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Investigation of top Price deputy found misconduct at prior job

"The only person who made me feel unwelcome as a person of color was Mr. Bruce," one person wrote, "by repeatedly implying to me that my coworkers were racist against me when in fact that was a lie."

Should Berkeley get license plate readers? Weigh in tonight.

The new automated license plate readers, which would be mounted not mobile, would be the city's first to focus on criminal investigations.

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."

UPDATE: Phong Tran held to answer in perjury, bribery case

Judge Clifford Blakely said the evidence presented was enough to support all five felony counts against Phong Tran for the purpose of a prelim.

DA asks to delay key hearing for OPD detective charged with perjury, bribery of witness

After the hearing, a judge is set to decide whether to dismiss the case against Phong Tran or order him to stand trial.

'This was pushed under the rug': Man found UC Berkeley skeleton at Clark Kerr in 2021

The skeleton was found in a crawl space that had been boarded up and marked with an ominous message, a worker told The Scanner.

Berkeley looks to reimagine its wildly outdated dispatch center

Proposed changes to Berkeley's dispatch center would add annual staffing costs of $3 million. The current annual budget is about $6.5 million.