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Berkeley police caught a break Monday in a robbery investigation that began last week. The city's Flock camera system, w...
07/01/2025

Berkeley police caught a break Monday in a robbery investigation that began last week. The city's Flock camera system, which alerts BPD when cars linked to crimes enter the city, led investigators to a white Chevrolet Silverado on University Avenue that had been used in a recent robbery.

"The suspects pushed the victim to the ground, kicked him while he was down and stole his gold iPhone," authorities said.

BREAKING: A driver crashed in downtown Berkeley after carjacking a vehicle in Oakland while fleeing from police Friday a...
06/28/2025

BREAKING: A driver crashed in downtown Berkeley after carjacking a vehicle in Oakland while fleeing from police Friday afternoon, according to initial reports.

Authorities said the driver carjacked a vehicle in Oakland before crashing in downtown Berkeley.

A federal judge ruled this week in the city of Berkeley's favor, giving it permission to close a homeless encampment at ...
06/26/2025

A federal judge ruled this week in the city of Berkeley's favor, giving it permission to close a homeless encampment at Ohlone Park. In his ruling Wednesday, Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. denied a request by the Berkeley Homeless Union to block action at the camp as the case proceeds.

The judge also denied a request by the Berkeley Homeless Union to order both sides to sit down to work out a settlement.

Berkeley officials approved a balanced budget early Wednesday morning — agreeing on most things, but ultimately failing ...
06/26/2025

Berkeley officials approved a balanced budget early Wednesday morning — agreeing on most things, but ultimately failing to reach consensus. Here's what happened.

"We need to take some of the hard decisions now because it doesn't get any easier," Councilman Brent Blackaby said Tuesday night.

VIDEO: The Berkeley skate park has been renamed to honor Terrence McCrary Jr., a youth mentor who was killed in a high-p...
06/25/2025

VIDEO: The Berkeley skate park has been renamed to honor Terrence McCrary Jr., a youth mentor who was killed in a high-profile Oakland art gallery shooting in 2016. "Nobody here has forgotten him," close friend Thai Hill told us.

Terrence McCrary Jr. was an innocent bystander who had no connection to the violence that took his life in August 2016. He was just 22.

Thrilled to announce a recent first place win at the California Journalism Awards, for an enterprise package on traffic ...
06/23/2025

Thrilled to announce a recent first place win at the California Journalism Awards, for an enterprise package on traffic safety reporting. This is one of our core coverage areas at The Berkeley Scanner, so this recognition meant that much more.

The award-winning package featured coverage of traffic fatalities as well as community efforts designed to make streets safer.

A homeless man who recently attacked a Berkeley vendor on Telegraph Avenue for no reason was arrested Sunday after fight...
06/23/2025

A homeless man who recently attacked a Berkeley vendor on Telegraph Avenue for no reason was arrested Sunday after fighting with police, authorities report.

Police say Harris Wilson, 26, began spitting when they tried to detain him, and then punched one officer in the face and bit another one.

A hit-and-run crash sent three elderly people to Highland Hospital on Friday and closed southbound Adeline Street at the...
06/20/2025

A hit-and-run crash sent three elderly people to Highland Hospital on Friday and closed southbound Adeline Street at the Berkeley-Oakland border.

The report initially came in to Berkeley police as an Apple Watch notification.

Tonight, Berkeley is poised to adopt EMBER, one of the strictest wildfire response plans in the state. Officials approve...
06/17/2025

Tonight, Berkeley is poised to adopt EMBER, one of the strictest wildfire response plans in the state. Officials approved the original item back in April but postponed the final vote due to pushback from some homeowners in the affected hills areas.

If EMBER becomes law Tuesday, it appears Berkeley won't be a Zone 0 outlier for long: The state is working to finalize very similar standards.

Berkeley police are investigating a serious assault over the weekend that sent a young woman and her boyfriend to Highla...
06/17/2025

Berkeley police are investigating a serious assault over the weekend that sent a young woman and her boyfriend to Highland Hospital, according to BPD and public records. A caller who had spent the night in the ER called 911 for help when she saw a woman unconscious in the roadway Saturday morning.

A caller who had spent the night in the ER called police for help when she saw a woman unconscious in the roadway on Saturday morning.

More than 1,000 people took over two pedestrian bridges in Berkeley to speak out against the Trump administration Saturd...
06/14/2025

More than 1,000 people took over two pedestrian bridges in Berkeley to speak out against the Trump administration Saturday, one of many 'No Kings' protests across the nation. If you went out in Berkeley, we'd love to hear from you!

Share your photos and let us know what Saturday's 'No Kings' protest in Berkeley meant to you.

Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii, City Manager Paul Buddenhagen and Police Chief Jennifer Louis issued the following statement...
06/14/2025

Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii, City Manager Paul Buddenhagen and Police Chief Jennifer Louis issued the following statement at 8:40 p.m. on the eve of June 14, "a national day of protest in response to President Trump and his administration."

Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii, City Manager Paul Buddenhagen and Police Chief Jennifer Louis issued the following statement at 8:40 p.m.

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