Month: October 2026

We have received crime reports directly, and been included on a number of emails from community members, regarding several incidents that occurred downtown on Friday, Oct. 16. We recognize that…

By Vicente Vera Berkeley's long-struggling 911 dispatch center is getting $1 million in state funding to modernize operations and improve emergency response. The city's dispatch center handles more than 180,000…

A fire at the Berkeley Police Department prompted an evacuation Wednesday evening, with emergency calls being routed to Alameda County. Shortly before 5:30 p.m., officers reported smoke and "water flooding…

A brush fire in the Berkeley-Oakland hills damaged a home and burned about 1.5 acres Tuesday, on the 35th anniversary of the devastating 1991 Tunnel Fire. Firefighters from multiple agencies…

A documentary about life inside a Berkeley RV community screens Wednesday at the Hillside Club. Like Heaven Without God, directed by Berkeley filmmaker Luca Capponi, follows residents living in a…

A man was taken to the hospital Tuesday after his car flipped over during a collision in downtown Berkeley, authorities report. Berkeley firefighters had to cut the man out of…

Firefighters from multiple agencies are battling a 2- to 3-acre vegetation fire on top of Panoramic Hill in Berkeley, authorities said Tuesday. The fire is spreading slowly, but one structure…

Editor's Note: TBS publishes guest essays from community members on issues of concern. Today's piece was written by Brennan Cox, a Berkeley landscape architect, former city Parks & Waterfront commissioner…

East Bay park officials are set to vote Tuesday on a deal to acquire Golden Gate Fields "as-is," without environmental testing before the $175 million purchase. The seller, the Stronach…

Berkeley High parents are calling for changes after a series of attacks and fights Friday as the school's Unity Week wrapped up. Multiple parents have contacted The Scanner about one…