Update: Female pedestrian dead after Berkeley hit-and-run crash
A driver in a dark-colored SUV struck the woman on Ashby Avenue and fled the scene, according to preliminary reports.
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Community
Downtown Berkeley council race highlights progressive divide
Incumbent Igor Tregub and challenger Majdi Gaith offered competing visions for Berkeley at a candidate forum.
Harassment is democracy’s destruction: Op-ed
Berkeley can close Harrison encampment, 9th Circuit says
Police arrest BHS student after 2 assaults, 1 during Unity Week
Berkeley police chief explains response to 'Unity Week' chaos
Open letter: BUSD must protect students with disabilities
Berkeley's struggling 911 dispatch center gets $1M boost
Traffic safety
Police: 2 drivers arrested in hit-and-run DUI crashes
One collision sounded like a gunshot. In another, BPD said a driver ran a red light while flashing his brights.
Teenage cyclist injured in crash on his way to Berkeley High
Berkeley rollover crash sends man to hospital
'No threat' after Berkeley Amtrak luggage scare; 2 arrested
Suspect arrested in hit-and-run of Spanish grandparents
Seniors sustain major injuries in Berkeley hit-and-run crash
Berkeley freeway overpass response: 'Patient is safe'
Crime
Parolee with gun arrested after robbery of Berkeley woman
James Thompson is being held on $285,000 bail, according to booking records.
'There's a man with a knife': Witness recounts BART scare
Sisters arrested after standoff by North Berkeley BART
'Unprovoked' homeless camp attack: Woman arrested
Stolen gun recovered amid Berkeley burglary arrest
Why was a CHP helicopter circling Berkeley on Friday?
Flock alert leads Berkeley police to wanted man with gun
UC Berkeley
Female UC Berkeley student punched; man arrested
Police said the attack, near Telegraph and Durant avenues, was unprovoked.
Update: UC Berkeley student, 20, critical after Friday crash
Suspect from UC Berkeley student's viral video arrested
Hate crime at UC Berkeley student housing: 4 arrested
Homeless woman attacked with bat near UC Berkeley
Berkeley Hillel arson ends in hate crime finding
He died on the UC Berkeley campus. But who was he?
Shootings
Bryn Walker designer, CEO identified in fatal shooting
Neighbors heard two gunshots. A woman at the scene told KTVU her brother-in-law had been having mental health problems.
Update: 2 dead after shooting on Panoramic Way in Oakland
Alex Goodwin Jr. cold case killing spurs $50K reward
Man shot in Berkeley; details scarce
Attempted murder arrest made in domestic violence shooting
Berkeley standoff suspect freed on mental health grounds
Young woman shot, Berkeley police investigating
Courts
Music teacher sent to prison in student sexual assault case
"Our family will carry the weight of what was done here long after the defendant has walked free," the victim's mother told the court.
Phong Tran case appears to totter as trial nears
Police shooting: Jason Fletcher manslaughter case dismissed
DA's office moves to drop fatal police shooting case
Recalled DA Pamela Price says she'll reclaim her seat in 2026
Man describes stabbing over 'snipes' outside Berkeley bank
