Year: 2025

A new defense motion has raised serious ethical questions about whether the prosecution, under recalled DA Pamela Price, mishandled a high-profile police shooting case before being recused from it altogether…

Berkeley police arrested a suspected intoxicated driver who crashed twice Friday morning within just 2 miles, authorities report. The driver injured a motorist in the first collision and then crashed…

By Liz Fox Last week, Berkeley saw its second pedestrian fatality in just six months and, despite city efforts to eliminate traffic fatalities through its "Vision Zero" plan, the numbers…

The "dramatic" recall of Pamela Price removed the need to recuse the entire Alameda County DA's office from prosecuting a fatal police shooting, the state attorney general's office says. In…

A Berkeley man with a long history of DUIs drove away after hitting a father with his 5-year-old daughter in a crosswalk last month, according to court papers. This week,…

A former Berkeley High student has been charged with felony gun crimes after showing up near campus with a rifle in his waistband, according to court papers. The incident took…

Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel reassured local families on Tuesday that ICE has paid no visits to Berkeley schools — despite rumors to the contrary. "Members of our community may have heard…

The city of Berkeley began removing the remaining tents from the Ohlone Park homeless encampment Wednesday morning. Residents saw city cleaning crews and police at the park around 7 a.m.…

A pedestrian was rushed to Highland Hospital with a trauma activation after a driver struck him at Claremont Avenue and The Uplands on Tuesday night. The incident was reported shortly…

Thirty people clad in black and armed with smoke bombs smashed windows and vandalized two businesses in downtown Berkeley on Thursday night. Police said they arrested four members of the…