Berkeley police arrest 3 teenagers tied to purse snatches, use of pepper spray
Police arrested three teenage suspects in connection with three purse snatch attempts on the southwest side of the Berkeley campus Wednesday night.
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Tag Archives: Allston Way
After reports of suspicious package, police briefly close off traffic in Downtown Berkeley
The Berkeley Police Department closed off Oxford Street between Center and Kittredge streets Tuesday afternoon to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic in order to investigate a “suspicious package.”
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Police arrest 1 suspect in connection to cellphone robbery
Police arrested one suspect in connection to a cell-phone robbery on Tuesday night.
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Nader’s post office speech fails to deliver
Citizen Ralph Nader, the champion of the Consumer Product Safety Administration, the Environmental Safety Administration and the Freedom of Information Act, came to the steps of the Downtown Berkeley Post Office yesterday to give a pep talk to the volunteer defenders of our public postal service. Some 300 listened as
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Federal report’s findings may help save Berkeley’s historic post office
A report submitted to Congress Thursday may help save the 100-year-old Berkeley post office by highlighting findings of the United States Postal Service’s noncompliance with federal historic preservation laws.
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Berkeley man dies after being taken into police custody
Authorities are investigating the death of a 41-year-old man who died after being taken into custody by the Berkeley Police Department on Tuesday for an involuntary psychiatric hold.
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Shattuck Walgreens relocates to larger store across street
The Walgreens in the downtown Berkeley area has relocated directly across the street in an effort to utilize new amenities, better serve residents and be more expansive.
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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
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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
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Downtown Berkeley post office to close after 97 years
The United States Postal Service agency has decided to close its Allston Way branch in Downtown Berkeley due to revenue declines after 97 years in its location.
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