Year: 2026

A mural highlighting the immigrant struggle was defaced last week in central Berkeley, prompting a chorus of concern in the neighborhood. Within days, neighbors had left signs expressing solidarity at…

A man in his 50s was taken to the hospital after being stabbed in the head and bitten at his Berkeley Hills home Saturday, authorities report. Multiple readers asked The…

The son of an alleged Bay Area cult leader who used the name "Om" has been charged with sexually assaulting a relative in Berkeley when she was a little girl,…

Alex Goodwin Jr. was killed 10 years ago in Berkeley, gunned down in what police have said was a shooting meant for someone else. He was just 22 years old.…

By Vicente Vera Berkeley's tourism sector is banking on a once-heavily restricted herb to draw visitors wanting to immerse themselves in the countercultural cannabis community that found its roots here.…

A man is facing charges after setting an arson fire "near structures and a densely populated encampment" in northwest Berkeley, according to court papers. Police say Patrick Ford set the…

A welfare check outside a Berkeley elementary school Monday morning led police to discover a man who had died on the sidewalk, authorities report. Multiple readers alerted The Scanner after…

A man with a gunshot wound turned up at a Berkeley hospital seeking treatment over the weekend, authorities report. Alta Bates hospital staff called Berkeley police Saturday evening when the…

A federal judge has ordered the city and Berkeley Homeless Union to spend a day walking local streets together to find tent sites for up to 23 people before their…

First responders rushed an e-scooter rider to the local trauma hospital after a driver struck her near UC Berkeley on Thursday, police report. The crash happened shortly before 5:15 p.m.…