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Two young men from Oakland have been charged with having a gun on UC Berkeley property after parking near Memorial Stadi...
09/25/2025

Two young men from Oakland have been charged with having a gun on UC Berkeley property after parking near Memorial Stadium with an open container, according to court papers.

When officers inspected the gun, they determined it had been stolen in an auto burglary in Boise, Idaho, UCPD wrote.

Berkeley crime blotter: Hit-and-run crash leads cops to drug stash; random attack on Solano Avenue; police make arrest a...
09/24/2025

Berkeley crime blotter: Hit-and-run crash leads cops to drug stash; random attack on Solano Avenue; police make arrest after robbery near Cal; road rage via gun.

Today's Berkeley crime blotter also includes details on a recent robbery near Cal and a road rage case involving a gun.

Authorities are looking for a teenager who failed to show up in court this month on a felony gun case from Berkeley High...
09/24/2025

Authorities are looking for a teenager who failed to show up in court this month on a felony gun case from Berkeley High School, court papers show.

A student in the bathroom "heard mentions of a gun" and the sound of a firearm being racked, leading to the seizure of a gun on campus.

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hit Berkeley on Monday evening, the third to shake the city in just 16 hours.
09/23/2025

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hit Berkeley on Monday evening, the third to shake the city in just 16 hours.

The seismic activity began just before 3 a.m. when a magnitude 4.3 earthquake near UC Berkeley woke much of the Bay Area.

The intersection where a driver ran down a man on a bike last week is already set for improvements as one of Berkeley's ...
09/22/2025

The intersection where a driver ran down a man on a bike last week is already set for improvements as one of Berkeley's "high-injury" corridors. Zachary's Corner has a history of serious collisions, including the crash that killed 5-year-old Zachary Cruz in 2009.

Zachary's Corner has a history of serious traffic collisions, including the crash that killed 5-year-old Zachary Cruz in 2009.

UPDATE: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rattled Berkeley early Monday morning, at least the second quake in the Southside nei...
09/22/2025

UPDATE: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rattled Berkeley early Monday morning, at least the second quake in the Southside neighborhood in recent weeks.

There have been just a handful of other quakes in or near Berkeley since Jan. 1, 2023, according to USGS data.

Many people were concerned when Robert Clear didn't show up for AM drop-off at Emerson Elementary on Tuesday. As it turn...
09/18/2025

Many people were concerned when Robert Clear didn't show up for AM drop-off at Emerson Elementary on Tuesday. As it turned out, he had been just blocks away when police say a driver intentionally struck him after running down two other people.

"He's always here," said Rachel Terp, Emerson PTA president. "I never saw him miss a day."

The driver who ran down three Berkeley residents Tuesday morning in the Elmwood district chose his victims at random, au...
09/17/2025

The driver who ran down three Berkeley residents Tuesday morning in the Elmwood district chose his victims at random, authorities say. All three people remain hospitalized tonight. Don't miss the latest developments.

"There is no evidence that these acts were racially or politically motivated," Berkeley police said in a statement Tuesday night.

UPDATE: More details have begun to emerge about a horrific series of events in Berkeley on Tuesday morning, when a drive...
09/16/2025

UPDATE: More details have begun to emerge about a horrific series of events in Berkeley on Tuesday morning, when a driver reportedly ran down three people, including an older man on a bike. The third collision happened right in front of a former combat medic who now lives in Berkeley. Here's what he saw.

After the collisions, the suspect abandoned his car near Emerson Elementary and tried to carjack someone to get away, police said.

A driver struck three people during the morning commute in Berkeley on Tuesday, sending all three to the hospital, autho...
09/16/2025

A driver struck three people during the morning commute in Berkeley on Tuesday, sending all three to the hospital, authorities say. He then abandoned his car near Emerson Elementary and tried to carjack someone, according to police.

The suspect attempted to flee after abandoning his car near Emerson Elementary and trying to carjack someone, according to police.

After a months-long court battle, a federal judge has granted the city of Berkeley permission to clean up one side of on...
09/15/2025

After a months-long court battle, a federal judge has granted the city of Berkeley permission to clean up one side of one block of the longstanding Harrison Street homeless encampment.

Judge Edward Chen said Berkeley can clean up part of the block but must leave eight homeless individuals and their property alone if they are there.

A draft plan to allow denser development in three of Berkeley's "highest-resource and highest-income" neighborhoods has ...
09/13/2025

A draft plan to allow denser development in three of Berkeley's "highest-resource and highest-income" neighborhoods has already met with skepticism in at least some quarters.

The city has launched a survey to collect input in the coming weeks on the Berkeley Corridors Zoning Update project. What is it?

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