1 tree, 4 protesters left in UC Berkeley standoff

[superconnected]

Source: Associated Press

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A tree-sitting protest at the University of California, Berkeley, was whittled to one tree after arborists chopped down most of the disputed grove to clear land for a new sports center.

The cutting began last week after the campus got a court order clearing the way for construction. By Monday, only one redwood - containing the final four protesters - remained of the trees marked for the ax.

Tree-sitters, communicating by walkie-talkie, said they still hoped for a "productive and positive" outcome.

But campus officials said an attempt to reach a settlement ended without success Sunday.

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I like their tenacity.

[Bob Dobbs]

1. Cal Berkley administration still fascist after all these years.

See: People's Park.

God bless those defending the trees.

[Omaha Steve]

2. For all the protests I've been in

K&R!

[jannyk]

3. That One tree has no branches - they cut every one up to the 'sitters'

it now looks like a utility pole.