Archive for Wednesday, September 10, 2008  Last 4 tree-sitters
descend at Berkeley  September 10, 2008   — The four remaining
protesters living in a redwood at UC Berkeley climbed down from
their perch Tuesday, ending a 21-month occupation of a campus
grove aimed at stopping construction of a new sports center.
The tree-sitters said they agreed to come down on the condition
that the University of California create a land use committee
that will include input from students and residents into the
school's future land decisions. But a UC spokesman said no such
deal was made and the university has no plans for the committee.
School officials prepared to forcibly remove the activists by
building scaffolding around the tree.  The protesters slowly
climbed down the tree and onto scaffolding amid cheers from
supporters soon after the agreement was reached.  They were
arrested immediately by police and face charges including
trespassing and violating a court order, authorities said. Five
other demonstrators on the g