Man leaps to safety after being pushed onto BART tracks
Police said the man was able to narrowly avoid being hit by the train due to his “quick actions.”
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Man charged with attempted murder after unprovoked stabbing of man walking dog
A neighbor who heard the attack tackled the assailant and wrestled with him to intervene, police said.
Berkeley man, 74, stabbed by stranger while walking dog
The stabbing has been classified as life-threatening. A 52-year-old man, who police say also bit a bystander who tried to stop the attack, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Police: Berkeley man tried to kill woman in unprovoked punching, slashing attack
A man who suddenly attacked a woman he did not know as she walked to her friend’s home in South Berkeley last weekend has been charged with attempted murder, authorities report.
Police say stabbing with scissors at West Berkeley chemical lab was unprovoked
A Vallejo man has been charged with attempted murder after an unprovoked stabbing with scissors at a chemical laboratory in West Berkeley on Friday, according to court papers.
Police: Man arrested after stabbing co-worker in the neck with scissors
A Vallejo man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a female co-worker in the neck Friday afternoon at a West Berkeley environmental testing laboratory, authorities report.
Rivals charged with trying to kill each other during South Berkeley gun battle
Two men and a woman on opposite sides of a South Berkeley shoot-out have been charged with attempted murder, according to court papers and police.
Berkeley engineer charged with trying to poison a colleague to death
An engineer and metallurgist in Berkeley has been charged with trying to kill a colleague by putting a toxic metal called cadmium into her food and water since 2017, according to court papers.
Police: Stabbing attack of North Berkeley woman was ‘unrelenting,’ ‘meant to kill’
The woman who was stabbed repeatedly by her son at their North Berkeley home last week was asleep in bed when the attack woke her, according to charging documents.
Berkeley man alleged to have stabbed his mother picked up by Pinole police
A man sought after the stabbing of a 76-year-old North Berkeley woman Tuesday morning was picked up in Pinole on Wednesday, authorities report.
Man, armed and dangerous, wanted in stabbing of Berkeley woman in her 70s
Police are looking for a Berkeley man they say stabbed a woman in her 70s early Tuesday morning. The incident was not random, BPD said.
Update: BPD says man, 19, drove into water during fight with girlfriend
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, battery and domestic violence after driving a car, with a woman inside, into the San Francisco Bay.
