Anderson Lanham

On April 3, two men stole an iPad from an Apple Store on Fourth Street in northwest Berkeley, according to a Berkeley Police Department crime alert.

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the grandeur that surrounds you on the Berkeley campus. Regal buildings plant themselves alongside groves of ancient eucalyptus trees, Strawberry Creek flows along banks and under bridges, and above all of this the Campanile rises, proud and tall, marking the hour as they pass.

On Tuesday, a U.S. District Court judge issued a show cause order to the defense lawyers in a case filed by the Defend Affirmative Action Party against the UC Board of Regents and the ASUC.

The Berkeley Police Department is currently investigating an incident of possible animal cruelty, after several injured and dead animals were found near the Berkeley Marina on Saturday.

The annual city crime report was presented at a special city work session Tuesday and detailed a trend of increased crime rates in Berkeley last year.

Rents and house prices in the Bay Area — and in Berkeley especially — have risen exponentially in the last decade, resulting in lower-income individuals, families and students being unable to afford to live in Berkeley.

In a new development in a 2010 murder case, defendant Coleon Lee Carroll pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Feb. 22.

The Berkeley Police Review Commission met Wednesday evening to discuss, among other items, the process for police disciplinary action and the role of the body’s Board of Inquiry in this process.

A sexual assault took place Friday at a UC Berkeley fraternity house, according to a UCPD crime alert.

John Fox — owner of wine shop Premier Cru in Berkeley — who filed for bankruptcy is currently embroiled in an FBI investigation for alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme.