Crime

Berkeley police seek tips after robbery, pistol-whipping

When the victim did not turn over his property, the assailant struck him in the head with a gun and took his phone.

Man wounded in northwest Berkeley shooting

A man with a gunshot wound showed up in a local hospital several hours after gunfire reports on Fifth Street.

Man gets 3 years for sodomy of boy, 15, in Berkeley in 1997

"You took everything from me," the victim told defendant Kevin Davis in court Monday, calling the sentence a "pathetic excuse for justice."

Berkeley aims to lease Super 8, remove last big encampment

The city hopes to move the residents of northwest Berkeley homeless encampments into "interim housing" at Super 8.

Police: Witnesses likely saved the life of Berkeley burn victim

BART police arrested Bradley Marcrum on suspicion of fare evasion. Then they saw he was wanted in connection with attempted murder.

Armed carjacking on Parkside: Men followed woman home

The carjacking appears to be the first robbery of any kind this year in the typically safe Berkeley neighborhood east of Claremont Avenue.

Berkeley woman, 68, followed home and robbed

The culprit dragged the woman down three flights of stairs and then took her purse, phone and keys before fleeing the scene, Berkeley police said.