Update: Man, 18, shot on Sacramento Street in South Berkeley
Monday night’s shooting was the second confirmed incident of gunfire in Berkeley this year.
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Remembering William Byron Rumford Jr., whose work to remove Santa Fe tracks reshaped South Berkeley
The son of a California civil rights leader, Rumford was honored with a plaque on Sacramento Street earlier this year.
Street projects at North Berkeley BART aim to make walking, biking safer
A new stoplight at Virginia and Sacramento streets will soon be joined by other changes around the station.
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CHP: Driver ‘doored’ cyclist before crash that left her with major injuries
The woman, a 43-year-old mother, was on her way to meet her husband and their three children for lunch when the crash happened.
Update: Cyclist was critically injured in car crash but expected to survive
The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the woman to Highland Hospital in an effort to save her life. She was not breathing and had no pulse.
Police ask for help to solve North Berkeley stabbing, attempted robbery
The 23-year-old Berkeley man was walking home when four men demanded his property, then stabbed him when he fought to keep it.
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Woman who died in Berkeley apartment fire is identified
Ernestine Bankston, 85, was identified as the victim in the early morning fire, the coroner’s office reported.
BPD traffic officer seriously injured in crash on Sacramento Street
The driver was a teenage girl with out-of-state license plates, according to preliminary information.
Collisions near Cedar and Sacramento prompt neighborhood concerns
One neighbor said there had been two serious crashes at the intersection in less than 24 hours, following a third bad crash several weeks prior.
Berkeley police arrest 3 men after early-morning gunfire
Police arrested three young men after reports of gunfire, with one driver chasing another, in central Berkeley early Friday morning.
Police: Man with knife threatened clerk before officer fired ‘baton round’
Authorities say a man caught on video being shot by Berkeley police with a round from a “less-lethal” weapon had been threatening a convenience store clerk with a knife just before officers got to the scene.
Woman attacked by group of 5 during South Berkeley robbery; police intervene
Three teenage boys and two adults from Oakland attacked a woman walking in South Berkeley on Saturday night during a robbery that was interrupted by a Berkeley police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities say.
