A man walking along the water near the Tom Bates Regional Sports Complex found a baby boy deceased on the West Berkeley shoreline on Tuesday afternoon, authorities report.
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More than 80% of Berkeley officers have looked to leave BPD, cop union says
Available Berkeley police staffing is down to 135 officers, and 80% of the department is investigating whether to leave, a Berkeley Police Association rep said Monday night.
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Crime calls: Gunfire on Stuart, battery arrest, psych eval
Readers often ask Berkeleyside about public safety incidents, like this arrest on Milvia Street on Tuesday. Email crime@berkeleyside.com with questions and photos, or get in touch on social media. Photo: Jeannie Choe Berkeleyside got several questions Tuesday about police activity in town, including an investigation into gunfire on Stuart Street that damaged a vehicle, an arrest […]
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Robber punches woman in North Berkeley, takes bag
Source: Google Maps A 52-year-old Berkeley woman who was walking alone near the Gourmet Ghetto was attacked and robbed Sunday in broad daylight. The woman was walking at 12:35 p.m. near Henry and Vine streets when a man came up to her, punched and kicked her, and pulled her black backpack away from her, said […]
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BPD: Fingerprints link Berkeley man to 2008 sex crime series with 3 victims
Police arrested 24-year-old Johnny Dunbar on Wednesday in the 1300 block of Delaware Street. (The map marker indicates only the block where the arrest took place, not the specific location.) Image: Google Maps Fingerprints collected after a traffic-related misdemeanor warrant arrest in March helped police zero in on the man they say is responsible for a series […]
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Man arrested outside Berkeley Whole Foods after brandishing knife, resisting arrest
Police took a man into custody Tuesday outside Whole Foods on Gilman Street (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso Police took a man into custody Tuesday outside Whole Foods on Gilman Street (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso At least two Berkeley Police officers are seeking medical care after being injured during the arrest outside a West Berkeley grocery store of a […]
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Police arrest mother, daughter after Berkeley Hills burglary
Police arrested two women after a burglary on Forest Lane earlier this month. Image: CrimeMapping.com Berkeley police arrested two El Sobrante women identified as mother and daughter after a burglary in the 200 block of Forest Lane in early October. One of the women is scheduled to appear in court today, Friday, Nov. 1. The […]
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Police respond to burglary in progress in North Berkeley after neighbor tip
On Thursday Feb. 7 at around 4:30 p.m. a burglary in progress was interrupted in the 1500 block of La Vereda Road in north Berkeley after an alert neighbor spotted something suspicious and flagged down a police car. According to Berkeley Police Lt. Kevin Schofield, a police officer was alerted at 4:37 p.m. about a […]
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Berkeley hills neighbors anxious after recent robberies
Neighbors in the North Berkeley hills have seen a spate of burglaries this month, two of which turned violent. The yellow marker shows one of them, and the blue marker on Senior, in the lower corner, will be reclassified as a robbery, police said. Click here to see a chronological list of the locations shown in […]
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Bomb squad tackles suspicious package at fire station
Berkeley Fire Station 5: a bomb squad was called out Sunday to investigate a suspicious package found there at around 2:46pm A bomb squad removed devices contained in a suspicious package that was left at Berkeley’s Fire Station 5 at 2680 Shattuck Avenue this afternoon. The section of Shattuck between Carleton and Ward streets was […]
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Sacramento Street shooting victim dies, arrest made
The crime scene at Sacramento and Oregon where a shooting occurred at around 7:30pm on Thursday night. Photo: A citizen reporter A man who was shot in the area of Sacramento and Oregon streets near Bob’s Liquor store on Thursday night at around 7:30 pm was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital last night. Berkeley police […]
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3 people shot on Bonar Street, no life-threatening injuries
Three males were shot Friday night at around 6:21 p.m. in the 2200 block of Bonar Street in central Berkeley, according to the Lt. Kevin Schofield of the Berkeley Police Department. The shootings came from a car that stopped near a group of at least five males standing outside. The three victims where taken to […]
