A man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly breaking into a Southside home and barricading himself in another. The approximately three-hour incident began a few minutes before 7 a.m. Wednesday morning when a male resident reported a burglary underway inside his home in the 1300 block of Parker Street, said Berkeley Read More…
If an earthquake of 6.7 magnitude or greater occurred on the Hayward fault line, which runs through UC Berkeley and Berkeley, power would be lost, water and sewage pipes would break, freeways would be disrupted and there would likely be landslides. The campus would enter a state of emergency and Read More…
Fire trucks responded to reports of a possible fire Thursday evening on top of Ned’s Bookstore at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue. Read More…
If you ask Howard Matis what he was wearing 20 years ago Thursday, he will answer without a trace of doubt or hesitation — a soccer uniform. For Matis, the day started off like any other Sunday: He drove home from a canceled soccer game in San Lorenzo, not knowing Read More…
A woman was killed and two others were injured in a Victorian house that caught fire at the intersection of Shattuck and Ashby avenues at about 2:36 a.m. early Thursday morning. Read More…
A man was hospitalized Tuesday morning after a car crash caused him to flip his car near Berkeley Fire Station 6 in West Berkeley. The man was heading westbound on Cedar Street in his small pickup truck when he collided with a woman in a car heading northbound on Eighth Read More…
