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.
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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.
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.”
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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.
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.
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.
Former mayoral candidate Wayne Hsiung convicted of stealing newborn goat
The co-founder of animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere got a suspended sentence in North Carolina of six to 17 months.
Cop impersonator accosts another teenage girl in Berkeley, asks for hug
The man claimed to have a knife and said he wanted a hug. Police say he did something similar in September to a girl on Gilman Street.
Update: Cyclist was critically injured in car crash but expected to survive
The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the woman to Highland Hospital in an effort to save her life. She was not breathing and had no pulse.
