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AG's office drops Butch Ford case 'in the interest of justice'

"I knew I never did anything wrong," Ford said Wednesday. "The history of this case speaks for itself."

Person dead, downtown Berkeley BART station closed

According to dispatch traffic, a caller advised police just after 5:45 p.m. that a person had been hit by a train.

Update: Berkeley Hills grass fire now contained

Hikers on the Nimitz trail called 911 to report the fire. "We heard a loud, startling explosion around 1:30," one of them told us.

Berkeley police arrest homeless shelter homicide suspect

The homicide victim has been identified as shelter resident Marcel Jones.

Man killed in shooting at Harrison House in Berkeley

Arriving officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds inside the building. Attempts to revive him failed.

Joseph Carroll Jr. found guilty of 3 murders, 2 murder attempts

Throughout the hearing, Carroll insisted on his innocence. "I didn't kill your son," he told one of the mothers. "How can they do this to me?"

Fatal shooting in Berkeley, police investigation underway

First responders performed CPR on the man when they reached him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to radio traffic.