A man who walked up to a stranger with a large rock and struck him over the head in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday has been charged with hate crime allegations and two felonies.
A man authorities say used a rock to strike a cyclist in downtown Berkeley walked to the police station to turn himself in after the crime, according to BPD.
Even after being attacked and told to "get out of Berkeley," the friends said they did not want to pursue a criminal case against a woman who followed them down Shattuck Avenue.
Two parolees, a woman from Oakland and her 2-year-old toddler crashed their Acura while fleeing officers who tried to stop them Friday to investigate an auto burglary, police said.
Quick action led to the arrest of three suspects in two different robberies downtown Sunday, authorities report. A fourth man was arrested earlier Sunday after another robbery.
A man with a wooden stick was arrested in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday after threatening someone with the stick, then jamming it into an officer's stomach, authorities report.
Police officers in downtown Berkeley are responding to a bank robbery attempt Monday afternoon, authorities report.
Five teenage boys, ages 13-17, were arrested Thursday night in connection with a laptop grab at Starbucks, along with a second theft at a downtown eatery, authorities report.
Three 15-year-old boys from Oakland were arrested Wednesday evening after police say they snatched a laptop from a customer working inside a Starbucks in downtown Berkeley.
A Safeway staffer was stabbed Thursday afternoon, and police and paramedics are on the scene in North Berkeley.
Preservationists are gearing up for another battle to fight a 180-foot tower proposed above what is now a Walgreens store on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley.
A 40-year-old Berkeley man remains in custody after police say he shoved a woman against a railing, and said obscene things to her before she was able to escape, authorities said.
Armed robbers hit a medical cannabis dispensary on Sunday night drawing a significant police response to South Berkeley.
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