Police: Student who brought replica gun onto BHS campus arrested after large fight downtown
The BB gun had a “steel slide and polymer frame” and “all the visible markings of a real handgun,” police said.
Emilie Raguso
Emilie Raguso (senior editor, news) joined the Berkeleyside team in 2012. She covers politics, public safety and development. In 2017, Emilie was named Journalist of the Year by the SPJ NorCal board. In 2021, she won SPJ NorCal's longform journalism award (print, small division) for her investigation into the death of Gulf War veteran Michael Hermon after he was attacked in Santa Rita Jail. Her reporting on homelessness has also been recognized by SPJ NorCal, and she has been part of the Berkeleyside team to win Community Journalism awards from SPJ NorCal three times. Emilie previously launched and ran community news site Albany Patch in Albany, California. Her stories have appeared on the New York Times website, Salon and NPR.
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Update: Man, 18, shot on Sacramento Street in South Berkeley
Monday night’s shooting was the second confirmed incident of gunfire in Berkeley this year.
House fire on Bateman Street leaves Elmwood man displaced
The fire, in the 3000 block of Bateman (near Prince Street), appears to have started in the kitchen. There were no reported injuries.
BPD to review inebriated man’s death after release from police custody
The Police Accountability Board has indicated plans to launch its own independent investigation.
Crime roundup: Ghost guns, felony assault with metal can, armed robbery
Police seized several more ghost guns in recent weeks, along with 10 ounces of cocaine and nearly $7,000 cash discovered after a shoplifting call at REI.
UC Berkeley revokes recognition of 3 fraternities due to hazing activities
Chi Phi and Theta Delta Chi have lost their official status until 2026 and Sigma Alpha Epsilon has lost its status until 2029.
‘All aboard for the sword’: Officials voice support for new Berkeley pier design
“Sometimes it takes something huge to spark a hard or necessary change,” city staff said.
DoorDash should stop texting its drivers while they’re moving, wrongful death lawsuit says
“If they don’t revise their practice of texting drivers while driving with unmounted cellphones,” said Mark Webb, “there will be more accidents.”
A ‘poser’ with something to prove: Jury finds Will Watson guilty of murder
“It doesn’t really feel like a relief yet, but it does feel like a huge weight is off my shoulders,” the victim’s mother told Berkeleyside.
Path Wanderers co-founder on the mend after driver hit her in crosswalk
A driver struck 90-year-old Jacque Ensign as she walked on Marin Avenue near her North Berkeley home earlier this month.
Police seize gun, 100 fake MacBook Pro laptops during arrest of shooting suspect
Witnesses provided information that led to the identification of the suspect, BPD said Friday.
Alert parking officer helps cops catch sexual battery suspect on Shattuck
Jodonnell Powell Jr. was also charged with sexual battery in 2019 but the case was dropped when the victims could not be found, court records show.
Citing uptick in shootings, council votes for new security cameras in 4 districts
The camera proposal was just one part of a $5 million funding package designed to address traffic safety, social services and more.
Cyclist and pedestrian sent to hospital after separate car crashes on Marin
The crashes took place Thursday and Friday just one block apart.
Police: Man with assault rifle arrested after gunfire at 62nd and King streets
“It’s just unreal what that one block has had to go through,” said South Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett.
Police: Sex offender who posed as cop, followed girls has been arrested
Police say the man — a sex offender convicted of child molestation — approached three teenage girls in Berkeley beginning in August.
