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UC Berkeley police are looking for a "male with a light complexion" who grabbed a woman's buttocks on campus on Hallowee...
11/01/2025

UC Berkeley police are looking for a "male with a light complexion" who grabbed a woman's buttocks on campus on Halloween.

Police said the assailant had light-colored hair and wore a black jacket and black shorts.

Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy from Pinole who spent several days in Berkeley stealing cars and evading officers...
10/31/2025

Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy from Pinole who spent several days in Berkeley stealing cars and evading officers who tried to stop him, authorities report.

He racked up more than a dozen auto crimes in Berkeley in less than three days, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.

Berkeley police have made an arrest in the case of a teenager they say pulled a gun during a recent street fight on Tele...
10/30/2025

Berkeley police have made an arrest in the case of a teenager they say pulled a gun during a recent street fight on Telegraph Avenue. The fight happened at about the same time a TikTok star said he was attacked on Telegraph — but police say the gun arrest was not related to that.

Berkeley police identified the suspect as 18-year-old Guilherme Alves of Hayward.

Police at UC Berkeley have advised the public to avoid Evans Hall and Moffitt Library "until further notice."
10/30/2025

Police at UC Berkeley have advised the public to avoid Evans Hall and Moffitt Library "until further notice."

"Police are responding to the scene," campus police said in an advisory that contained no other information.

OP-ED: Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government sec...
10/28/2025

OP-ED: Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government secrecy instead?

Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government secrecy instead?

SCOOP: Berkeley police have just put forward a plan to launch a "near real-time" online call log — with city officials l...
10/28/2025

SCOOP: Berkeley police have just put forward a plan to launch a "near real-time" online call log — with city officials likely to vote Tuesday night to suspend public access to BPD radio traffic.

Berkeley police said they came up with the idea in response to "concerns" that had been raised about public access.

SCOOP: Authorities have arrested the suspect in a recent shooting in West Berkeley, The Scanner has learned.
10/27/2025

SCOOP: Authorities have arrested the suspect in a recent shooting in West Berkeley, The Scanner has learned.

Police arrested Ernest Portlock, 44, in San Francisco on Friday night.

More than 80 local residents and city staff crowded into a Berkeley elementary school Thursday night to share ideas abou...
10/24/2025

More than 80 local residents and city staff crowded into a Berkeley elementary school Thursday night to share ideas about improving traffic safety on Claremont Avenue after a fatal crash over the summer.

Since 2013, there have been seven severe-injury crashes on Claremont Avenue and one, over the summer, that was fatal.

Police say Ramon Lupian — a parolee with a 20-year record — witnessed a robbery and then shot at the getaway driver afte...
10/23/2025

Police say Ramon Lupian — a parolee with a 20-year record — witnessed a robbery and then shot at the getaway driver after following him to Berkeley.

Police say Ramon Lupian — who has a 20-year record — witnessed a robbery and then shot at the getaway driver after following him to Berkeley.

More than 1,000 people lost power Wednesday night in Berkeley after a car crash at Telegraph and Ashby avenues. A reader...
10/23/2025

More than 1,000 people lost power Wednesday night in Berkeley after a car crash at Telegraph and Ashby avenues. A reader, who shared a photograph from the scene, told The Scanner the driver struck a power pole near Whole Foods.

A reader, who shared a photograph from the scene, told The Scanner the driver struck a power pole near Whole Foods.

A "surge of federal agents" is expected to hit the Bay Area this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today in an e...
10/22/2025

A "surge of federal agents" is expected to hit the Bay Area this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today in an exclusive scoop, citing "a source familiar with the operation." If you live or work in Berkeley and this has affected you, we'd like to hear from you.

More than 100 federal agents are expected to arrive Thursday in Alameda, the Chronicle reports.

Community members have begun to speak out about a push by Berkeley police to make all their radio transmissions private....
10/21/2025

Community members have begun to speak out about a push by Berkeley police to make all their radio transmissions private. Alternatives to full encryption exist. Will BPD consider them?

Other police agencies in California have found solutions that avoid complete encryption.

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