Berkeley woman charged with fatal stabbing of her mother
The Alameda County DA's office charged Gabriella Riemer on Wednesday morning with the murder of 60-year-old Heather Riemer.
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Police: Man charged with sex crime after hounding girl at park
Mark Blackmore asked the girl her age and if "she was fast," police wrote. He also asked "if she dates grown men" and wanted to be his wife.
Woman dead in Berkeley's first homicide of 2024
Police arrested 23-year-old Gabriella Riemer at 10:45 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of murder, according to jail records online.
Fire at THC extraction lab in Berkeley leaves 1 man burned
Arriving fire crews found a worker with second-degree burns, BFD said. His injuries were not life-threatening, a lab spokesman told TBS.
Gunfire during catalytic converter theft in Berkeley
The non-injury shooting happened at about 5:15 a.m. on Ninth Street south of Channing Way, BPD told The Scanner.
Female pedestrian, 53, in critical condition after Berkeley crash
The crash happened at Seventh Street and Heinz Avenue just before 3 p.m., Berkeley police said.
Steering wheel comes off, foils Berkeley car theft attempt
A man and woman in a stolen car failed at two car theft attempts Monday morning — but still managed to evade capture.