There were some reports that the would-be robber also was shot and was seen limping away from the area.
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2 displaced in South Berkeley apartment fire on Ashby Avenue
One neighbor told Berkeleyside she woke in the night to hear “firefighters chain sawing the roof down.”
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VIDEO: Sheriff’s office plane helps BPD catch suspects from Bay Area auto burglaries
The driver “hit at least one vehicle and nearly hit multiple other vehicles and pedestrians,” according to authorities.
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A changing Berkeley: 6 maps show how the past decade has remade the city
From population to housing to racial diversity, these maps show how and where Berkeley has changed the most over the last decade.
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South Berkeley house fire displaces at least 2 on Stuart Street
Firefighters had to take an elderly woman out through her bedroom window because flames had reached her interior doorway when they got inside.
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At least 3 displaced by South Berkeley house fire
No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening fire on Fairview Street, but a longtime South Berkeley family has lost their home.
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‘It is an inspiration to be here’: Juneteenth in Berkeley
Portraits of a few of the hundreds of people who came to the festivities a year after the day became a national holiday.
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Opinion: How Berkeley is housing the people of People’s Park
There is a humanitarian crisis on our streets. I deeply believe that the best way to honor the legacy of People’s Park is to invest in the resources necessary to turn the tide on that crisis.
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Update: Case of elderly Berkeley homeowner burdened by major code repair debt will continue in the fall
Leonard Powell hopes the court will find that Berkeley and a receiver mismanaged his home code problems.
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Juneteenth returns to live celebrations in Berkeley
Festivities returned to the Adeline Corridor, two years after the pandemic forced it online and the first since it became a federal holiday.
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Berkeley honors JT Street, 19-year city worker, who died in motorcycle crash
Police do not yet know what may have caused the crash but are looking into whether Street may have experienced a medical emergency.
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Berkeley man dies in solo motorcycle crash on Adeline Street
Police performed CPR on the man until firefighters arrived to take over life-saving efforts, but they were unsuccessful.