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A petition demanding justice for UC Berkeley junior Seth Smith, who was fatally wounded by gunfire June 15, has received 2,930 signatures as of press time.
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Following the City Council’s decision to finalize a police budget cut of 12%, the city will seek to introduce community safety reform and create a Department of Transportation responsible for traffic enforcement.
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California State Sen. Nancy Skinner introduced two bills regarding police reform Monday — one to expand police transparency and the other to reduce police scope.
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Seth Smith, a 19-year-old UC Berkeley student, was fatally wounded by gunfire Monday night, and police are looking for the suspect or suspects who committed the crime.
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On June 9, Berkeley City Council will vote on an urgency item consisting of four police reform policies recommended by the national 8 Can’t Wait campaign.
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Chants of “Black lives matter,” booming music and the names of people who have died at the hands of police — all of these could be heard in the Berkeley streets this weekend as thousands of protesters reacted to the death of George Floyd.
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Berkeley City Council is set to vote at its May 26 meeting to establish a COVID-19 Business Damage Mitigation Fund, which will provide grants to businesses that experience property damage through vandalism or other “problematic behavior.”
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Berkeley Police Department officers responded Thursday to a person allegedly throwing glass into the street on the 3000 block of San Pablo Avenue, leading to street closures.
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The shelter-in-place ordinance issued by the city of Berkeley in March to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 has emptied the normally busy streets of the city and campus, reducing police calls for service and shifting the daily lives of officers on duty.
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Berkeley Police Department officers responded to a call from M&H Market at 3198 Adeline St. for a suspect who allegedly waved a knife at someone Tuesday.
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