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Plans are moving forward to bolster traffic safety on Claremont Avenue in Berkeley after a fatal crash in July. In recent weeks, Babak Dorji, who oversees Berkeley's Vision Zero program,…

Work is forging ahead to prepare for a huge influx in spending on Berkeley streets and sidewalks thanks to Measure FF, approved by voters last year. Measure FF money will…

Authorities are investigating gunfire in West Berkeley on Sunday night. "There's been a shooting on Addison between 10th and 9th," a reader told The Scanner shortly before 7 p.m. "Multiple…

Authorities quickly extinguished a vegetation fire in West Berkeley's Aquatic Park on Saturday night. Responding firefighters said the half-acre brush fire, near the animal shelter on the north side of…

A driver struck two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, near UC Berkeley on Friday, sending both to Highland Hospital. The crash took place at about 5:10 p.m. on Channing Way…

A man and his girlfriend are in custody this week following a "series of violent home invasion robberies and residential burglaries" in Berkeley, authorities report. The crime spree began Sept.…

Berkeley celebrated the opening this week of a new clinic for unhoused individuals seeking primary care as well as therapy, addiction help and other critical services. State and local officials,…

An Oakland driver who ran into a cyclist in Berkeley and then left the scene was arrested this week on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, authorities report. The crash happened…

A pedestrian was taken to Highland Hospital on Wednesday evening after a driver struck him at a busy intersection in Berkeley, authorities report. The crash happened just before 6 p.m.…

A Flock license plate alert helped Berkeley police catch wanted retail theft suspects after they hit the local Lululemon for the second time in days, authorities report. Police responded to…