One of the victims was a juvenile, police said. Police have made one arrest in the investigations.
South Berkeley
Berkeley’s storied Irish Pub celebrates a half-century of community this St. Patrick’s Day
The owners of the Starry Plough are considering a non-profit model that will make the calendar of events more sustainable.
Boichik Bagels owner says Berkeley shop was targeted with ‘clearly antisemitic’ graffiti
On Wednesday, owner Emily Winston, who is Jewish, stopped by the bagel shop’s Berkeley location to find “Israel baby killer” spray-painted in stenciled letters on the sidewalk outside.
Elderly Berkeley homeowner is still on the hook for over $600K in bringing house to code, judge rules
But Judge Seligman disallowed around $165,000 in fees charged by the receiver of Leonard Powell’s South Berkeley home, saying they weren’t supported in the court records.
South Berkeley ‘road rage’ shooting under investigation
Police first received a report of a shooting around 1:45 p.m. There were no injuries reported, and no arrests as of Tuesday evening.
‘I still want to smell the flowers’: At 85, muralist Edythe Boone needs a permanent home in Berkeley to keep making art
Boone’s friends say the situation highlights the lack of live-work artist housing for seniors in Berkeley.
Judge will soon decide if elderly Berkeley homeowner was overcharged for repairs in bringing house to code
Leonard Powell’s attorneys argued this week that his court-ordered receiver mismanaged his home code problems, leading to up to $664,000 in overcharges.
Remembering Rinna Block Flohr, Expressions Gallery owner, founder of social work agency
After decades of running social work and mental health organizations, Flohr studied design before opening her gallery on Ashby Avenue.
With robberies on the rise, Berkeley will ponder safety escorts
A Berkeley commission wants to revive a decades-old program in which the city offered safety escorts to deter robberies.
Progress made to prevent gun violence in Berkeley, break cycles of violence
Berkeley’s gun violence prevention program is moving toward a request for proposals or request for qualifications process after the City Council reviewed a tentative framework in January.
Applications open for 75 affordable housing units in South Berkeley
The housing is among the first in the city to prioritize applicants based on historic redlining and displacement due to BART construction.
In South Berkeley, once lively Baptist church is now a 6-bedroom home with a rooftop jacuzzi
The former sanctuary on Parker Street is a complex symbol of the city’s shrinking Black population, the region’s housing crisis and the decline in religious practice.