Update: Lockdown lifted at Longfellow after report of man with gun; 1 in custody
Numerous readers have reported significant police activity in South Berkeley around Longfellow Middle School.
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Berkeley police detain man after reported hammer attack
Berkeley police detained a man after he was allegedly involved in an assault using a hammer Tuesday afternoon at around 4 p.m. in Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood.
Police make arrest in South Berkeley double shooting
Update, June 14: According to the Daily Cal, Wood’s arraignment Friday afternoon was canceled. He is no longer in custody, according to the Alameda County sheriff’s department, and no charges appear to have been filed.
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Gunshots in South Berkeley, 2 victims
Update, 6:17 p.m. A local resident, who asked not to be named due to safety concerns, said he heard about 10 gunshots just after 4:30 p.m.
Police activity puts Willard Middle School on lockdown
Willard Middle School in Berkeley was on temporary lockdown this afternoon due to a police search in the area.
Area gunfire puts Berkeley’s LeConte school on lockdown
LeConte Elementary School was put on lockdown at 2:15 p.m. today after the Berkeley police responded to an attempted robbery in the school’s neighborhood where a gun was fired.
Portable classroom plan at Berkeley schools delayed
A school district proposal to replace decades-old portable classrooms at Berkeley’s Washington Elementary and Berkeley Arts Magnet schools with a set of newer ones that are being removed from the Berkeley High campus, has been delayed for further consideration after concerns were expressed by parents at the schools.
Op-Ed: I’m a BHS senior caught in Boston lockdown
Today, April 19, 2013, is my 18th birthday. Yesterday I ventured from Berkeley to Boston on a week-long college tour. The plan was to travel to Boston and New York to celebrate my birthday and visit Wellesley and Barnard colleges. With the lockdown of this city, my plans have been put on hold. Sitting in my uncle’s house in Boston, in the midst of the rumors, suspects and shoot-outs, I can’t help but wonder how many more people will be ushered into adulthood in a sea of violence.
Principal alerts Berkeley High parents to nearby robbery
Berkeley High School Principal Pasquale Scuderi sent the following email memo out to parents at 5:05 p.m. It appears below in its entirety. To subscribe to the school email list, send a message to bhs-request@lmi.net with the word “subscribe” in the subject line.
Berkeley High lockdown follows robbery attempt
[Editor’s Note: This story has been updated throughout the day. Scroll down for updates.]
After Newtown: Lockdown drill Wednesday, vigil Thursday
As the community continues to try to come to terms with Friday’s school tragedy in Newtown, CT, at least two Berkeley events this week respond to the deadly shooting.
‘Today seems like a day to hug our kids a little harder’
Berkeley High’s Principal, Pasquale Scuderi, this afternoon sent an emailed letter to the BHS community in the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, CT, this morning. In it, he addresses how the school has dealt with communicating news of the mass shooting at an elementary school to BHS students, issues of security on campus, and shares guidelines on how to talk to our children about such a senseless and potentially traumatic incident.
