Crime & Courts

Man charged with vehicular manslaughter in car collision case

Mourners lay flowers at the tree that the car allegedly driven by Jose Lumbreras collided with, the impact of which left 2012 UC Berkeley graduate Milanca Lopez dead and her son seriously injured.
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Mourners lay flowers at the tree that the car allegedly driven by Jose Lumbreras collided with, the impact of which left 2012 UC Berkeley graduate Milanca Lopez dead and her son seriously injured.

The driver who was involved in a vehicle collision with a tree last week that left one woman dead and a child in the hospital with serious injuries has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while driving drunk. Jose Lumbreras, 24, was driving a Cadillac in which Milanca Lopez, 22, and Read More…

Crime & Courts

Three shot in central Berkeley neighborhood

Three men were shot as they stood in front of a Berkeley home in the 2200 block of Bonar Street at around 6 p.m. Friday, leaving neighbors shaken and worried about their own safety. Multiple rounds were fired at a group of at least five people who were standing in Read More…

City

Power outage Tuesday delays BART commuters

Authorities closed the Downtown Berkeley Bay Area Rapid Transit station Tuesday after a power outage hit the Downtown area, preventing commuters from stopping at or leaving the station for almost two hours. About 1,150 customers were affected when an underground cable failed just before 4 p.m. near the intersection of Read More…

City

Postal service to sell another property in Berkeley

Another Berkeley property owned by the U.S. Postal Service is being sold just a few weeks after the news of the plan to move the service’s main post office on Allston Way surfaced. The plot of land owned by the Postal Service is approximately 2.2 acres on 8th and Harrison Read More…

Fall Orientation 2012

Summer news in review

Even though many students leave UC Berkeley for the summer, news continues to happen. Here is a brief look at the major news that occurred over the summer, from news that happened in and around Berkeley, to national news with implications for Berkeley students: May 16: The campus announced the Read More…