Dispatch from Berkeley wildfire season: Cut, whack, yank, dig, repeat

Home inspections, a "fuel break" on Grizzly Peak and a project focused on eucalyptus understory cleanup are just a few of the efforts underway.

Berkeley PD: DUI driver arrested after vehicular manslaughter

The victim has been identified as a 69-year-old man who may have been from Carmichael (outside Sacramento).

Police investigate non-injury shooting in South Berkeley

BPD responded to Sacramento and Prince streets after getting a report about two men arguing.

Unthinkable: A mother reflects on slain sons Angel and Jazy

The family has asked the community to support a BHS scholarship, created by classmates in the Bridge program, to honor the teenage brothers.

Flames engulf Tesla in Tilden park in Berkeley: video

Firefighters from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and the Berkeley Fire Department put out the blaze.

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Alyx Herrmann recorded her own murder, prosecution says

Authorities found the recording on Herrmann's cellphone Sunday — a month after her murder trial began.