Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies arrested about 80 pro-Palestinian protesters Friday morning while also dismantling an encampment and barricade that blocked access to the University of California, Santa Cruz campus for several days.

Officers with the California Highway Patrol and other agencies began clearing the encampment, detaining protesters and making arrests sometime after midnight, according to UCSC Assistant Vice Chancellor Scott Hernandez-Jason.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.