UC Berkeley makes dead-of-night push to wall off storied People’s Park
BERKELEY — A massive contingent of law enforcement officers converged on People’s Park in the wee hours of Thursday morning, intent on clearing the way for crews to wall off the storied green space near the UC Berkeley campus in preparation for construction of a much-contested housing complex for students. The university launched the extraordinary operation — designed to double-stack metal cargo containers around the entire park perimeter — around 12 a.m.On their arrival, police surrounded the park. Inside, they were…