Emilie Raguso has covered Berkeley crime for more than a decade. She was senior news editor at Berkeleyside, and launched and ran Albany Patch. In 2017, she was SPJ NorCal's journalist of the year.
Update: Female pedestrian, 66, dead after Berkeley crash
The woman who died Sunday was Elise Lusk, a Berkeley native who later moved to Kensington. The driver was an 87-year-old Oakland woman.
2 Berkeley shooting reports: Man wounded; gunfire on I-80
Update: BPD later determined the wounded man had been shot in Oakland. No further information about the freeway shooting has been released.
Police make arrest in UC Berkeley sex crime case
UCPD obtained a warrant for Andrew McNear's arrest on suspicion of kidnapping and assault to commit rape or some other sex crime.
Police field 'swatting' call in South Berkeley
Police immediately suspected the call was a hoax.
Rider sustains serious injury in Berkeley motorcycle crash
Police said he lost control, flew off the bike and hit a pole, according to the preliminary investigation.
Berkeley police investigate 2 shootings in 3 days
No one was hurt and no arrests have been made. The gunfire investigations are ongoing, BPD said.
UC police: Woman pepper-sprays man who grabbed her
The man "came out of the bushes and told her he was going to follow her and sexually assault her," police said in a WarnMe alert.