Crime

16 hours in Berkeley: 3 robberies and a hot prowl burglary

Robbers tore a purse from the hands of an 82-year-old woman. Other culprits ripped a cash register out of a McDonald's drive-through window.

Arrest made in killing of Jazy and Angel Sotelo Garcia

Two other teenage boys were also wounded in the shooting on Apgar Street at a birthday party for Berkeley High students.

Woman, 78, staves off robbery attempt by teen with BB gun

The woman used a stick to knock the BB gun from the teenager's hand. Officers arrested him in the area, police said.

'Our sense of safety has been taken from us': Reflections after a Berkeley 'hot prowl' burglary

The March 12 burglary was one of four in the neighborhood on the same night. Two of them were "hot prowl" burglaries where people were home.

Man gets 35 years to life after Berkeley road-rage murder

The killer had a chance to leave but "chose to escalate traffic conflict to murder," the judge said Friday.

UC Berkeley student tries to sell Nikes but is robbed at gunpoint

The victim, a Cal student in his 20s, had arranged to sell his Nikes — but the men who showed up to buy them robbed him instead, police said.

UC Berkeley police seek man in fedora hat who chased child, 9

Police say the 9-year-old was able to escape after a brief chase at University Village in Albany.