Update: Missing Cal student found dead in Lake Anza

The Indian consulate in San Francisco has confirmed that the body found Saturday was missing UC Berkeley student Saketh Sreenivasaiah.

Pedestrian rushed to Highland after crash near Ashby BART

Crew targets Berkeley woman, 89, with rooftop raccoon scam

Search continues for missing, at-risk UC Berkeley student

Berkeley clears Aquatic Park homeless encampments

New Berkeley hate crime case for longtime felon

Seeing cops all over Berkeley? It's traffic enforcement

Community

Berkeley to dismiss police watchdog director

Tension has been brewing for months between the City Council and director of police accountability Hansel Aguilar.

Berkeley 'Tesla Takedown' trial: Ricardo Ruiz found not guilty

Fatal Berkeley fire: Before she died, neighbors tried to help

Police oversight board members resign: PAB has 'been ignored'

Berkeley motel will house new post-arrest diversion program

BPD: More details about this week's hazmat on Colusa

Huge warehouse fire breaks out in Berkeley overnight

Traffic safety

Man struck by driver in Berkeley crosswalk, taken to Highland

When Berkeley police and firefighters arrived, the pedestrian was bleeding from the head but conscious.

Man killed Monday morning in Berkeley train strike

Berkeley man, 76, crashes into tree on Marin Avenue

Female pedestrian, 95, critical after Berkeley crash

Robbery during used car sale led to chaotic police call

Hit-and-run crash in stolen car sends man to hospital

Scooter crash fatality ID'd as Jorge Velazquez Sosa, 34

Crime

Suspect in violent robbery also tied to hot prowl burglary

A 60-year-old shop clerk learned she had a concussion after passing out in the hours after the robbery, Berkeley police said.

Uber driver has wallet, cash snatched while returning phone

Police investigate robbery via knife at Berkeley business

He said her daughter had been in a car crash. It was a scam.

Familial DNA helped police solve sex crime series with 7 victims

Robbery reported in Elmwood city parking lot

ID'd by victims, sex crime suspect charged decades later

UC Berkeley

UCPD investigates gunfire, sex crime in UC Berkeley parking lot

Suspect Wilson Argueta Urbina, 26, of Oakland was arrested last week, records show.

After DNA hit on bloody towel, convicted burglar charged again

Body found in Claremont Canyon park near UC Berkeley

Man dies 1 month after scooter crash on UC Berkeley campus

UC Berkeley student charged after antisemitic graffiti reports

UC Berkeley stalking case leads to child pornography charges

UC Berkeley gas leak: Officials issue 'all clear' advisory

Shootings

Youth pastor's family reacts to plea deal in deadly shooting

"They won't make us forget who Eli is, the person he was," his sister told The Scanner in an exclusive interview Thursday night.

Police investigate more gunfire in South Berkeley

Gunfire breaks out on Berkeley-Oakland border

Berkeley shootings in 2026: The definitive gunfire map

Late-night Berkeley gunfire leaves vehicles damaged

Berkeley police arrest Addison Street shooting suspect

Gunfire suspect ID'd as parolee with open carjacking case

Courts

Police shooting: Jason Fletcher manslaughter case dismissed

Former San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher fatally shot Steven Taylor in a Walmart store in 2020. The case has dragged on for years.

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

Woman testifies about alleged sex crime at Berkeley restaurant

Despite felony charges, judge releases Medina Reyes on 'OR'

Police shooting prosecuted under Price faces new challenge