Top Berkeley news: Two men killed by Amtrak train ID'd; former Berkeley student to stand trial; more

Top Berkeley news: Two men killed by Amtrak train ID'd; former Berkeley student to stand trial; morePhoto: Mike Procario/Flickr
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Published on September 18, 2019

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Berkeley.

Former UC Berkeley student to stand trial for sexual assault

A former University of California, Berkeley student has been ordered to stand trial for the alleged sexual assault of two women, one at a fraternity house and another who says he punched and bit her as she tried to push him away.

Read the full story on KRON 4 News.

Alice Waters joins call to change Berkeley’s problematic ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ nickname

"I have never liked it"

Read the full story on Eater SF.

Judge to rule on whether Berkeley illegally nixed a housing complex on Spenger's parking lot

The owners of 1900 Fourth St. sued Berkeley over the city's denial of their SB35 housing application. The law allows almost automatic approval of complexes where 50% of the units are "affordable."

Read the full story on Berkeleyside.

Two men killed by Amtrak train in Berkeley are identified

Two men killed Thursday night when they were hit by an Amtrak train were identified by the coroner’s office Tuesday as Jason Clary, 37, and Jupiter Ganymede Marley, 31.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.


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