Month: June 2026

Work is underway to repair the Berkeley Animal Shelter after a recent arson fire, officials say, with reopening anticipated in early July. "Absent any unforeseen process delays," the city said…

The suspect in a sex crime case involving a child attending camp at UC Berkeley over the weekend has now been charged, court papers show. The camp and counselor were…

A shooting in South Berkeley sent a young woman to the hospital Sunday night. The woman, estimated to be 19 years old, was shot in the face, according to early…

The playground at Malcolm X Elementary School. Google Street View A homeless man who used anti-Black slurs and threatened children at a Berkeley school playground Saturday has been arrested, police…

UC Berkeley police arrested a summer camp staffer Saturday on suspicion of sodomizing a child overnight in a Cal dorm, authorities report. The University of California Police Department identified the…

The man police say started a fire at the Berkeley Animal Shelter last weekend, and later tried to flood it, had his dog taken during a recent arrest, The Scanner…

A deceased person was found on the UC Berkeley campus near Oxford Street on Friday morning. Gardeners found the body while working on campus at the West Circle, a passer-by…

Berkeley police have made an arrest following an arson investigation that began at the animal shelter over the weekend. Police arrested Peter Taraba, 48, Thursday morning on suspicion of more…

A man with leptospirosis died in Berkeley in May after living in a "severely rat-infested RV" not far from the Harrison Street encampment, the city has confirmed. A woman who…

Editor's Note: TBS publishes guest essays from community members on issues of concern. Today's piece was written by Andrew Fisher, a Berkeley resident and consultant focused on climate change. Like…