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The Stanford Criminal Justice Center presented a report during a special Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday that could help the council decide whether to allow Berkeley police officers to carry and use electronic control weapons, or ECWs, such as Tasers.
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Early Wednesday morning, Berkeley police arrested Anthony Durant on suspicion of murder after 24-year-old Stockton resident Christian Sheppard was shot and killed Tuesday night. The case marks the city’s first reported homicide of 2015.
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Berkeley Police Department searched for a suspect involved in a fatal shooting Tuesday evening near the intersection of Russell and California streets.
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The city announced Friday that more than half of Berkeley’s soft-story buildings have been renovated to increase resilience to earthquakes.
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Berkeley City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli is under fire after a Friday report from the Bay Area News Group claimed that he profited from a 2009 housing loan from the city for which he voted.
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Berkeley City Council will convene at a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the possibility of implementing electronic control weapons, such as Tasers, in the Berkeley Police Department.
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On Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill asking the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to consider requiring that sexual harassment prevention be taught in California public schools.
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Berkeley biotechnology company Aduro Biotech recently leased a former warehouse in West Berkeley to be used as a laboratory and office facility.
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At a Thursday meeting, the Housing Advisory Commission passed a set of recommendations regulating short-term rentals, including listings on platforms such as Airbnb and Flipkey.
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According to an annual security report released by UCPD on Thursday, the campus saw an increase in both reported sex offenses and robberies in the past year.
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