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Berkeley officials voted Tuesday night to give a dead-end street to one of the city's largest taxpayers in response to concerns about a sprawling homeless encampment there. Bayer, which already…

By Kara Manke, UC Berkeley News The Berkeley Hills may feature stunning views and easy access to parks and hiking trails, but living so close to California’s fire-prone forests and grasslands…

A woman who punched an elderly woman after causing a disturbance in a downtown Berkeley restaurant was arrested Monday after fleeing into the BART station, police report. The victim, who…

Members of Berkeley's Jewish community came together at a local synagogue last week to discuss rising antisemitism and how to respond to it. The event, at Netivot Shalom, was organized…

The best way to stay safe from wildfire in the Berkeley Hills is to leave the area on extreme fire weather days before being ordered to evacuate, a new city…

A new defense motion has raised serious ethical questions about whether the prosecution, under recalled DA Pamela Price, mishandled a high-profile police shooting case before being recused from it altogether…

Berkeley police arrested a suspected intoxicated driver who crashed twice Friday morning within just 2 miles, authorities report. The driver injured a motorist in the first collision and then crashed…

By Liz Fox Last week, Berkeley saw its second pedestrian fatality in just six months and, despite city efforts to eliminate traffic fatalities through its "Vision Zero" plan, the numbers…

The "dramatic" recall of Pamela Price removed the need to recuse the entire Alameda County DA's office from prosecuting a fatal police shooting, the state attorney general's office says. In…

A Berkeley man with a long history of DUIs drove away after hitting a father with his 5-year-old daughter in a crosswalk last month, according to court papers. This week,…