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Berkeley Tree-Sitters Finally Down To Earth BERKELEY, Calif. - With a short jump onto a scaffolding platform, four tree-sitters peacefully ended a 649-day standoff with UC Berkeley on Tuesday over the university's plan to cut down a grove of trees to build an athletic training center. The protesters voluntarily climbed down from an 80-foot redwood next to Memorial Stadium about 1:30 p.m. after four hours of negotiations with UC Police Chief Victoria Harrison as she hung in a basket suspended from a 200-foot-tall crane. Posted in Environment, protest

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Berkeley Tree-Sitters Finally Down To Earth

BERKELEY, Calif. - With a short jump onto a scaffolding platform, four tree-sitters peacefully ended a 649-day standoff with UC Berkeley on Tuesday over the university's plan to cut down a grove of trees to build an athletic training center.

The protesters voluntarily climbed down from an 80-foot redwood next to Memorial Stadium about 1:30 p.m. after four hours of negotiations with UC Police Chief Victoria Harrison as she hung in a basket suspended from a 200-foot-tall crane.

Posted in Environment, protest