Police are investigating a carjacking in West Berkeley on Friday night. A man called police to report the incident at about 11 p.m. He said he had been driving an…
A homeless man who attacked a Berkeley High student Wednesday for no reason has been charged with felony assault and child abuse, according to court records and police. Suspect Denarian…
Pamela Price, the former Alameda County district attorney who was recalled by voters last year, says she's not done yet. In a surprise press conference Thursday, Price said she would…
A man in his 30s died Wednesday after a train struck him in Berkeley, according to early reports. Berkeley police and firefighters were dispatched to Bancroft Way and Fourth Street…
Police are investigating a shooting that woke the neighborhood and damaged multiple vehicles in West Berkeley overnight. Berkeley police began getting calls Wednesday about the sound of gunfire at 1…
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A Berkeley police officer doing surveillance on Fourth Street caught two people who tried to take more than $900 in goods from Lululemon on Monday, authorities report. A reader who…
A homeless man who was stabbed outside a downtown Berkeley bank two years ago took the stand recently to describe the unprovoked attack in dramatic detail. At the end of…
A motorcycle rider reportedly died Sunday in a crash on Interstate 80 in Berkeley, according to preliminary reports. The crash was reported near the Gilman Street exit shortly after 3…
Police in Albany are investigating multiple incidents of antisemitic graffiti in recent weeks, including at UC Berkeley's University Village family housing complex. So far, authorities have declined to release specifics…