Berkeley firefighters quickly put out a large fire behind an apartment building Saturday night, according to early reports. Firefighters were dispatched to the 2500 block of San Pablo Avenue, between…

A young woman who was paralyzed after a catastrophic fall at a UC Berkeley fraternity during a "grossly overcrowded" party on Cal Day in April has filed a lawsuit seeking…

A man was pronounced dead Saturday night in Berkeley after what appears to have been a solo scooter crash, authorities report. A community member heard the collision and went outside…

An Alameda County Superior Court judge dismissed the manslaughter case against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher on Friday afternoon. Fletcher fatally shot Steven Taylor during a call for…

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The parents of a 19-year-old UC Berkeley student who died last month after a drowning at a frat party have filed a lawsuit against the fraternity, court papers show. The…

Authorities in Berkeley seized nine firearms this week from a local man who threatened to shoot "anyone that comes onto the property" after a neighborhood boy showed up to find…

A pedestrian was taken to Highland Hospital with a head injury after being struck by a driver near UC Berkeley on Wednesday morning. After the crash, the pedestrian — a…

The Alameda County DA's office has asked a judge to dismiss the case against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, who fatally shot Steven Taylor in a San Leandro…

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled Berkeley on Monday afternoon, following eight quakes in San Ramon that began at 2:30 a.m. "Felt it on Northside. My wall rattled," wrote one Berkeley…