Month: December 2025

Police are investigating a shooting that woke the neighborhood and damaged multiple vehicles in West Berkeley overnight. Berkeley police began getting calls Wednesday about the sound of gunfire at 1…

A man in his 30s died Wednesday after a train struck him in Berkeley, according to early reports. Berkeley police and firefighters were dispatched to Bancroft Way and Fourth Street…

A Berkeley police officer doing surveillance on Fourth Street caught two people who tried to take more than $900 in goods from Lululemon on Monday, authorities report. A reader who…

On this GivingTuesday, we're asking you to support The Berkeley Scanner because you deserve clear, timely local information — especially when something is happening in your neighborhood. And today, your…

A homeless man who was stabbed outside a downtown Berkeley bank two years ago took the stand recently to describe the unprovoked attack in dramatic detail. At the end of…

A motorcycle rider reportedly died Sunday in a crash on Interstate 80 in Berkeley, according to preliminary reports. The crash was reported near the Gilman Street exit shortly after 3…