Berkeley Wire: Tesla protests grow on Fourth St.; Photolab burglarized weeks after similar ram-raid robbery of photo shop down the block

Hundreds of people showed up on Saturday, March 1, for a protest in front of Tesla’s Berkeley showroom. Credit: Andi Jones

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The weekly protests of Elon Musk in front of Tesla’s Fourth Street showroom are growing, and last weekend, a crowd of more than 300 attended, a six-piece Mariachi band performed and a group paraded a 10-foot cardboard Cybertruck. (Business Insider, Daily Cal, KQED) Older drivers in Berkeley have caused several fatal crashes. Is the city doing enough? (Berkeley Scanner) The U.S. Justice Department will investigate the University of California over claims the university system allowed an “antisemitic hostile work environment” on its campuses. (Mercury News) The ‘ottoy initiative is a new partnership between the Ohlone people and UC Berkeley that aims to repair their relationship and build a sustained presence for the Ohlone community on campus. (Berkeley News) Colman Domingo’s Craigslist missed connection after a chance encounter at a Berkeley Walgreens has gone viral thanks to the Oscars. (SFGATE) Berkeley Photolab was hit by a crash-and-grab burglary weeks after a similar ram-raid robbery of Looking Glass Photo in the same building. (Berkeley Scanner) Activists from the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere protested inside the Berkeley Trader Joe’s on Saturday, urging the grocer to stop selling products processed by Perdue Farm’s Petaluma Poultry. (Bay City News) Meanwhile, UC Berkeley senior Zoe Rosenberg, a member or Direct Action Everywhere, was arraigned in Sonoma County on her remaining charges, after removing four chickens from Petaluma Poultry farms in June 2023. (Daily Cal) How two Berkeley kids became the acclaimed duo behind the popular play “Nobody Loves You.” (East Bay Times) Todd Haynes, a “Queer Cinema” icon, gets a retrospective film series at BAMPFA. (East Bay Times)