Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied UC Berkeley building

Police on Thursday night arrested at least a dozen people who occupied an abandoned building near the UC Berkeley campus as part of a protest in support of Palestinians during the ongoing war in Gaza.

By 7:15 p.m., 12 people had been arrested at the site, according to UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof, on a variety of charges, including vandalism and trespassing.

Police from multiple agencies arrived at the empty building, at the corner of Channing Way and Bowditch Street, about one block from People’s Park...