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.
Berkeley approves FY24 budget, 'reimagining' policing continues "Our commitment to look at a new approach to public safety remains," Mayor Jesse Arreguín said Tuesday night.
Driver crashes into Berkeley coffee shop, taken to Highland "The car was smoking and smelled of gas, so we got the driver clear while supporting her neck," a witness to the crash wrote on Twitter.
Man collapses, dies outside North Berkeley Safeway A passerby saw the man on the ground struggling to get up and called 911 for help. BFD attempted life-saving efforts but was unsuccessful.