Tonight’s Berkeley council meeting is set to take place at Longfellow Middle School. Image: Google maps Tonight’s Berkeley council meeting is set to take place at Longfellow Middle School. Image: Google maps The Berkeley Police Department has released a warning to South Berkeley neighbors to help them prepare for expected crowds attending the Berkeley City Council […]
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21-year-old arrested in felony hit-and-run car wreck
A mangled Corvette that was involved in an early morning accident on Tunnel Road in Berkeley. Photo: Jacquelyn McCormick Update: 4:22 p.m. The driver of the smashed Corvette is Anthony Edward Torpey, 21, of Dublin, Castro Valley, according to Officer Jenn Coats, Berkeley Police spokeswoman. He was arrested at 3:52 a.m. and was taken to Berkeley […]
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Berkeley Police crime alert experiment underway
A pilot program by the Berkeley Police Department to send out email and text alerts using a web-based service called Nixle has been live for about two weeks. Nearly 2,000 people have signed up for the service, and the Police Department has sent out eight notices since the launch of the program May 1. The […]
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Update: Missing Berkeley woman found
Antonia Rodriguez. Image: BPD Update, 5:17 p.m. Police have canceled the alert, citing the work of a good Samaritan who found the missing woman at a local laundromat in Berkeley. Original post, 4:34 p.m. The Berkeley Police Department is asking for help from the community to find a missing at-risk woman, according to an alert sent […]
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Berkeley to launch Nixle crime alerts for phone, email
Berkeley Police honored Brandon Coleman (left) in January for helping locate a missing at-risk man after learning about him through a text alert sent by the Oakland Police Department. Beginning May 1, Berkeley will for the first time have the same tool. Photo: Mark Coplan The city of Berkeley is kicking off its first foray […]
