Update: ‘Shelter in place’ warning lifted at Bancroft, Acton
Authorities left the 2300 block of Acton Street after responding to a report of a domestic dispute and, ultimately, finding no one home.
Emilie Raguso (senior reporter, community engagement chief) joined the Berkeleyside team in October 2012. In 2017, she was honored to be chosen as the Journalist of the Year by the SPJ NorCal board. Her reporting on homelessness has also been recognized by SPJ NorCal, and she was part of the Berkeleyside team to win Community Journalism awards from the organization two years running. Emilie previously launched and ran community news site Albany Patch in Albany, California. Her stories have appeared on the New York Times website, Salon and NPR. Emilie's first full-time news job was as a crime reporter for The Modesto Bee after she got her master’s in journalism from UC Berkeley in 2006.
Police hope dramatic video will help solve Berkeley robbery
Police in Berkeley are asking for the public's help to find two young men linked to a robbery near the Cal campus Monday afternoon. They have released video they hope will help.
Berkeley woman and Oakland man arrested after fatal Albany shooting
The Albany Police Department has announced two arrests following the fatal shooting Sunday morning of 23-year-old Raphael Fuentes-Lee of Vallejo.
Another customer robbed at Berkeley’s Caffe Strada; good Samaritan assaulted
A good Samaritan was assaulted Monday afternoon after trying to intervene in a laptop robbery at Caffe Strada, authorities report.
Berkeley man faces felony charges after sex crimes near campus
A man linked to sex crimes involving two women near the UC Berkeley campus last week has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors in Alameda County Superior Court.
Berkeley council votes to limit ‘sitting, lying, dogs and objects’ on sidewalks
More than two years after officials voted to regulate street behavior and limit the use of public space, council voted Thursday to revise those rules and, eventually, enforce them.
Ohlone Greenway partially closed for Albany homicide investigation
A man was fatally shot Sunday morning in Albany on the Ohlone Greenway, partially closing the popular pathway during the investigation, authorities report.
Police: DUI crash sends 5 to hospital
A speeding driver caused a crash in Berkeley that sent five people in four different vehicles to the hospital early Sunday morning, authorities report.
Man shot just over the Berkeley border in Oakland early Sunday
A male victim was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds early Sunday morning, authorities report.
Two robbed at gunpoint Friday in Berkeley’s Elmwood neighborhood
Two people walking Friday in what's usually a quiet residential neighborhood were robbed at gunpoint by men in ski masks, then shoved into the bushes, according to reports.
Update: UCPD releases video of early-morning armed robbery attempt near Cal
Campus police at UC Berkeley are looking for a man in his 20s who tried to rob a student at gunpoint early Saturday morning, authorities report.
Berkeley Police: Man, 70, robbed at bus stop, taken to hospital
A 70-year-old man sitting at a bus bench was robbed in South Berkeley during a brief struggle Thursday evening, authorities said.
