Despite initial resistance, a neighborhood group held its first active-shooter drill in Berkeley. One participant said she now knows what to do if it happened for real.
Halcyon Neighborhood Association
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Violent threats, man with knife reports scare neighbors
Twice in just four days this month, Berkeley Police officers received reports of suspicious men in the Halcyon neighborhood in a small cul-de-sac near Ashby and Telegraph avenues. In one of the incidents, a man was arrested after threatening to kill a woman who was returning home with her dog to the 3000 block of […]
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South Berkeley robberies on the rise near Ashby BART
There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. Image: CrimeMapping Armed robbers have been targeting the […]
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Police join forces on Berkeley-Oakland robbery series
Berkeley Police Department has started a joint patrol with BART Police and is collaborating with the Oakland Police Department to investigate a rash of armed robberies involving stolen cars that have been concentrated within a few blocks of each other on the North Oakland-South Berkeley border near Ashby BART station. Berkeley Police believe three robberies […]