{"id":306276,"date":"2026-05-08T17:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306276\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:28:55","slug":"dirt-bikes-atv-riders-swept-through-berkeley-before-police-trapped-them-on-bay-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306276\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirt bikes, ATV riders swept through Berkeley before police trapped them on Bay Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dirt bike and ATV riders on Solano Avenue Sunday. Credit: Citizen reporter<\/p>\n

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A brigade of dozens of dirt bike and ATV riders drove from San Leandro through Berkeley to Oakland, including along Solano and Shattuck avenues, on Sunday before flooding the Bay Bridge and abandoning 77 of their vehicles as police moved in. Nine people were arrested. (SFGATE<\/a>, LA Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

UC Berkeley has closed its Restorative Justice Center, citing \u201cbroader changes in priorities and resource allocation.\u201d (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ricardo Ruiz, the Trump supporter who was found not guilty after whipping out a stun gun at an anti-Trump rally but has been jailed for a year after\u00a0Berkeley police shot him after a separate armed standoff, is seeking release on mental health grounds. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Katherine Yelick, a vice chancellor at UC Berkeley, has been named the new director of Berkeley Lab. UC President James B. Milliken cited her \u201cdeep expertise in computing and AI\u201d as a reason for her appointment, saying it will help enable the lab \u201cto pursue new discoveries in an era of rapid technological change.\u201d\u00a0(Berkeley Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\n

When Berkeley teachers sought a pay raise in 1926. (East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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