Year: 2026

Local authorities coordinated throughout the weekend to determine how to dispose of hazardous materials that had been stored for years at a North Berkeley home. The coordination involved not just…

Police are investigating a scammer who targeted an elderly Berkeley woman last month by claiming her daughter needed money to get out of jail. The case began in December when…

Police are investigating gunfire over the weekend in South Berkeley not far from a shooting in the neighborhood earlier in the month. Limited information was available this week but, on…

A blood-stained towel helped police catch a convicted burglar who broke into the home of a Cal football player and his housemates while they slept, according to court papers. Police…

A man died Monday morning after being struck by a train in Berkeley, authorities and community members report. The fatal collision happened shortly before 11:45 a.m. near Hearst Avenue and…

A Texas man police say they have linked to seven sex crime victims over 14 years is in custody this week thanks, in part, to a familial DNA search, authorities…

Berkeley police are investigating a robbery this week in the city's Elmwood parking lot. On Monday at about 6 a.m., a man in his 30s had just parked in the…

A Texas man is facing serious charges this week after Berkeley police say they linked him to felony sex crimes that took place in 2002. Two women later identified Lashay…

Police are investigating the discovery of a body Wednesday morning near UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus. Authorities have said there is "no threat to public safety" but have not yet…

Berkeley officials are warning the public about leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that can be fatal in dogs and humans, after animals in the Harrison Street corridor tested positive in recent…