UC Berkeley alumnus found guilty for DUI deaths
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Jose Lumbreras, 25, faces 12 years in prison for killing 22-year-old Berkeley graduate Milanca Lopez and her 6-year-old son Xavier Chevez. Read More…
2 Berkeley homicides connected with killing of 8-year-old Oakland girl
Oakland police announced charges against a man not only for murder in the September death of Berkeley man but also for murder in the July death of an eight-year-old Oakland girl, helping piece together a string of murders that rattled neighborhoods in Berkeley and Oakland. Read More…
Man charged with murder of UC Berkeley alumnus
A man has been charged with the murder of a UC Berkeley alumnus who was found in his Oakland home last June with several stab wounds. Read More…
Final charges resolved against Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protester
Three of six charges against UC Berkeley graduate student Jasper Bernes were dismissed last Wednesday, bringing his case to a close. Read More…
UCPD makes no changes to policies following release of Haas shooting report
Though UCPD has maintained that it will continue with current policies following the November shooting of Haas School of Business student Christopher Travis, some campus and community leaders still feel that more can be done for future situations involving campus security. A report released by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Read More…
Report finds suicide as motive for November Haas shooting, clears police officer
A report released by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office cleared a UCPD officer of any criminal liability in the November shooting of Haas School of Business student Christopher Travis. On Nov. 15, 2011, Travis pulled out a handgun from his backpack in a Haas computer lab and pointed it Read More…
Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protester does not plead guilty
UC Berkeley graduate student Jasper Bernes did not plead guilty in a pre-trial hearing today regarding the charges standing against him for his involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations. The case could not be resolved in court today because Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Chris Cavagnaro would like Read More…
Charges against UC Berkeley professor involved in Occupy Cal dropped
OAKLAND — The criminal charges against UC Berkeley associate professor of English Celeste Langan were dismissed at a hearing Friday morning almost six months after her initial arrest at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations. Langan, one of 13 protesters and the only professor charged after the Nov. 9 demonstrations, Read More…
Famous Bay Area pianist acquitted of six of seven molestation charges
Prominent Bay Area ragtime pianist Frederick Hodges was found innocent Tuesday of six of seven charges of child molestation stemming from 2007. Hodges was acquitted of four counts of committing lewd acts with a child under the age of 14, one count of oral copulation with a child under 14 Read More…
Four stay-away orders for Occupy Cal protesters lifted
Four of the 12 stay-away orders barring Occupy Cal protesters from the UC Berkeley campus were lifted Monday. The stay-away orders for BAMN organizer Yvette Felarca and UC Berkeley students Joshua Anderson, Zakary Habash and Jasper Bernes were all lifted Monday, according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa Drenick. The orders Read More…