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30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Traffic collisions

Posted inCrime & Safety

Pedestrian hit by truck driver in downtown Berkeley is seriously injured

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan March 16, 2023, 10:49 a.m.March 16, 2023

A food delivery driver was returning to his van when a passing package delivery truck’s mirror struck him, police said.

Posted inCity

Bike advocate Dave Campbell announces he’s leaving the East Bay after 24 years

by Jose Fermoso Dec. 06, 2022, 9:01 a.m.December 9, 2022

Campbell showed bicyclists how to organize to make streets safer for everyone. And he made advocacy fun.

Cars pass through the intersection of Virginia Street and San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. A stoplight hangs over the intersection, but it is covered by yellow tape because the signal hasn't been activated.
Posted inCrime & Safety

Cyclist seriously injured in Northwest Berkeley crash

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Nov. 28, 2022, 12:22 p.m.December 2, 2022

Caltrans installed a crossing signal earlier this year at the intersection where the crash happened, but hasn’t activated it.

Posted inCity

Berkeley could ban right turns on red in push for street safety

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Nov. 06, 2022, 7:00 a.m.November 7, 2022

Several cities across the country are rethinking right on red amid an increase in serious traffic crashes.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Enid Young, psychoanalyst hit by an SUV while walking in the Berkeley Hills

by Family of Enid Young Nov. 04, 2022, 4:15 p.m.November 7, 2022

A creative, compassionate Buddhist, Young was an expert in chronic pain and formed a nonprofit for veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

Posted inCity

Berkeley remembers William Evans, veteran hit and killed by truck driver

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Iris Kwok and Nico Savidge Nov. 02, 2022, 4:31 p.m.November 4, 2022

Friends, neighbors and safe street advocates gathered to commemorate the Marine veteran who lost both legs in Vietnam and his life in downtown Berkeley.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Truck driver hits and kills man in wheelchair in downtown Berkeley

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Oct. 20, 2022, 4:32 p.m.November 2, 2022

William Evans, 72, was hit at the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way late Thursday morning.

Posted inCity

Woman, child hit by driver in North Berkeley crosswalk

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli Sept. 26, 2022, 4:45 p.m.September 27, 2022

Neither the woman nor her son suffered major injuries and the driver stayed at the scene afterward, police said.

Posted inCity

Berkeleyside interactive maps: Cyclist and pedestrian injury crashes in 2021

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 09, 2022, 4:52 p.m.September 9, 2022

According to BPD, 145 people sustained moderate or serious injuries in 141 crashes in 2021 involving cyclists or pedestrians. Five others died.

Posted inCrime & Safety

Woman on electric scooter sustains head injury in College Avenue car crash

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 06, 2022, 4:55 p.m.September 6, 2022

The 22-year-old woman’s condition was unavailable this week, but preliminary reports indicated that she sustained a possibly severe head injury.

Posted inCity

70-year-old woman hit in North Berkeley crosswalk

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli Aug. 19, 2022, 3:14 p.m.December 2, 2022

The woman spent four days in the intensive care unit at Highland Hospital.

Posted inCrime & Safety

University Avenue collision sends cyclist, driver to hospital Sunday afternoon

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso July 31, 2022, 5:54 p.m.August 1, 2022

An SUV overturned after colliding with a cyclist who was part of a group ride through Berkeley.

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