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Brothers killed at Oakland party were Berkeley High students

Brothers killed at Oakland party were Berkeley High students

A relative identified the brothers as 15-year-old Angel and 17-year-old Jayz in a GoFundMe campaign launched to help the boys' mother.
By Emilie Raguso
Students walk past The Standard student housing complex on Bancroft Way in Berkeley.

Gunfire at private student housing complex by UC Berkeley

No one was wounded, but the incident comes just one day after hundreds of parents attended a meeting with Cal officials about campus safety concerns.
By Emilie Raguso