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.
Man charged with hate crimes, elder abuse in North Berkeley
Ross Wolfer injured a 75-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, then confronted a father with his children, police say.
Berkeley PD: He was shot by the clerk he tried to rob at gunpoint. His DNA led the cops to him.
Police say DNA linked Armoni Traylor to an armed robbery attempt at Black & White liquors that left the cashier with a gunshot wound to the hand.
More details emerge about sex crime attack near UC Berkeley
Surveillance video showed Wilmer Guerra Peña follow the woman from Kip's bar and attack her on College Avenue, police say.
Berkeley man, 68, lit on fire by stranger, in critical condition
Police say the assailant poured gasoline on the man and lit him on fire. Then he fled the scene.