Month: January 2025

Update: A 66-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a driver in North Berkeley on Sunday afternoon near Monterey Market, authorities have confirmed. BPD's Fatal Accident Investigation Team will…

Police in Berkeley are investigating two seemingly unrelated shootings Friday night: one, gunfire on the freeway, the other, the case of a man who showed up wounded at a local…

For a couple of weeks he was just a man found dead in a UC Berkeley bathroom on a chilly day in January. Unidentified and, in coroner-speak, unclaimed, because they…

Police have arrested the suspect in a UC Berkeley sex crime case that made headlines earlier this week. On Friday shortly after midnight, police arrested 33-year-old Andrew McNear at Ninth…

Berkeley police are investigating a fake 911 call this week that briefly caused concern at a local elementary school. The incident began around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when Berkeley police got…

A driver who fell asleep at the wheel in Berkeley late Tuesday night crashed into a utility pole, knocking out power to thousands of residents, according to preliminary reports. As…

A woman pepper-sprayed a man Tuesday night on the Berkeley-Albany border after he said he wanted to sexually assault her and pulled her off her bike, police report. The man…

The recent three-day weekend saw two gunfire investigations by Berkeley police. No arrests have been made in either case and the investigations are ongoing, BPD said this week.   The first…

A motorcycle rider was hurt Wednesday night after losing control and crashing into a pole on Arlington Avenue in the Berkeley Hills, authorities report. The crash took place at about…

A woman is dead and two men were wounded in a triple stabbing in West Berkeley on Saturday. The incident began around 12:20 p.m. when someone called 911 to report…