Numerous readers have reported significant police activity in South Berkeley around Longfellow Middle School.
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Berkeley police detain man after reported hammer attack
Berkeley Police on scene at Oregon Street where they detained a man who was allegedly involved in a hammer attack. Photo: Tracey Taylor Berkeley police detained a man after he was allegedly involved in an assault using a hammer Tuesday afternoon at around 4 p.m. in Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood. Because the suspect fled from the original […]
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Police make arrest in South Berkeley double shooting
Berkeley Police at the scene of a double shooting in South Berkeley on Wednesday. Photo: Charles Siler Update, June 14: According to the Daily Cal, Wood’s arraignment Friday afternoon was canceled. He is no longer in custody, according to the Alameda County sheriff’s department, and no charges appear to have been filed. Original story, June 12, 3:40 p.m. […]
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Gunshots in South Berkeley, 2 victims
Berkeley Police at the scene of a double shooting in South Berkeley on Wednesday. Photo: Charles Siler Update, 6:17 p.m. A local resident, who asked not to be named due to safety concerns, said he heard about 10 gunshots just after 4:30 p.m. He said gunshots in the neighborhood are “not normal,” but that lately more […]
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Police activity puts Willard Middle School on lockdown
Willard Middle School, at 2425 Stuart St. in Berkeley, was on temporary lockdown on Thursday March 27. Photo: Boguslawa Lewandowska Willard Middle School in Berkeley was on temporary lockdown this afternoon due to a police search in the area. At 1 p.m., Berkeley Police received a call about a suspicious person on a property in […]
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Area gunfire puts Berkeley’s LeConte school on lockdown
LeConte Elementary School was on lockdown today, Thursday Jan. 9. Photo: LeConte LeConte Elementary School was put on lockdown at 2:15 p.m. today after the Berkeley police responded to an attempted robbery in the school’s neighborhood where a gun was fired. There were no reported injuries to people or property during the incident, and the […]
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Portable classroom plan at Berkeley schools delayed
The portable classrooms at Washington Elementary School were installed in the late 1960s as a temporary measure. Photo: Google Street View A school district proposal to replace decades-old portable classrooms at Berkeley’s Washington Elementary and Berkeley Arts Magnet schools with a set of newer ones that are being removed from the Berkeley High campus, has been […]
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Op-Ed: I’m a BHS senior caught in Boston lockdown
Jalena Keane-Lee Today, April 19, 2013, is my 18th birthday. Yesterday I ventured from Berkeley to Boston on a week-long college tour. The plan was to travel to Boston and New York to celebrate my birthday and visit Wellesley and Barnard colleges. With the lockdown of this city, my plans have been put on hold. Sitting in […]
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Principal alerts Berkeley High parents to nearby robbery
Berkeley High School. Photo: Lance Knobel Berkeley High School Principal Pasquale Scuderi sent the following email memo out to parents at 5:05 p.m. It appears below in its entirety. To subscribe to the school email list, send a message to bhs-request@lmi.net with the word “subscribe” in the subject line. Dear Staff and Families: We had a sizable police […]
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Berkeley High lockdown follows robbery attempt
Scuderi: playing “safe and conservative” Scuderi: playing “safe and conservative” [Editor’s Note: This story has been updated throughout the day. Scroll down for updates.] Berkeley High went on a precautionary lockdown at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday following police activity involving a report of a weapon near the school. Berkeley Police Lt. Dave Frankel said the […]
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After Newtown: Lockdown drill Wednesday, vigil Thursday
Berkeley High School will have an emergency drill Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, a vigil and discussion about the Connecticut school shooting has been planned for a North Berkeley church. Photo: Lance Knobel As the community continues to try to come to terms with Friday’s school tragedy in Newtown, CT, at least two Berkeley events this week […]
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‘Today seems like a day to hug our kids a little harder’
Berkeley High Principal wrote to the school’s community today Berkeley High Principal wrote to the school’s community today Berkeley High’s Principal, Pasquale Scuderi, this afternoon sent an emailed letter to the BHS community in the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, CT, this morning. In it, he addresses how the school has dealt with communicating […]
