A woman crossing the intersection at Adeline and Harmon streets was struck by a car and killed at 9:05 pm last night, according to Berkeley police.
The 58-year old woman was from Oakland, but her identity has not yet been released, said Andrew Frankel, the public information officer for the Berkeley Police Department.
The driver Jesse Donald [...]
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Woman struck by car and killed in Berkeley
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200-day vigil held for Berkeley students held in Iran [Chronicle]
Take a nap: UC scientists says siestas make you smarter [Fox News]
Mayor Bates gets physical: pushes protester off podium [Fog City]
New owners for Berkeley firm Red Oak Realty [SF Business Times]
$17,000 reward offered in west Berkeley homicide [Berkeley City]
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Berkeley murder victim identified
A man fatally stabbed in Berkeley on February 11 was identified by police today as 40-year-old Michael Joseph Mayfield of Richmond, the Chronicle is reporting.
Mayfield was stabbed in the chest on the 2100 block of Curtis Street at about 7:40 p.m. February 11. Police are looking for Kevin Aaron Alvarado, 22, in connection with the killing. He may [...]
Accused pleads not guilty in Berkeley Marina killings
Curtis Martin III pleaded not guilty today to charges that he murdered his girlfriend and their baby, both of whose bodies were found, separately, in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park in November.
Martin is accused of killing his 17-month-old son, Jashon, and later killing Jashon’s mother, 23-year-old Zoelina Toney, according to a report by KTVU.
Martin has two prior [...]
Much interest, but still no sign of Honey the goat
It’s day 27 and Honey, the goat that went missing from Tilden Little Farm on January 7, is still nowhere to be found.
David Zuckermann, the park’s supervising naturalist, says there have been many phone calls and lots of interest, particularly after East Bay Regional Parks offered a $1,000 reward for the safe return of the goat, as [...]
Chief Meehan talks crime with District 1
On Wednesday night, while most Berkeley residents were probably watching the president’s State of the Union address, about 20 residents of Berkeley City Council District 1 attended a neighborhood meeting hosted Councilwoman Linda Maio.
The top item on the agenda was meeting new police chief Michael Meehan, who tried out many of the lines he apparently [...]
Remembering August Vollmer, the Berkeley police chief who created modern policing
As Berkeley gets ready to swear in Michael K. Meehan on Thursday as the city’s new police chief, perhaps it is appropriate to take a look back at the city’s very first chief. After all, he is credited with modernizing American policing.
Not many people know about August Vollmer, but when he was alive he was [...]
Bank on Shattuck robbed
A man robbed the Mechanics Bank on Shattuck near Bancroft Way Monday afternoon, but was quickly apprehended by police.
The robber walked into the bank around 1:39 pm and handed the teller a note demanding cash. He left the bank and was quickly apprehended by police just a few blocks away on Harold Way.
Police are still [...]
$1,000 reward offered in missing Tilden goat case
Exclusive to Berkeleyside: East Bay Regional Parks is offering a $1,000 reward for the safe return of Honey the goat, as well as the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons, who took her.
Honey went missing from Tilden Little Farm on the evening of January 7 and her disappearance has caused a wave of [...]
Berkeley mother turns sleuth to recover disabled daughter’s computer
A Berkeley mother whose handicapped daughter’s $10,000 computer was stolen turned sleuth and craftily led a sting operation to recover the expensive device.
Patty Mulligan had gone down to San Jose to celebrate Thanksgiving with her brother, but when she was packing up to return to Berkeley she inadvertently left her daughter’s computer on the sidewalk. [...]
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