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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.
Teens attack homeless man, woman at Berkeley BART plaza
"There's some crazy stuff that happens in the plaza, but that was the first time I saw that," one local worker told The Berkeley Scanner.
BPD: Alert teens helped catch man who exposed his genitals
Alert teenagers called 911 and helped officers find Michael Henderson to make an arrest, BPD said.
Woman charged with assaulting police at Berkeley park
Dawn Carraway was holding a box cutter, BPD said, and was "noticeably agitated" when officers tried to arrest her.