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PG&E outage map | Remembering 16-year-old Lillia Bartlow | Berkeley crime on the rise | Celebrating 10 years of Nosh

Public Records Act

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Berkeley police officer fired after shooting at robbery getaway car

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso March 15, 2021, 4:55 p.m.August 4, 2022

Officer Cheri Miller committed no crime but she did violate city policy, according to the police investigation, and ultimately lost her job.

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Berkeley police release video of officer shooting at vehicle after robbery

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 01, 2020, 7:06 p.m.October 4, 2022

A Berkeley police officer fired her weapon at the vehicle of several people who had just stolen items from a CVS pharmacy in July, according to police and new video recordings released by the department Tuesday evening.

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6 days after officer fired gun, Berkeley police have not released new information

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Aug. 05, 2020, 11:20 a.m.October 4, 2022

BPD Chief Andrew Greenwood told Berkeleyside the department is continuing to investigate and will release a critical incident video to comply with Assembly Bill 748.

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He was punched in the face at Santa Rita Jail. He died 10 days later. His family wants answers.

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso June 08, 2020, 2:06 p.m.August 4, 2022

It took 14 months for authorities to release their investigation into how Michael Hermon died from injuries he sustained during a fight at Santa Rita Jail in 2019. The Gulf War veteran had been one day shy of freedom.

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Police: Driver who killed a homeless woman on the sidewalk is in custody

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 30, 2020, 2:39 p.m.August 4, 2022

The man Berkeley police identified as the driver in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a homeless woman on the sidewalk earlier this month is now in custody, authorities report.

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Police say ‘armed and dangerous’ man is wanted in fatal hit-and-run

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 25, 2020, 3:15 p.m.August 4, 2022

“Alexander McGee knows that he is wanted and has been known to flee or fight police,” said BPD. Authorities asked anyone who sees him to call 911 immediately.

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Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca ordered to pay conservative group $20,000

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein April 10, 2019, 3:09 p.m.August 4, 2022

A federal judge ruled that the activist and her colleagues are responsible for Judicial Watch’s legal fees in a case involving Berkeley Unified.

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Why does Alameda County charge up to $1 a page to view court records online?

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso March 19, 2019, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

The Alameda County Superior Court system charges $1 a page, dropping to 50 cents each after five pages, to view court filings. Berkeleyside filed a Public Records Act request to learn more about why that is.

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Berkeley changes city policy on release of police records after Berkeleyside, ACLU lawsuit

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Feb. 01, 2019, 4:09 p.m.October 4, 2022

In a closed session Thursday, the City Council decided that a new police transparency law should apply to records pre-dating Jan. 1, 2019, when the law came into effect.

Posted inSchools

Outcry over Berkeley teacher Felarca included email from neo-Nazi group, new records show

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Jan. 31, 2019, 1:43 p.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley Unified has released a final batch of emails about the teacher to the right-wing group that requested them.

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Update: Berkeley says police records bill applies to all existing records after Berkeleyside, ACLU lawsuit

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 30, 2019, 4:55 p.m.August 4, 2022

City Council voted in closed session Thursday that SB 1421 should apply “to existing [police] records pre-dating Jan. 1, 2019.” This followed a lawsuit filed by Berkeleyside and ACLU NorCal over application of the bill.

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Developers donate to little-known Berkeley homeless fund

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Jan. 30, 2019, 9:10 a.m.August 4, 2022

Some of Berkeley’s biggest developers, concerned about homelessness, have donated to the city fund. At least two of them did so while Berkeley was considering their projects.

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