FBI documents and interviews show that the nation’s first Asian American chancellor, Chang-Lin Tien fell victim to United States’ fear of China. Read More…
A judge ruled Friday that Daniel DeWitt, who was charged with murdering a Berkeley resident earlier this year, should be sent to the Napa State Hospital to be treated for his mental illness. DeWitt, 23, has been accused of killing Peter Cukor, 67, on Feb. 18 outside of Cukor’s home Read More…
After nearly a week of on-and-off heavy showers, the rain in the Bay Area is expected to clear up by Friday night. Currently shrouded in clouds, Berkeley will likely see scattered showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms throughout Friday, according to the National Weather Service. However, the rain is Read More…
In honor of Trayvon Martin, Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore wore a hoodie at the council meeting Tuesday night. The Feb. 26 killing of Martin, a black teenager from Florida, has been nothing less than fiercely controversial and has elicited nothing less than fierce outcry over the past several weeks. Read More…
The city of Berkeley is offering $15,000, and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000, for information leading to the arrest of suspects in Thursday’s homicide in Berkeley. On Thursday, Vallejo resident Devin Whitmere was shot and killed in South Berkeley in the city’s third homicide of 2012. Read More…
The UC Berkeley alum who went missing last week was found dead Thursday, media outlets reported this weekend. Police had been looking for Elgin Stafford since he was last seen at his home in Carson, Calif. on March 20. On Thursday, Stafford, 23, was found dead in the Dominguez Channel Read More…
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Drunk in public arrest – 1500 block of Oregon Street On March 25 at about 9:32 p.m., a BPD patrol officer responded for a second time that night to an apartment building in the Read More…
Following criticism directed at the Berkeley Police Department for its response that night, a transcript has been released of a call that Peter Cukor made to police shortly before he was killed outside his home Feb. 18. The police department has come under fire for not immediately responding to Cukor’s Read More…
Authorities are looking for a a UC Berkeley alum who has been missing for several days. Elgin Stafford was last seen his home in Carson, Calif. around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to KABC. Stafford, who is a 5-foot-10 black male who weighs 145 pounds, was last seen wearing a dark jacket, a Read More…
The Berkeley City Council is set to vote tonight on whether to implement the Downtown Area Plan, which could bring up to seven tall buildings to the city’s downtown area. The plan would allow for: four buildings that are up to 120 feet tall, two of which are reserved for Read More…
