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Authorities are investigating a gas leak Wednesday morning at UC Berkeley that has closed multiple streets downtown.
12/17/2025

Authorities are investigating a gas leak Wednesday morning at UC Berkeley that has closed multiple streets downtown.

Campus officials have asked people to avoid the area.

A young woman who was paralyzed after a catastrophic fall at a UC Berkeley fraternity during a "grossly overcrowded" par...
12/16/2025

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 damages, court papers show.

Bandna Bhatti, then 21, was just weeks from graduating when she fell 14 feet from a backyard stairway landing onto the concrete below.

UPDATE: The man who died in Saturday's solo scooter crash in Berkeley was identified as Jorge Eduardo Velazquez Sosa, 34...
12/15/2025

UPDATE: The man who died in Saturday's solo scooter crash in Berkeley was identified as Jorge Eduardo Velazquez Sosa, 34, of Oakland.

The police investigation is underway.

A man was pronounced dead Saturday night in Berkeley after what appears to have been a solo scooter crash, authorities r...
12/14/2025

A man was pronounced dead Saturday night in Berkeley after what appears to have been a solo scooter crash, authorities report.

The police investigation is underway.

An Alameda County Superior Court judge dismissed the manslaughter case against former San Leandro police officer Jason F...
12/13/2025

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 service inside Walmart in April 2020.

Former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher fatally shot Steven Taylor in a Walmart store in 2020. The case has dragged on for years.

An Alameda teen arrested with a loaded gun, child po*******hy charges and a Flock hit leading to a stolen car: We've rou...
12/12/2025

An Alameda teen arrested with a loaded gun, child po*******hy charges and a Flock hit leading to a stolen car: We've rounded up details about several recent cases in Berkeley. If you have questions about local police activity, send news tips to The Scanner.

If you have questions about significant Berkeley police activity, please alert The Scanner. We may not know about it without you.

The parents of a 19-year-old UC Berkeley student who died last month after a drowning at a frat party have filed a lawsu...
12/11/2025

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. They say an overcrowded, soapy pool created a dangerous situation that led to the death of their son, George Mauricio Salinas.

The suit alleges that an overcrowded, soapy pool created a dangerous situation that led to the death of George Mauricio Salinas.

The Alameda County DA's office has moved to dismiss the case against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, w...
12/11/2025

The Alameda County DA's office has moved to dismiss the case against former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher, who fatally shot Steven Taylor in a San Leandro Walmart in 2020. Two use-of-force experts have opined that Fletcher's "conduct was not criminal," the DA's office said.

At least two use-of-force experts have opined that Jason Fletcher's "conduct was not criminal," the DA's office said.

Authorities in Berkeley seized nine fi****ms this week from a local man who threatened to shoot "anyone that comes onto ...
12/09/2025

Authorities in Berkeley seized nine fi****ms this week from a local man who threatened to shoot "anyone that comes onto the property" after a neighborhood boy showed up to find his ball, police report.

Berkeley police arrested 34-year-old Michael Aschoff on Monday evening.

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled Berkeley on Monday afternoon, following eight quakes in San Ramon that began at 2:30 ...
12/09/2025

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled Berkeley on Monday afternoon, following eight quakes in San Ramon that began at 2:30 a.m.

The epicenter was in Oakland but some felt it in Berkeley. It followed eight quakes in San Ramon that began at about 2:30 a.m.

A woman who noticed a man following her after a party helped police catch him by leading him to a local police station, ...
12/08/2025

A woman who noticed a man following her after a party helped police catch him by leading him to a local police station, authorities report. The woman got off the freeway in Berkeley and called police after seeing the man tail her from San Francisco. He had a loaded gun and Taser in the car, BPD said.

Nolan Leonardo has dozens of arrests dating back more than a decade, according to public records. He was released on OR.

Police are investigating a carjacking in West Berkeley on Friday night. There have been 14 other carjackings in Berkeley...
12/08/2025

Police are investigating a carjacking in West Berkeley on Friday night. There have been 14 other carjackings in Berkeley this year.

There have been 14 other carjackings in Berkeley this year compared to 13 over the same period last year.

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