North Berkeley

BPD: Former sex offender took photos of kids while working at Berkeley grocery store

Anthony Calica followed and photographed children in the grocery store where he worked and took "up-skirt" photos of women, police say.

Lost and found: Woman, 82, on being robbed in North Berkeley

Nancy Bickel was waiting outside for a friend on a recent morning when two young men pulled over and took her purse. This is her first-person account.

2-alarm house fire on Kains Avenue in North Berkeley

There were initial reports that an elderly man was trapped inside the home but firefighters determined that was not the case.

North Berkeley's Cedar Market speaks out after delivery theft

"I just want to stop whatever is happening," said market co-owner Preet Sandhu. "I want to feel safe."

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.

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.