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South Berkeley church opens long-awaited new affordable apartments
McGee Avenue Baptist Church and the Bay Area Community Land Trust refurbished units that sat unused for years.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Update: Police arrest gunman in robbery near UC Berkeley
Two men in their 20s were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning, Berkeley police said. One of the victims dropped his backpack and the pair ran away.
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Berkeley man, 18, charged with 2 armed robberies and a vehicle theft
Both of the people robbed at gunpoint were women in their 50s, police said.
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Berkeley man charged with dealing fentanyl, meth, cocaine in San Francisco Tenderloin
He had just been placed on probation in Alameda County in April after a drug sales case last year.
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6 years after murder of Berkeley musician, family still prays for answers
Police say Alex Goodwin Jr., a 22-year-old musician from South Berkeley, was not his killer’s intended target.
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Clerk shot during robbery attempt at Berkeley liquor store
There were some reports that the would-be robber also was shot and was seen limping away from the area.
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2 displaced in South Berkeley apartment fire on Ashby Avenue
One neighbor told Berkeleyside she woke in the night to hear “firefighters chain sawing the roof down.”
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VIDEO: Sheriff’s office plane helps BPD catch suspects from Bay Area auto burglaries
The driver “hit at least one vehicle and nearly hit multiple other vehicles and pedestrians,” according to authorities.
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A changing Berkeley: 6 maps show how the past decade has remade the city
From population to housing to racial diversity, these maps show how and where Berkeley has changed the most over the last decade.
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South Berkeley house fire displaces at least 2 on Stuart Street
Firefighters had to take an elderly woman out through her bedroom window because flames had reached her interior doorway when they got inside.
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At least 3 displaced by South Berkeley house fire
No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening fire on Fairview Street, but a longtime South Berkeley family has lost their home.