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The People of People's Park | High-rise apartments in the Southside | Where to find food banks | Berkeley mother demands safer streets

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Alex N. Gecan

Alex N. Gecan joined Berkeleyside in 2023 as a senior reporter covering public safety. He has covered criminal justice, courts and breaking and local news for The Middletown Press, Stamford Advocate and Connecticut Post in Connecticut, Asbury Park Press on the Jersey Shore and the Marin Independent Journal.

alex@berkeleyside.org
Posted inCrime & Safety

Update: 5-hour West Berkeley standoff ends with one in custody

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Dec. 4, 2023, 4:14 p.m.Dec. 4, 2023, 9:13 p.m.

A man was arrested after a resident reported that a round from gunfire had penetrated their apartment.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Update: DA Pamela Price restores press access to Berkeley journalist

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Dec. 1, 2023, 3:29 p.m.Dec. 4, 2023, 3:10 p.m.

After press freedom groups rallied behind Emilie Raguso of The Berkeley Scanner, who was barred from a press event last week, she was told Saturday she was now ‘welcome’ at media events.

Posted inCrime

2 charged in Berkeley REI theft spree

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 16, 2023, 4:35 p.m.Nov. 28, 2023, 11:37 a.m.

Between Sept. 19 and Nov. 8, police say, one of the men stole more than $16,000 worth of jackets from the retailer, sometimes with help from other people.

Posted inTransportation

Berkeley announces weekend road closures for half marathon

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 16, 2023, 4:13 p.m.Nov. 28, 2023, 11:38 a.m.

Several blocks around Civic Center Park will begin closing down Saturday morning, and the course around the city will be shut down Sunday morning through midday.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Alameda County sheriffs will take questions on military hardware

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 15, 2023, 2:30 p.m.Nov. 17, 2023, 6:08 p.m.

A state law from 2021 requires law enforcement agencies to develop military equipment use policies and report their inventories and deployments every year.

Posted inTransportation

BART train strike kills 1 at North Berkeley station

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 8, 2023, 11:28 a.m.Nov. 8, 2023, 2:52 p.m.

The transit agency confirmed the strike occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday.

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Posted inCrime & Safety

Berkeley police shooting kills 1 person

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 6, 2023, 8:49 a.m.Nov. 7, 2023, 9:02 a.m.

Police said the shooting took place around 5:26 a.m. near Seventh and Grayson streets during the investigation of an auto burglary.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Berkeley police release video of Albany Toyota service center shooting

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 3, 2023, 3:01 p.m.Nov. 3, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

Footage from inside the business and officers’ body cams shows the moment Berkeley police officers shot Lamar Walker, who they say had just killed his ex, Alonna Gallon.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Southwest Berkeley 1-year-old sickened by meth, police say

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Nov. 2, 2023, 4:35 p.m.Nov. 2, 2023, 4:57 p.m.

Police said they did not suspect anything amiss until a hospital toxicology test showed drugs in the child’s urine.

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DNA evidence leads to arrest months after alleged Berkeley sex assault

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Oct. 31, 2023, 4:15 p.m.Oct. 31, 2023, 5:57 p.m.

A woman told police she’d met the suspect on Tinder and that he “overpowered” her in an empty Shattuck Avenue restaurant, telling her “you know you want it,” according to court records.

Posted inFire

Berkeley, Oakland under heightened wildfire risk in windy weekend forecast

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Oct. 27, 2023, 1:42 p.m.Oct. 29, 2023, 7:07 p.m.

The peak point for high winds, and wildfire danger along with them, will be Saturday evening into Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

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Posted inPolice

Berkeley police need your help to ID victim who was grabbed, licked

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan Oct. 25, 2023, 11:05 a.m.Oct. 29, 2023, 7:10 p.m.

Police asked anyone with information to contact their Special Victims Unit at 510-981-5717 and to reference case No. 2023-00050854.

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