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The playground at Malcolm X Elementary School. Google Street View A homeless man who used anti-Black slurs and threatened children at a Berkeley school playground Saturday has been arrested, police…

UC Berkeley police arrested a summer camp staffer Saturday on suspicion of sodomizing a child overnight in a Cal dorm, authorities report. The University of California Police Department identified the…

The man police say started a fire at the Berkeley Animal Shelter last weekend, and later tried to flood it, had his dog taken during a recent arrest, The Scanner…

A deceased person was found on the UC Berkeley campus near Oxford Street on Friday morning. Gardeners found the body while working on campus at the West Circle, a passer-by…

Berkeley police have made an arrest following an arson investigation that began at the animal shelter over the weekend. Police arrested Peter Taraba, 48, Thursday morning on suspicion of more…

A man with leptospirosis died in Berkeley in May after living in a "severely rat-infested RV" not far from the Harrison Street encampment, the city has confirmed. A woman who…

Editor's Note: TBS publishes guest essays from community members on issues of concern. Today's piece was written by Andrew Fisher, a Berkeley resident and consultant focused on climate change. Like…

Berkeley police have asked for help to determine who set the city's animal shelter on fire over the weekend. Police opened an arson investigation after the fire, which took place…

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag warning this week for the East Bay Hills — including those in Berkeley. The warning is in effect from Wednesday at 11…

Citing smoke damage and sprinkler system repairs, the Berkeley Animal Shelter will be closed for at least three weeks after a suspicious fire Saturday. The city issued a new statement…