Crime

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.

Driver charged with hit-and-run injury crash in Berkeley

Witnesses followed the driver, Misty Bancroft, until police arrived to arrest her, court papers show.

Police arrest kidnapping, sex crime suspect near UC Berkeley

Police arrested Wilmer Guerra Peña, 28, on suspicion of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, assault with intent to commit rape and other crimes.

Victim families slam Pamela Price: 'They didn’t fight for us'

"There are so many families like us," said Teresita Mendoza. "If we all come together, we can do something."

Cyclists beware: 'Bike jackers are back' in Oakland

There have been at least two armed robberies from cyclists of expensive racing bikes: one that took place Sunday and the other Thursday.

Can you help Berkeley police detectives solve 2 crimes?

SVU investigators are trying to find the victim, a teenage girl, in one case and the location captured in a photograph in another.

Berkeley man charged with sex crimes after undercover op

Randall Alston, a one-time murder suspect, was charged with groping a woman in Berkeley in March and then released on his own recognizance.