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The family of Peter Cukor, a Berkeley resident who was beaten to death by a trespasser last year, reached a resolution with the City of Berkeley on Monday regarding the wrongful death claim it filed against the city last year.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors delayed the consideration of a one-year pilot program that would permit court-ordered outpatient treatment for individuals with serious mental illness at their Feb. 25 meeting.
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If fully adopted in Alameda County, Laura’s Law will be an effective means of getting treatment to some of the county’s most vulnerable and neglected citizens.
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Alameda County will decide Tuesday whether or not to adopt a test program allowing for the involuntary, assisted treatment of mentally ill persons who are not currently receiving or are resistant to mental health services.
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The family of a man who was allegedly murdered by an intruder outside his Berkeley Hills home last February filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the city of Berkeley.
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The family of Peter Cukor — who was bludgeoned to death outside his Berkeley home in February — presented a claim Wednesday to the City of Berkeley for wrongful death and for severe emotional distress damages.
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The family of a Berkeley resident who was bludgeoned to death outside his home earlier this year is now criticizing the police response the night of the killing. The sons of Peter Cukor, Christopher and Alexander Cukor, spoke to press Friday at the office of their attorney R. Lewis Van Blois to set
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A judge ruled Friday that Daniel DeWitt, who was charged with murdering a Berkeley resident earlier this year, should be sent to the Napa State Hospital to be treated for his mental illness. DeWitt, 23, has been accused of killing Peter Cukor, 67, on Feb. 18 outside of Cukor’s home
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Following criticism directed at the Berkeley Police Department for its response that night, a transcript has been released of a call that Peter Cukor made to police shortly before he was killed outside his home Feb. 18. The police department has come under fire for not immediately responding to Cukor’s
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An Alameda County judge ruled Thursday that Daniel DeWitt, the suspect in a Berkeley resident’s murder, is not mentally competent for a trial, according to the Oakland Tribune. DeWitt, who has a history of mental illness, will instead be sent to a state hospital for treatment. DeWitt’s one charge of
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