Year: 2026

The ceiling of a two-story building partially collapsed in Berkeley on Thursday morning sending at least one woman to the hospital, authorities report. Shortly before publication time, several other people…

A driver struck a woman who was trying to cross Ashby Avenue on Wednesday night, sending her to the hospital with significant injuries, authorities report. The crash happened shortly after…

A Berkeley employee bought a city ambulance without permission — and management failed to disclose the breach publicly when requesting approval after the fact, a new audit finds. The worker who…

Authorities say they have linked two men and a teenage boy to at least six home repair scam reports in Berkeley in the past month alone. The Scanner broke the…

Berkeley workers have posted a new round of closure notices announcing an end to the city's last large homeless encampment, on Harrison Street. The notice, posted Monday by city staff,…

Berkeley police arrested multiple individuals Monday on Solano Avenue in connection with ongoing home repair scams targeting local residents. BPD credited its Flock camera system with leading officers to the…

With the star witness missing in a high-profile misconduct case against a veteran Oakland homicide detective, prosecutors appear to be rethinking how to proceed. In 2023, former Alameda County District…

Police in Berkeley have arrested a man who was reported to be waving a gun at motorists on Sacramento Street on Saturday evening. Officers ultimately used less-lethal rounds to take…

An unidentified woman found unresponsive today in Berkeley with extensive burns on her body was pronounced dead at the hospital Friday night, according to police and early reports. The call…

Seventeen years ago today, a driver struck and killed 5-year-old Zachary Cruz when he got off the school bus by UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus. The city has pledged to…