The initial call came in at 1:44 p.m. and police said they didn’t receive any reports of injuries.
Southwest Berkeley
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Shop Talk: Meet the ‘plant queen’ of Southwest Berkeley and the fiddler hired as Ashkenaz’s new director
A plant lover turns her passion into a business on San Pablo Avenue. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Police: Woman targeted mother, baby during drive-by shootings on Acton
A 20-year-old Oakland woman has now been charged with all three shootings, court papers show.
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Berkeley’s next park: City gets $5M to turn rail corridor into gardens, playground
The former trackbed of a Santa Fe railroad line that once cut through West Berkeley could become a multi-block city park.
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Berkeley neighbors fight to save their community garden
In 2004, a group of neighbors were given permission to garden on two empty lots along Ashby Avenue. With one of the lots up for sale, they’re rallying to save their garden.
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Berkeley gang members sentenced to 12 years in prison for 2018 shootings
Following the resolution of the case, police released surveillance footage — for the first time — from the most “brazen” of the Berkeley shootings.
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Walgreens to close Southwest Berkeley location Nov. 17
“It’s going to have a serious impact, especially on low-income folks,” Councilmember Terry Taplin said.
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Half-naked man arrested on suspicion of rape attempt, home break-in
Police were investigating a report of a prowler outside a teenage girl’s window when a neighbor began screaming about a stranger in her home.
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Oakland woman, 21, charged with domestic violence shooting in Berkeley
The shooting took place Friday just before 9:40 p.m. in the 2700 block of Acton Street.
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Woman shot Friday night in southwest Berkeley
It was the second person shot in the city in just two days.
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Berkeley shooting sends teenage girl to hospital
BPD began getting reports of a shooting in the 1100 block of Channing Way, near Byron Street, just after 7:30 p.m.
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Man struck in Berkeley crosswalk in alleged DUI crash has died, police say
“It hasn’t hit me yet,” his daughter told Berkeleyside this week. “I just don’t know what I’m going to do without him.”