BUSD: Reports of gun, lockdown at Berkeley High unfounded
According to BUSD, several students "said they were joking when they made comments about a potential weapon on campus."
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Too much crime, too little action: Berkeley merchants raise alarm
"We have an email chain that includes two years of merchants reporting crime to the mayor and City Council," said Eduardo Perez of Sliver. "No one does anything."
'Unprovoked attack' reported Sunday on UC Berkeley campus
The victim is not affiliated with UC Berkeley, the University of California Police Department told The Berkeley Scanner on Sunday night.
Berkeley police use Narcan to revive unresponsive man
At one point, the man was able to say he had taken fentanyl. Police talked to him, urging him to stay awake, and rubbed his body to keep him breathing.
UPDATE: Man struck by dump truck driver dies after crash
He was identified as 72-year-old William Evans of Berkeley.
Berkeley High refused to let a reporter on campus. That may violate state law, experts say
BUSD's media access policy appears to run "counter to what the law says," said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition.
Police arrest 17-year-old boy with knife at Berkeley High
He "had been warned on several previous occasions" not to come onto campus, BPD said in response to a Berkeley Scanner inquiry.