Crime

CHP: Freeway passenger shot at Berkeley work crew, no one hit

The passenger pointed a black handgun out the window and fired two rounds at a 14-person landscaping crew that had been hired by Caltrans.

Berkeley OKs new surveillance cameras to help solve crime

They will be mounted at 10 key intersections where authorities hope they will be more likely to record people entering and exiting Berkeley.

Berkeley police recover Honda after carjacking on McGee

Police say a man walked up behind a woman as she was about to open her front door and pointed a gun in her face. She had just gotten home.

BPD: Catalytic converter thief dumped car, said it was stolen

The thief fled in his vehicle but eventually ditched it and ran. Police impounded the car and found four catalytic converters inside, BPD said.

Parolee charged with sexual battery of Berkeley shop clerk

Police say Lamonte Campbell walked around the counter and grabbed the woman tightly from behind, touching her private areas.

Homeless man charged with tear-gassing people in Berkeley

Police say Lucas Glassy pepper-sprayed two out-of-town visitors to Berkeley near People's Park where he lives.

Police: Woman arrested after punching Berkeley shop owner

Police say Jeamillah Snell, who was known to the business owner from prior incidents, tried to take items from Siamese Dream in the Elmwood.