Berkeley domestic violence stabbing suspect arrested
Police arrested 50-year-old Manuel Sanchez in San Francisco early Saturday morning, booking records show.
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Berkeley police investigate pepper-spray robbery spree
The series appears to have begun Thursday night, when police responded to three reports of robbery via pepper spray in less than an hour.
Police: Teen girls punch driver, arrested in Berkeley carjacking
The suspects were identified as Maryah Bell, 18, and a 17-year-old girl, neither of whom live in Berkeley, police said.
Police search for man who stabbed woman in Berkeley
The man and woman had been walking on the sidewalk when the man "just turned and stabbed" the woman in the stomach, BPD said.
Teens arrested in Berkeley after trying to rob 16-year-old boy
There have been about 260 robberies in Berkeley this year, up 11% compared to last year at this time, according to the latest police data.
Berkeley hospital worker, 64, carjacked at gunpoint
Carjackings are way up this year in Berkeley compared to prior years.
Berkeley cyclist, 75, sustains moderate injuries in crash
According to BPD, the cyclist, who had been closer to the curb line, turned in front of a box truck on MLK south of Blake "for unknown reasons."