The following is a crime alert, provided by UCPD. On Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 12:07 a.m., UCPD received a report of a robbery which had just occurred on the 2500 block of Durant near the Durant Avenue Food Court. The victim, a 21 year old Cal student, was approached by Read More…
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Pedestrian Armed Robbery — 2600 block of Telegraph Avenue Two women, 29 and 33 years old, were in the 2600 block of Telegraph Avenue when they were victims of an armed robbery. It Read More…
A 12-second recording from what is believed to be the first surviving talking doll could be the first-ever commercial recording, according to historians. The audio, posted online on July 6 by the National Parks Service, was captured on a 123-year-old cylinder phonograph. The recording featured an unidentified woman reciting one Read More…
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Robbery of a bike via punches – Thousand Oaks School An 18-year-old Berkeley man was riding his “Fit” brand BMX style bicycle on the Thousand Oaks School grounds, 800 block of Colusa Avenue. It Read More…
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake shook Berkeley early Saturday morning. At 3:51 a.m., the earthquake occurred, with its epicenter just west of Clark Kerry Campus. The earthquake had a depth of about 4 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. So far no injuries or damages have been reported. Allie Bidwell Read More…
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Stolen Car – Ward & Grant Streets A Berkeley man said he parked his car at the intersection of Ward and Grant Streets on Sunday, July 10 at about 9:00 p.m. When he Read More…
With the UC Board of Regents slated to vote on a controversial fee hike at their meeting Thursday, UC officials and students are citing different figures for the actual size of the increase. While UC officials and most media outlets have said tuition will rise 9.6 percent increase, student leaders Read More…
Two UCPD police officials, whose instinct and quick thinking brought about the discovery and rescue of then 29-year-old Jaycee Dugard in August 2009, responded to the ABC News broadcast of Diane Sawyer’s prime-time special “The Jaycee Dugard Interview”, that aired on television Sunday.
The UC Board of Regents will meet on Wednesday and Thursday for the remainder of their three-day meeting at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus, where a wide range of issues spanning the diversity of the university’s student body to a controversial tuition increase spurred by the state’s increased cuts Read More…
Both Alameda and Richmond will do just about anything to be chosen as the location for the second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, including displaying billboards and lawn signs all over their cities to make for stronger advertising campaigns. The lab will be building a second campus to complement Read More…