City workers have been cutting back and clearing out brush as part of an attempt to clean up Strawberry Creek Park. Photo: Emilie Raguso Stepped up police patrols, trimmed-back bushes and increased efforts to clean up graffiti around Strawberry Creek Park are among a slew of recent steps by the city following two troubling incidents in March, […]
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4 with Berkeley ties held to answer in alleged murder plot
Image via Facebook Four men with Berkeley ties have been held to answer by an Alameda County Superior Court judge on charges that they conspired to murder two rivals last fall. The alleged victims in the investigation grew up in West Berkeley, according to court testimony. At least one of them attended Berkeley High, according […]
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Alleged murder plot hearing set to end this week
Image via Facebook Update, April 1, 4 p.m. Judge Vernon Nakahara scheduled a decision in the matter for April 9 at 4 p.m. Original story, April 1: A hearing to determine whether the prosecution has made its case against four men alleged to have conspired to kill a man who posted disrespectful videos and pictures online is […]
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Teen punched during robbery by Berkeley gang members
Police have described the area of Bonar Street and Allston Way as a “high gang area.” Image: Google maps Police have described the area of Bonar Street and Allston Way as a “high gang area.” Image: Google maps Two men have been charged in the robbery of a 14-year-old boy in West Berkeley earlier this […]
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4 men with Berkeley ties face murder plot charge
A man from West Berkeley’s waterfront neighborhood has been in court with three associates before a Superior Court judge since last week after authorities say they tried twice to murder a man who disrespected him and his brother in videos posted on YouTube, as well as his cousin, who was killed in Berkeley last summer, […]
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Gang members arrested after hurling bottles at police
West Side Berkeley, or WSB, gang graffiti appears in a variety of places on the west side of town. This was spotted in January on Sixth Street north of Allston Way. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley Police officers arrested two men after they allegedly hurled glass bottles at a police officer and shouted insults at him […]
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Berkeley police arrest man wanted in attempted murder
Samuel Tewolde. Source: Santa Rosa PD Berkeley Police officers arrested a Santa Rosa man wanted on suspicion of attempted murder on Sunday Feb. 9. The arrest was made during a traffic stop at University Avenue and 10th Street, according to Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats. Shortly after midnight, an officer conducting the traffic stop […]
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1 held to answer in murder of ‘Lil Tone’
Anthony Medearis’ aunt wore a lanyard and memorial photograph of her nephew to court over the past week. Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, Jan. 17: Berkeleyside has been informed by a relative of murder victim Anthony Medearis III that the Alameda County district attorney’s office plans to seek the death penalty in the case against Darnell Williams Jr. […]
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‘Snitch’ rumor leads to Berkeley dad’s murder
Anthony Medearis III, via Facebook A Berkeley man who was shot to death after a dice game in West Berkeley last fall was targeted because he was rumored to have been cooperating with police, according to testimony Wednesday in a hearing related to his murder. Laquana Nuño took the stand in the preliminary hearing against […]
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2 testify in Berkeley murder hearing against Oakland man
Anthony Medearis’ aunt wore a lanyard and memorial photograph of her nephew to court this week. Photo: Emilie Raguso The 7-year-old nephew of a man charged with killing Berkeley father Anthony “Lil Tone” Medearis III in September reluctantly took the stand in a hearing Tuesday to determine whether a trial against Medearis’ accused killer can proceed. […]
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Breaking: Police announce arrest in Berkeley homicide
Jermaine Davis, via YouTube Tuesday afternoon, authorities announced the arrest of the man they say is responsible for the shooting death last July of 26-year-old Jermaine “Third” Davis of Berkeley. In a statement released by the Berkeley Police Department on Tuesday afternoon, police said they have arrested Antiown Ramon York, 25, of Pittsburg on suspicion […]
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Shots fired early Saturday near West Berkeley park
Shots were fired after police responded to Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley for reports of a gun early Saturday morning. Image: Google Maps The sound of numerous gunshots early Saturday morning woke Berkeley residents around University Avenue and Bonar Street shortly before 1 a.m., leaving many with questions about what had happened. Berkeley Police Lt. […]
