park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. >> today's special guest michelle ginsber

load and its its park size. um, the memo also interestingly adopted acls or absolute cumulative limits. um, for 13 specific parks, uh, predominantly within the downtown financial district, uh, which were sort of inherently prone to higher shadow loads given the high rise massing around the area. um qualitatively, the memo established various qualitative criteria, including time of day that the shadow was occurring, the time of year, uh, the shadows location upon the park, shadow size, um, shadow duration and the public good served by the project. casting the shadow. um, so for brief, uh, project overview, i'll just show really just for visual, since claire already covered the project scope. um, but here you can see the proposed project rendering in context within the city landscape. uh, the project is denoted by the red arrow, and then the image on the bottom left is the proposed site plan. and as claire mentioned, the, uh, the purpose associated with this project is, um, along the interior block edge directly abutting

um, and as we take on the responsible ality of these parks, this, um, the hilltop park, the dog park, and then the city park when it's managed, i'm concerned that we don't have an organizational structure. um, that is clear to at least clear to us and clear to the staff as well. um, so several things. um, one, i think that that nobody's saying that the parks and rec should not have a say. they are cities, um, parks department, and they have good staff. it's part of the civil service. we understand that, um, but i think that it's important to look at whether it's possible to create a non profit conservancy and trust, um, and how to do it because it takes many years to set up an organization and to grow an organization like that. so to set aside saying, oh, well, that's coming in the future, five years from now, ten years from now, um, i think, um, i'm concerned that it's not soon enough. um, and i think that we would like and we will have several conversations about this in this year. but give us the assurance that the maintenance for these parks that we're accepting is going to be don

one third of the park and two thirds will remain as green space. the protesters questioned the timing of the university clearing out the park. >> why do they choose right now when all the students are out till the seventh? why are they choosing when the council's out to the seventh? why are they? because because we don't have numbers. campus police arrested seven people for trespassing. >> they were cited and released. berkeley police tell me they arrested four people for charges, including resisting arrest, trying to remove barricades and battery on an officer for a uc berkeley spokesman estimates that it will take 3 to 4 days before barricades will come down. once the fencing around the park is complete in berkeley, amber lee, ktvu, fox two news an annual report on police stops in california finds that black drivers continue to be stopped and searched at higher rates. >> the california racial and identity profiling advisory board analyzed more than 4.5 million stops. the report found. the greatest disparity in 2022 between the proportion of stops

the issue of parking is, parking at larson is limited, the solution has been to expand the parking spacesclosest to the courts at persidio wall. , okay, i'm going to read mine now. in closing, i would propose the rec and park suspend elimination of the courts and rather actively explore the solutions for mitigating the local homeowners as i've outlined. that's peters. my name is lisa and i live in the inner richman fnlt the appeal to pickle ball is concept of open play, you just show up. the closer the courts and the greater the quality, the better which is for me persidio wall is ideal, it would be devastating if courts were removed because of a few complaints. i know that the extended times were added because of larson but they have inspenced. i am a tennis player and also a certified pickle ball coach. but i'm not here with those pats on i'm here as a empty nester who no longer have the parent community i had for 15 years and for me, per sidio wall is my happy place where i can see 20 plus people i like and know and get a laugh. these people and are female and male and range from age 2

helped grow the park ranger division citywide. they are contributing to our safety all over the city. not just the park. >> and organizational development and employee recognition program. a place people can share anecdoteos his retirement. if you want the link we am arrange to get it to you >> legacy and leadership support and coaching comraderie will be missed by so many of us. he was proud of all of us and the legacy of caring excellence and fostered in the park system a legacy i hope lives on for i long time. i know now from kate kaern that his memorial service will be grace cathedral on january 11. and i believe we will have a special service in the park it seems odd but we will move along to more commission business. that was that one is that was hurt losing our colleague and friends. it seems like the world should stop. you know and grieve. on a loiter note. we received an e mail from a gentlemen ashley i'm looking for it. the highlighted 1. >> on the page. >> lovely gentlemen named, howard shonin. wroechlt hello lucas [inau

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occupying the park into the morning ? you see police arrested seven people on suspicion of trespassing and berkeley police arrested another person disrupting construction just this afternoon. the nearly three acre park, just a few blocks south of the campus has been a symbol of resistance since the 60s but has been more recently occupied by unhoused campers for today's activities happening even though the state supreme court still is to weigh in on whether the project could even move forward jose martinez has more on this historic space that has now become a battleground over the housing crisis. >>> some people are definitely not happy about the future of people's park here in berkeley. you can see behind me, they came here, once again, to reject the student housing project that has divided this community. >> reporter: protesters are standing their ground as hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on people's park, putting up fences and shipping containers. one of dozens of protesters gathered at the park to reject

the land became known as people's park. it became a bay area symbol of the civil rights movement, a place for students, the black panthers, and in more recent years, the homeless. joining us now is osha newman, an attorney who spent decades advocating for people's park. he also painted a mural in the park that still stands. it's interesting. it's kind of a history lesson watching all this. this fight for land is similar in so many other places in the country, where history meets progress. is this finally the end of people's park? will uc berkeley finally get its way? >> i hope not. i mean they thought they were going to get their way for many, many years. they've struggled for years to take back the park from the people, and they never succeeded. over and over again, they built fences. the fences came down. they built new fences. people went through them. but they never stopped. they never gave up. they thought that time would go by, people would forget that history that you're showing on your screen. that was old people, ol

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happening to the park and like sustain numbers. university city says they will be building additions housing elsewhere too, because there is an urgent need for student housing. >> this site will bring 1100 new student beds. it will take up about a third of the park, about two thirds will remain green space. there will also be a commemoration of the park's history and a portion will be used for low income housing and housing for people who were formerly unhoused. as for the blockades, the barricades that we're seeing about two blocks in each direction, we do expect those to be there through out the weekend because we've been told that this project here is going to take 3 or 4 days. so although these big shipping containers are in the spot right now, they still have a lot of work to do to make sure that nobody can get inside the park. live in berkeley. amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, amanda, thank you. time now. 736 some state lawmakers want to reform proposition 47. the ballot measure passed by voters to reclassify

. >>> right now on the afternoon edition, a showdown at people's park in berkeley , as the fight over a controversial student housing project takes a new turn. good afternoon, i'm elizabeth cook, in for ryan today. just moments ago, our chopper was over the park where police summoned riot gear, are standing by on one side of the road while a group of protesters are standing on the other side, just outside the barricade this all began overnight, when uc berkeley sent hundreds of officers to people's park. authorities blocked off the street and crews put up large shipping containers. police also removed several activists and unhoused people from the park. many of those protesters are now back at that site today, and that is where we find our shot gymnast, sean? >> as you explain, that same situation is still unfolding right now, take a look behind me and you will see a large crowd, one of the largest crowds we have seen all day here on one side of the barricade and then all of those chp officers on the other side , and then the progress that has been made throughout the morning as we ha

moved in to clear out the park. ultiple people sleeping in tents, makeshift structures and even a tree house. seven people refused to leave, so they were arrested for trespassing. four others were arrested later in the day for resisting arrest, trying to remove barricades and battery on an officer. there was a rally with a few dozen protesters that lasted throughout the day yesterday, but police here say protesters dispersed overnight. around one in the morning. protesters don't want housing built in the historic people's park. the university is trying to be prepared to move on construction as soon as they're able to. after an appeals court issued a temporary injunction stopping demolition in 2022. >> we are currently awaiting the resolution of a legal matter before the california state supreme court, which we are anticipating will be in our favor and as soon as that happens, we will begin construction on the student housing, supportive housing and new park space for the site. >> berkeley is known throughout the worl

we are starting out with a live look in san josÉ, christmas in the park is still lit up. eral days we will see at least some dry weather, but the rain we have seen recently helped us out in the north bay, with the rainfall deficit we are dealing with. now we caught up, and we are at 12.7 inches of rainfall so far for the water year. we do still need a lot more rainfall in oakland to catch up to normal, over 3.5 inches rain needed to get back to normal. we are also slightly below what we need for now in the rest of the bay area. we are also in a very active pattern where even this morning we have seen light rain moving through, and a lot of it falling apart. most of us will not see that rain. our temperatures are chilly right now, in the upper 30s in the tri-valley, and low to mid-40s in much of the north bay. this afternoon we will head to 60 degrees for much of the bay area. about the same tomorrow as well as the dry weather continues. we may see a quick round of light showers moving through the north bay. again, early tomorrow morning, while it does miss the rest of the

the marina green. again in golden gate park. it has been a great time for music and ties into the recovery and the tremendous energy where we are feeling and -- you know anybody who says san francisco is struggling needs to hang out in the park system. where well is joy and beaut and he inspiration every day. >> so, the san francisco board of supervisors passed legislation to make jfk drive in will golden gate park car free. how have residents responds. >> the san francisco residents responds positive. families. bicyclists, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenade is a treasure. it enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were goi

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opposition into the parks closure for a new housing complex that's supposed to go up. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is on the story. >> chanting to stop crews from closing off a long standing park. >> we need a place where community members can find each other and learn about their history of berkeley. that's a human right. knowing what your culture is, having water, having food, these workers are creating a barricade with shipping containers. >> they want to keep people out of the park. so the school can build a new dorm. >> what we're doing out here is taking advantage of a time of the year when we have very few students, very few people here to be able to do this as safely and as quickly as possible. >> the work started early thursday morning. police in full tactical gear arrived to close off streets and remove the remaining people living in the park. protesters tried to stop them, but police arrested seven of them shortly after is when they started stacking containers around the park. >> we are stacking those in a perimeter around the park to high, and that wil

the parks open. wanted to drill down into some of the practical aspects, like park staffing and hours and safety concerns and what has historically been a pretty isolated neighborhood that is there going to be lighting there? i know we had power outages on treasure island whether there is backup power for lighting? what is the schedule for cleaning and maintenance is and whether there are enough financial resources to do that and whether you have gotten to the point of doing what rec and park does here on the main land relative to park reservation systems and how that works and do residents have the ability to schedule picnics or birthday parties? are there fees associated with that? prioritization-just throwing out what is coming in my head how this works given that tida isn't the recreation and park department and doesn't have a history doing this. >> very good observation and we would love to talk to you about all those things today or whenever is convenient. at a very high level, maybe i'll start

national park values and water supply values in yosemite is the cub tree's premiere national park visited by millions of visitors but the protection of our watershed and the city provides significant outside funding for the national park, over $8 million a year is for trail maintenance and wilderness education and park operations and security keeping the water safe and the park a haven. >> one hundred years ago when the dam was first built, there was a different view of the environment back then, than there is today. and the dam was part of changing that view across the nation. that brings an importance to our work here at o'shaughnessy dam, how we manage this dam and manage our releases and the environment downstream, it's very important to san francisco that we need that challenge. >> for 100 years, o'shaughnessy dam and the park service ensured the bay area has clean water, along with ongoing stewardship much our precious natural resources. >> this o'shaughnessy >> for us, we wish we had our queue and we created spaces that are active. >> food and drinks. there is a lot for a lot of fo

there is also a shuttle stop in the new parking lot. this is a photo of the new accessible parking lot that is 20 spaces that is behind the band shell. we are hearing that it is full sometimes, so we are getting feedback that it is great to have it, but that sometimes it is full, so it's a great resource, but of course it is not-doesn't solve all the problems. it is not enough. this next slide is a picture from our website. it is a map showing where all the blue zone spaces are in the eastern end of the park, and it's of course kind of small to be able to see, but it shows that--this is actually i realized when we got the image from the website, it is not showing the new spaces behind the band shell, the 20 new spaces in the parking lot unfortunately so i'll have to make sure that gets updated, but, if you were able to see this image also shows the number of spaces in each location, and the greatest number of spaces is actually in the garage and music concourse. there are 32 spaces in the garage. which brings us to the garage updates. th

seven people were arrested that refused to leave the park. that they are going to be cited and released with misdemeanors. but right now, what's happening is that they are clearing out some of the debris here. we just watched them take down a tree house that was in that large tree in the middle here. so they're trying to clear out all of this debris, all of the things that are in the park. and then at the same time, they're bringing in these large shipping containers. so these big, large yellow shipping containers, we're watching trucks bring those in. so there's a lot of moving parts here. those shipping containers are going to be the perimeter of the park. basically to keep it clear, to keep people out. now this dispute, this has been happening for years. activists say uc berkeley housing does not belong in this historic park. while the university has been trying to move on, construction on an appeals court issued a temporary injunction stopping demolition. that was in the summer of 2022, but that still allows the university to block off an

the making. activists say uc berkeley housing does not belong in this historic park. while the university has been trying to move on with their construction, an appeals court issued a temporary injunction stopping demolition in the summer of 2022. but it still allows the university to block off and secure the permit for of people's park and they wanted to do that overnight. they wanted to try to minimize conflict, act , but we're never going to give up when we fight, we will. >> when we fight, we win. >> everything we did in terms of the timing, the time of year, the time of day, the number of officers, the shipping containers had one thing in mind that was safety and a really strong desire to avoid conflict and violence. and that's been the case so far, and we're grateful for that. >> in the past, there have been clashes between protesters and police, even injuring some officers. some protesters have been camping out here in hopes of stopping the construction altogether. now, the university says housing is crucial right now. this will bring 1100 student beds, but they

in the park. and which had great place if you can afford the train and saw families taking photo there is a nice feeling. so. it is zeal photographs as part of the director's report. >> we are happy to report this we did a tour for sam france interested in a bus day on the bus deck with a new route. this is a great addition to the center bringing them in the building. exclude be a sublose from ac transit assuming they reach the terms and bring service in february. manage to look forward to. on the security front, we're happy to announce the tjpa selected to host a transportation security table top exercise through the intermodal security train and exercise program of no interruptions to services or operations at the park. and but we are excited collaborate to enhance the security measures to benefit the riders in the community. the dtx perral we advance in the federal transit administration capital investment grant you will hear today. we expect to receive the formal rating and enter in engineering

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rose crans to the park services on this. >> okay. they are the ones-since they are the ones who apply or deploy the project or work they engage with the public? >> yeah, and it is done under federal law. >> okay. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> no you can't. thank you. that being said, let's go to item 9. >> item 9- >> public comment is over. >> sorry. public comment is over. >> thank you. >> thank you, public comment is over. >> [indiscernible] >> item 9 please, could you read? >> item 9, approve and authorize the general manager to seek approval from the board of supervisors to execute power sales contracts, with anticipated revenue in excess of $1 million or more subject to an annual revenue limit of $20 million per year, through july 1, 2025. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is julia ogwen the director of origination and power supply for the power enterprise. my team is responsible for manage the hetch hetchy power and clean powersf energy portfolio. i am here today to seek your approval to increase the annual revenue lim

helped grow the park ranger division citywide. they are contributing to our safety all over the city. not just the park. >> and organizational development and employee recognition program. a place people can share anecdoteos his retirement. if you want the link we am arrange to get it to you >> legacy and leadership support and coaching comraderie will be missed by so many of us. he was proud of all of us and the legacy of caring excellence and fostered in the park system a legacy i hope lives on for i long time. i know now from kate kaern that his memorial service will be grace cathedral on january 11. and i believe we will have a special service in the park it seems odd but we will move along to more commission business. that was that one is that was hurt losing our colleague and friends. it seems like the world should stop. you know and grieve. on a loiter note. we received an e mail from a gentlemen ashley i'm looking for it. the highlighted 1. >> on the page. >> lovely gentlemen named, howard shonin. wroechlt hello lucas [inau

project at the people's park is a really important part for the university, the project wasefully designed for not just students but also the community at large. >> there were trees being cut down overnight as officers were brought in to help close off entrances to the park. protesters that were here in the early hours were shouting at those officers to leave, some were arrested, uc berkeley says that it notified protesters that they were trespassing , the university explains that it has spent millions with the city and state to provide housing for those living in the park and that it's final plan for this project includes low income housing as well as an open space it would take up two thirds of the park in addition to the planned student housing. uc berkeley says that while they do need to wait for the california supreme court to move forward on an actual construction, the courts have given them permission to enforce that close construction zone and that is why they have chp officers here and have brought in those shipping containers. they want the public to do that the su

now the site of people's park has faced decades of uncertainty. ginally had homes on it. when uc berkeley bought it in 1967 through eminent domain, the university demolished what was there and planned to build dorms, but ran out of funding. in 1969, protests were held calling for the space to be reserved as a park, a free speech demonstration there turned violent, culminating and then governor ronald reagan sending in 2700 national guard troops. in the 70s, the university's attempt to turn it into a rec center and parking lot were also met with opposition. the university revived plans for student housing at the site in 2018. new at ten tonight, police in hercules say the death of a n found in a business park this morning is considered suspicious . >> police officers were called to alfred noble dve near john muir parkw just before 6 a.m. they found a man who appeare to be in his 60s, ing next to the sidewalk. he was pronounced dead at the scene. there were no signs of trauma, but the death is being investigated as suspicious. pending an autopsy. the

they believe that the housing is necessary and they just don't want it to be here at the park. they argue it is such an important place and symbol for the several rights movement as well as the free speech movement and they want to see the park remain as is. they also don't like that those trees are being cut down. the university would argue that they are doing what is necessary to preserve part of park and they have spent a lot of money around $6 million along with the city and state to try to support those that were living in the park before. one last note to keep in mind that while they are moving forward with closing the park, putting some shipping containers there, they're not able to move forward with the construction yet. that's because there is a case before the california state supreme court that still needs to be resolved. reed, back to you. >> shawn chitnis reporting live. thank you so much. >>> happening this morning, two people facing murder charges for the killing of an undercover oakland police officer will be arraigned in court. and the da says she'll do everythi

in the parking lot. but it is a place where maybe the city may want to take a closer look at night because it's very willed and it's pretty dark. >> we would welcome that. >> okay, i have no further questions. >> one last thing, can you make a commitment that when you do have live dj, you have onsite manager that can help manage the sound. >> yes, and yes, absolutely. >> thank you. >> all right, thanks, chris. >> i'm ready to move to approve the staff's recommendation. >> i'll second. >> we already moved it. >> oh. >> can i get the second? >> are we we're going to remove? , no no no, we are good. old movements are good. >> we can leave those. >> we're going to vote now. >> let's vote twice to be sure. >> great. president bleinman. >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> commissioner wang. >> aye. >> it's been approved. and i want to reiterate to anybody that inspectors are reachable through 311 and that's why we exist to help man ang. --manage. so don't be afraid to utili

uc berkeley close the park overnight. ahead more of the resistance local law enforcement is being met with and the response from the university. >>> plus, due in court. today the suspects accused of killing an oakland police officer faces a judge, this has the prosecutor promises to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. >>> i am kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew. laura and marcus have the day off, and we will get to that breaking news in a minute, but first meteorologist, kari hall, tracking our weather. >> we don't have the issues of the rain moving through, and we are in the low 40s. in walnut creek, one of the cooler temperatures on the map there. oakland, you are stepping out the door at 44 degrees. it's 45 right now in san josÉ. looking at what we will see throughout the day, some of the showers moving through the north bay and will quickly pass by the rest of the bay area before we clear out the day. we are seeing rain over santa rosa, marin county and extending off towards the north. once again, that is the

people's park, now at five. the overnight operation to clear the park to make room for upcoming construction. >> seven suspects accused of killing an oakland police officer due in court today. the charges they're now facing and what the district attorney is promising in the case. >> the hidden world of jeffrey epstein, bill clinton, prince andrew, donald trump, all named as what the new unsealed court documents show us about their relationships. good morning to you and welcome to is it thursday? >> today is thursday. >> i like to call it friday eve. >> mhm. that's a good way to look at it. we're getting there. people getting back into their lives you know slowly but surely. yeah surely, surely. >> you know i was only off for a week but it felt like a year. >> yeah. so that last of the year. >> yeah. no rules, no rules apply. >> and then it's full steam ahead next week. we're just gradually easing in to the new year. today. it's a gorgeous day with a little bit of cloud cover out there this morning. here's live doppl

. >>> while standing the ground at people's park, protesters continue and cite the historic site of theerculture freedom park. nearly 48 hours of the demonstrations at the uc berkeley sent its officers to clear the park, part of a move aimed at creating more university housing. gia vang with the people who say it should stay as their park. >> reporter: music filled the air at the corner of white and telegraph in berkeley. and, soon was being served along with pizza and more just a couple of steps away,. police tactical gear for many agencies on one side and 150 protesters on the other side of a pair of kid beaded all stems from what happened thursday morning at the historic people's park. >> they came in like several people deep. they had a tag team. >> reporter: ziggy is one of the people living at the park. he and others climbed a tree when a swarm of officers came in. the university sent dozens of officers into the space to clear it out and began erecting a wall of shipping containers around the park. >> to the people in the tree with me, one guy was younger and he was really nervous

his mural depicts the original fight over people's park more than 50 years ago. that turned deadly. >> what happened overnight and what's happening now is a demonstration of the fear of the university and of the city and all those authorities of the kind of power and anger, the angry power that's going to be unleashed by what they're doing. >> no violence on display now, but people are angry and frustrated by the show of force in the parks overnight closure. >> i know that there is hard things like, i mean, people have done drugs in the park and stuff like that, but there's more positive than just that. >> university police, chp officers and sheriff's officers from alameda and san francisco counties moving in in the early morning hours of thursday to clear the park out. uc berkeley says eight unhoused people were on site, many voluntarily left, two accepted offers of shelter. separately, a group of activists gathered to protest. seven were arrested for refusing to leave dart coffman, another activist, was taken away in handcuffs for trespassing. >> the uc wants to

the land. but tonight, people's park is off limits to the people. walled it off by double stacking shipping containers. officers swooped in for a midnight takeover, surrounding the park, kicking out campers, and making people come down from tree houses. city and campus police arrested a total of nine people, and the university didn't waste time starting to raise the land. [ chanting ] >> people's park! >> that's a piece of people's history that is known internationally around the world, and it's one of the things that people know berkeley for. >> roads are also blocked off around the park. protesters got as close as they could, facing off with riot police for hours. to really understand why this is such a big deal, you need to go all the way back to the late 1960s. that's when the university first bought the 2.8-acre plot of land to build dorms. it sat as a vacant lot and became a magnet for anti-war protesters who used it for gatherings and demonstrations. but when the university tried to build on it in 1969, protests exploded. one person was kille

we know the plan is to use those to close off the park during this week, while students are away and continues. let's show you what was happening overnight and in the early hours of the morning as we were noticing trees being cut down. another effort to try to get some progress done and clear the area. officers were here as well. the protesters who had gathered trying to get the police to leave. some of those people were arrested. a spokesperson for uc berkeley tells us they were notified that they had been trespassing. the university said it is trying to move forward with the student housing project it has plant . >> it is quite clear that the university , although they deny it, they have alternatives. they have given us a false choice of we can either have a student housing, which we all want them to build more of, or we can have a park. >> reporter: people who have been strongly opposed to this project have pointed out that there are set backs and delays that continue in this will be an issue that will ultimately goes before the california supreme court . one reason why they are s

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the people. was what people's park people? e rally started about an hour ago here at the corner of haste and telegraph. as we mentioned in berkeley, it's about one block away from people's park, and dozens of people are here participating leaders shouting chants in opposition to what happened here overnight. it was just after midnight that police moved in, ripping down tents and clearing makeshift homes. all of the people living here were kicked out of the park. seven people who refused to leave were arrested and as we've been saying, these shipping containers were then brought in to construct a physical barrier around people's park, all in an effort to prepare it for the potential construction of student housing for uc berkeley students. the supreme court, though, must make a decision on that before construction can begin. activists who have long fought to protect people's park for decades are here, as well as the university spokespeople speaking out on what's happening in berkeley. >> what happened overnight and what's happen