through, it may be with us until june. You said. Well, off and on. Yeah, theres always temps bumping up, but everything right now is favoring kind of a continuation of this may gray june gloom, which i know ali over h
Considers them criminal suspects. And tonight police are there on the scene. This is ktvu. Fox two news at 730. And this is all happening just a few blocks from the cal campus. And tonight the situation has changed dramatically over the last few minutes. Thanks so much for joining me tonight. Im heather holmes. We want to get right to this breaking news and go to our bailey ocarroll. She is live near the occupied building where there is now a large police presence. Bailey hey, heather. Good evening. Yeah, i want to get it right out of the way. So everybody at home can see whats going on here. Now, i was here until late last night. I can tell you this scene has changed dramatically. It was largely peaceful last night. Honestly, they were pretty quiet. So chp has obviously moved in here. They have basically completely cleared out the grass area in front of this abandoned home, which was filled with tents filled with protesters. They had couches, food tables set up, all sorts of things se
Spokesman says the group is separate from the group that was at sproul plaza. We have confirmed that the coalition with whom we reached an understanding on tuesday did not initiate this action. There have been no arrests as of now. Its not clear who the suspects are. The protesters said they do not want to make any comments or talk to the media when asked about their message or what group they represent. Instead, they said theyll put any comment on their peoples park instagram page. Some Community Members stopped by to see the site, one woman bringing pamphlets to the protesters. But im also with berkeley, copwatch, and so i brought some things for them to, you know, know their rights in case they get arrested. We are treating this site as an active crime scene. This is there are an estimated 60 to 65 suspects trespassing on University Property and vandalizing a fire damaged building next to peoples park. Neighbors say they are concerned about safety issues but dont want to see an esca