A man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly sexually battered a female UC Berkeley student on Southside. At around 12:07 a.m. Friday, the victim was walking on Dana Street south of Bancroft Way when she was allegedly approached by a male who grabbed her buttocks and touched her breasts Read More…
ASUC executives sent a letter to Berkeley City Council earlier this month thanking them for their decision to foreclose on the lien for the vacant lot on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue. Adelyn Baxter covers city government.
UCPD received a report Friday night of an attempted rape that occurred sometime earlier last week on Southside. According to UCPD Lt. Marc DeCoulode, at 9:06 p.m. Friday, the department responded to the report of an attempted sexual assault that the victim said occurred either Thursday or Wednesday at around Read More…
Following several months of community meetings and board discussions, the Telegraph Business Improvement District submitted a letter Aug. 9 to UC Berkeley Facility Services outlining several recommendations focused on improving People’s Park. The park, which is under the jurisdiction of the UC, has been perceived by a number of community Read More…
A UC Berkeley student was robbed of his iPhone and cash on Southside Saturday night. No suspects have been arrested. At approximately 9 p.m., the victim, a 20-year-old male student, was standing alone on the 2400 block of Channing Way west of Telegraph Avenue when he was approached by three Read More…
From the wee hours of Sunday morning up until Monday night, the UC Berkeley grounds and the area directly south of campus saw a combined total of three sexual battery crimes, two in which a student and parent were victimized. In each of the three cases, one suspect — who Read More…
With a new school year under way, UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department are teaming up to keep crime in check. The Joint Southside Safety Patrol, which was launched last August as an effort to curtail violent crime and public nuisances, is a partnership between the two police agencies that Read More…
At least eight police cars were on scene when a man was hooded and taken into custody by Berkeley police on Southside early Thursday evening. The incident occurred near the intersection of Dwight Way and Telegraph Ave. at about 7:15 p.m. The man resisted as he was restrained by officers Read More…
Two fires broke out in Berkeley this weekend — one on Southside as a result of improperly discarded smoking materials and the other in South Berkeley, likely due to fireworks in the area. On the morning of July 2 at about 5:36 a.m., the Berkeley Fire Department received a call Read More…
A man was the victim of an armed robbery on Southside Wednesday night. At about 11:45 p.m., the victim, a 19-year student, was standing on the intersection of Dwight Way and Etna Street when he was allegedly approached by three other men who pushed him to the ground while pointing Read More…