The 2022 Berkeley gunfire map
As of June 14, two people had been killed and eight had been wounded in shootings in Berkeley this year. There have been 22 confirmed shootings.
As of June 14, two people had been killed and eight had been wounded in shootings in Berkeley this year. There have been 22 confirmed shootings.
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Two fires were reported in Albany Sunday afternoon. A security guard told police a Berkeley woman may have set one of them.
Abraham Roman will assume the position of deputy chief of operations at the San Rafael Fire Department on June 27.Â
Sanchez, a sheriff’s commander, won 52% of the vote, clinching the primary and sending Ahern into retirement.
Police do not yet know what may have caused the crash but are looking into whether Street may have experienced a medical emergency.
The player, who is a UC Berkeley student, missed all of the 2020 football season and nearly all of 2021 due to injury. The team released him in April.
How many police calls involved homelessness or mental health? Are arrests up or down compared to last year? You now have a way to find out.
Thursday’s vote was a budget referral: The package will come back in June so officials can decide what will actually be funded in the coming years.
“When we work together as a whole community we can make real progress,” Mayor Jesse ArreguĂn said Thursday.
It says unlawful changes were made to police misconduct investigations.
The city did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Berkeleyside.
Security work for outside entities, such as UC Berkeley, the Apple store and other Fourth Street businesses, made up 10% of the overtime costs in FY20.
Tony Walker described himself as a “washed-up nobody” who probably deserved to die in prison.
Until now, the motive for the fatal shooting has been shrouded in mystery. That is set to change Monday as part of a recent plea deal.
According to detectives, the killer’s grandmother watched him stage the crime scene and waited to call police so he could make his escape.
A young woman in her 20s was also wounded in Tuesday night’s shooting, but she is expected to survive.
More people have been wounded or killed by gunfire in Berkeley this year than in all of 2021.
A review by the city’s Police Accountability Board can’t proceed until the man’s criminal case has concluded. A lawsuit against the city remains on hold for the same reason.
A BHS student who amassed parts to build explosives and assault rifles got them legally, police say, and was not ready to carry out an attack.
Police have detained one person in connection with the incident, but others remain at large, BPD said.
One neighbor told Berkeleyside they were trying to nap when they “heard a series of gunshots and a crash followed by someone screaming.”
Police performed CPR on the man until firefighters arrived to take over life-saving efforts, but they were unsuccessful.
As of Thursday, the officer remained in the hospital but is now in stable condition.
The man dropped off a young child at Malcolm X Elementary just after running the stop sign, BPD said.
It was the highest number of traffic deaths the city has seen since at least 1984, the Berkeley Police Department found.
A 58-year-old Berkeley man was charged with vehicular hit-and-run causing injury, driving without a license and parole violation.
“If they don’t revise their practice of texting drivers while driving with unmounted cellphones,” said Mark Webb, “there will be more accidents.”
The Police Accountability Board has indicated plans to launch its own independent investigation.
Authorities have identified the man who died Nov. 17 as Angel Barrera of Richmond. He was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
“We hope the coroner’s investigation and autopsy may reveal more,” police said Thursday.
“We know we have big challenges ahead,” Berkeley Fire Chief Abe Roman said recently. “We all have to adapt to this new normal.”
A man living in the park has been hospitalized after someone lit his tent on fire Tuesday morning and hit him multiple times with a golf club, police say.
As Berkeley Tuolumne Camp reopens, the city’s cherished rustic retreats are facing growing threats from wildfires and landslides.
The pledge came amid a lengthy discussion on the annual crime report, use-of-force and police stop data, traffic collision statistics and more.
The 80-page analysis — the first known assessment of its kind — was published Thursday by city auditor Jenny Wong.
“We must employ a variety of tactics to deter, intervene and investigate crimes,” West Berkeley Councilmember Terry Taplin said during Wednesday’s Zoom.
“Our community needs to be made aware,” said a cyclist who asked to remain anonymous because the investigation is underway.
Berkeley Police Chief Jen Louis said detectives have “some very promising investigative leads” and that she’s put extra officers on patrol.
Police say the earliest incident took place March 30 when a man who said he had a knife sexually assaulted a 9-year-old in Albany. This was followed by a sexual assault on Colusa Avenue.
The trail went cold for nearly a decade until police got the man’s fingerprints due to a minor traffic violation in 2016.
A woman was walking on Colusa Avenue when a stranger approached her from behind, threatened to have a knife and then sexually assaulted her.
Berkeley native Tobias Eagle was just 30 years old when he was fatally shot in his backyard on Blake Street. Detectives are still trying to solve the case.
Police said the man punched two men and a woman in separate locations Monday afternoon, sending one of the men to the hospital.
The victim, a 42-year-old man, was stabbed twice in the arm and taken to Highland Hospital.
According to court records, Brett Walker was on probation at the time of his arrest due to a conviction for felony assault in December 2021.
Authorities say Yarman Smith, 33, grabbed a “butcher-style knife” and threatened to kill his parents and himself in late December.
The order came after an underwater volcano erupted near Tonga.
This month’s rains helped tamper down fire danger, but experts say the East Bay is not out of the woods yet.
The Berkeley Path Wanderers Association held an educational “Escape from the Hills” event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Oakland-Berkeley Hills Firestorm.
Berkeley will no longer funnel messages from AC Alert to Nixle to prevent redundant messages and confusion, the city announced.
Police say they seized “parts to explosives and assault rifles, several knives” and other concerning materials at the boy’s Berkeley home.
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