Year: 2026

Rashi Kesarwani, the two-term City Council rep for northwest Berkeley, will not run again. Over the weekend, in an in-depth interview with The Scanner, Kesarwani shared highlights and insights from…

In the past two weeks, we've held a spring campaign to recruit new paying members by highlighting the kind of reporting The Berkeley Scanner tries to do: Showing up fast…

Police in Berkeley closed part of Adeline Street to investigate a hit-and-run collision that sent a man to the hospital Tuesday night. The crash was reported just after 8:10 p.m.…

A naked man with a shotgun who ran into the Berkeley Tesla repair shop was tackled by an officer after charging at him Monday, authorities report. Berkeley police got several…

Berkeley can remove its last large homeless encampment, but it must replace any "survival gear" it destroys and try to preserve camper property, a federal judge has ruled. Going forward,…

Two men are facing felonies after trying to take over the bank account of a Berkeley man with Alzheimer's disease, according to court papers. Police say surveillance cameras caught Lawrence…

A Walnut Creek woman was found deceased in the water at the Berkeley Marina over the weekend after reporting suicidal thoughts, authorities said. On Saturday morning, Walnut Creek police called…

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake in Santa Cruz County shook Berkeley, Oakland and the broader Bay Area early Thursday morning. The quake's epicenter was in Boulder Creek, about 30 minutes north…

A man police say stabbed a woman in Berkeley after "making derogatory comments about her mother" is now facing drugs sales charges, too, according to court papers. The investigation began…

Recently, we asked Scanner readers if we should open comments to all registered subscribers. Nearly 60% said yes. After reviewing your feedback carefully, we're moving forward with a one-month "open…