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'Unprovoked attack' reported Sunday on UC Berkeley campus
The victim is not affiliated with UC Berkeley, the University of California Police Department told The Berkeley Scanner on Sunday night.
David DePape's current links to Berkeley appear thin
Update: DePape was living in Richmond prior to his arrest, the San Francisco Chronicle and other news outlets reported Saturday.
Police: Homeless man assaults woman after water use dispute
Police say Nathaniel Girard got upset when the woman asked him not to leave her water running.
People's Park near UC Berkeley plagued by violent crime reports
A sexual assault, arson, threats via knife and a violent robbery have all been reported around the park over the past month.
Homeless man arrested after attack on teen near UC Berkeley
Police say Lucas Glassy punched a UC Berkeley student multiple times in late September and stabbed a man in the hand that same night.
Fight at Berkeley homeless camp leads to head injury, arrest
When officers arrived at Eighth and Harrison, they found two axes on the ground and blood in the street. They arrested Andrew Cooley.
Man charged with punching 4 people, including Cal students
Police say 52-year-old James Rainey Jr. had begun punching people on Telegraph Avenue near Channing and worked his way up to Durant.