Police at UC Berkeley are investigating a sexual battery that occurred adjacent to campus in the Southside neighborhood Sunday night. The incident took place around 9 p.m. near Bancroft Way…

Update, 8:35 a.m. One person has died after a Berkeley house fire Monday, authorities have confirmed. One person remains in critical condition and two others sustained minor to moderate injuries,…

A proposal from Berkeley's new mayor went down in defeat in recent weeks, revealing a fractured City Council getting off to a rocky start to the legislative season. It was…

Berkeley police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that sent a 77-year-old woman to the hospital Saturday night, authorities report. The woman, who lives in Berkeley, was walking her dog at…

A man with a gun struck a Berkeley Hills resident in the head during a robbery Friday morning, authorities report. The call originally came in to police as a possible…

Authorities are investigating a report Wednesday that an adult at a park across from Berkeley High had "inappropriately touched" a student on her way to school. Berkeley police said the…

Judge Ursula Jones Dickson will be Alameda County's next district attorney following a long-anticipated vote by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday evening. The vote to fill the vacant position…

Ursula Jones Dickson said she plans to hit the ground running as Alameda County's new district attorney and has already selected Annie Esposito as her second-in-command. She outlined some of…

The vote to select Judge Ursula Jones Dickson as Alameda County's next district attorney, following the recall of Pamela Price in November, came after hours of public comment Tuesday and a relatively brief…

A man was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive on a busy sidewalk in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday evening, authorities report. Scanner readers asked for information after seeing crime scene…