A suspect spent several hours barricaded in an apartment in this building at 1117 Brighton Ave. in Albany on Wed. 19 in a standoff with police following an alleged shooting. Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, 1 p.m. The Albany Police Department released a new statement at 1 p.m. According to the statement, police entered the Brighton Avenue […]
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Body found in Tilden Park, suicide under investigation
The body of a man was discovered by a hiker in Tilden Park on Friday, September 7 at around 8 a.m. There was a gunshot wound to the man’s head and the East Bay Regional Parks public safety department said they believe it was a death by suicide. The body was found near the Orchard Picnic Area […]
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Berkeley police officers honored for distinguished service
Officer Darrin Rafferty pins a distinguished service medal on Officer Susan Lee at the Berkeley Police Association Awards ceremony on May 3, 21012. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The Berkeley Police Association honored seven Berkeley police officers for their outstanding service to the community in an awards ceremony on May 3 at Freight & Salvage. The officers […]
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UC Berkeley shooting ruled to be ‘suicide by police’
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulov speaking to students, staff and media immediately following the shooting at the Haas school on November 15. Photo: Lance Knobel The fatal shooting of UC Berkeley student Christopher Travis was likely to have been “suicide by police”, according to Richard Lyons, dean of the Haas School of Business, where the […]
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Woman killed by train at Ashby BART station
Update, 4:15 p.m. According to Jim Allison, deputy chief communications director at BART, the fatality at Ashby BART station was in all likelihood a suicide. “Everything the BART police told me points to a suicide,” he told Berkeleyside. “Witnesses said a woman was on the trackway at the end of the station and she didn’t do […]
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Man wielding machete arrested after 3-hour standoff
After a three and half hour standoff, Berkeley police arrested a 65-year old man on Wednesday who had barricaded himself in a house on Parker Street armed with a machete and saw. Kamal Abdul Khalid was taken into custody about 10:20 am after giving himself up to police. He was taken to a hospital for […]
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Layoffs, fee increases proposed for 2012 budget
Mary Kay Clunies-Ross and Phil Kamlarz at city budget briefing on May 3. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel In order to close a $12.2 million deficit next year – and a projected $13.3 million deficit in 2013 – the city of Berkeley will eliminate 79 positions, cut services, and may raise fees on garbage collection, marina rentals, […]
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Man involved in standoff-suicide on Marin Ave identified
The bullet hole in the window of a Marin Avenue neighbor. The Alameda County coroner’s office has identified the man who fatally shot himself after an overnight standoff on Marin Avenue Monday. He was 58-year-old Owen Davis. Davis entered a house in the 1800 block of Marin Avenue around 7:30 pm and started firing shots out […]
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Man kills himself after standoff on Marin Avenue
Window of Marin Avenue resident with bullet hole. A man who held police at bay for hours on Marin Avenue Monday night was found dead this morning of a self-inflicted gunshot. The man entered a house into the 1800 block of Marin Avenue around 7:30 pm and started firing shots out into the street, according […]
