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.
Central Berkeley
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Armed man charged with felony threats, domestic violence after attack on woman
Police seized three shotguns and two handguns from the man’s home on University Avenue, authorities report.
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First Person: Ode to the last tall tree in our Berkeley neighborhood
The 100-foot-high Monterey pine stood in her Central Berkeley neighborhood — until it was taken down.
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BPD traffic officer seriously injured in crash on Sacramento Street
The driver was a teenage girl with out-of-state license plates, according to preliminary information.
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After threats at synagogue, disbarred lawyer charged with hate crimes
On Tuesday, authorities charged Anatoly Smolkin with disturbing religious meetings and civil rights violations, both of which are hate crimes.
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Disbarred attorney arrested after hate crime report at Berkeley synagogue
Police said the man “yelled threatening anti-Semitic statements” at the synagogue and also tried to enter a Jewish community center nearby.
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Update: Change in Berkeley law not needed to landmark the childhood home of Kamala Harris
The city may adjust its laws in order to landmark the Bancroft Way home the vice-president lived in as a child.
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Berkeley’s Silverado memory care home hit by COVID-19 outbreak
The facility has the highest number of cases at any facility in Alameda County, with 29 active cases among residents as of Sunday, and 12 cases among staff.
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Berkeley police arrest 3 men after early-morning gunfire
Police arrested three young men after reports of gunfire, with one driver chasing another, in central Berkeley early Friday morning.
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8 new housing projects approved in Berkeley in 2020
Berkeley’s zoning board has approved eight medium-to-large housing projects around the city in 2020 totalling 560 units. See the roundup.
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Update: No injuries from Blake Street blaze, but residents displaced
Smoke from the central Berkeley blaze was visible from around the city.
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Berkeley’s only youth shelter is probably leaving the city
YEAH! has to leave its longtime home in the Lutheran Church of the Cross, but it’s struggling to find an alternative site within Berkeley city limits.