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.
Hate crime vandalism at UC president's Berkeley mansion is under investigation
Police say the Claremont Boulevard home was spray-painted with "racial slurs, profanity and other miscellaneous words and symbols."
OPD links 9-person robbery crew, ages 12-17, to 35 holdups
OPD said several different robbery crews have been "brazenly victimizing individuals at alarming rates" in recent weeks.
UPDATE: Man sustained injuries through fall, not shooting
Work is still being done this week to close the case, but police have determined that it is not a criminal matter.
Berkeley man charged with sexual abuse of girl for years
Javier Castellanos-Herrera was charged with eight felonies, including the continuous sexual abuse of a child.
OPD announces arrests after Market Hall beating, robbery
North Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb is holding a meeting about crime and violence next Tuesday, May 30.