Police investigate kidnapping attempt at Berkeley school
Police say someone in a white van or SUV approached a student at Ruth Acty Elementary School on Monday afternoon.
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Berkeley car theft woes: 'I found the car myself'
Neither BPD nor OPD was willing to help, a resident said, "even though we knew where the car was the whole time."
23 auto break-ins reported at North Berkeley BART
Not counting the recent BART auto burglaries, car break-ins are up 18% in Berkeley this year compared to last year.
Berkeley woman in her 80s scares off would-be intruder
The woman was napping at her home near Oxford and Virginia when the sound of breaking glass woke her up.
Update: 4,600 Berkeley customers lost power Sunday
As of 8:30 p.m., power to most households had been restored, according to the PG&E outage map.
Felon hit with new gun case after Berkeley car stop
The handgun, which was loaded with 16 rounds, had been reported stolen from Las Vegas, according to BPD.
Berkeley police investigate pepper-spray robbery spree
The series appears to have begun Thursday night, when police responded to three reports of robbery via pepper spray in less than an hour.