The man dropped off a young child at Malcolm X Elementary just after running the stop sign, BPD said.
Traffic safety
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8 people died in Berkeley crashes in 2021, overall collisions were up 34%
It was the highest number of traffic deaths the city has seen since at least 1984, the Berkeley Police Department found.
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City rips out brand-new barriers on part of Milvia Street bike route
City officials said the barriers posed a problem for delivery trucks accessing the nearby Alta Bates campus.
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Apply by Jan. 31: Berkeleyside is hiring a climate/transportation reporter and a visual journalist
The positions are being added in partnership with Report for America.
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Police arrest hit-and-run suspect found hiding in hotel room
A 58-year-old Berkeley man was charged with vehicular hit-and-run causing injury, driving without a license and parole violation.
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DoorDash should stop texting its drivers while they’re moving, wrongful death lawsuit says
“If they don’t revise their practice of texting drivers while driving with unmounted cellphones,” said Mark Webb, “there will be more accidents.”
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Path Wanderers co-founder on the mend after driver hit her in crosswalk
A driver struck 90-year-old Jacque Ensign as she walked on Marin Avenue near her North Berkeley home earlier this month.
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Cyclist and pedestrian sent to hospital after separate car crashes on Marin
The crashes took place Thursday and Friday just one block apart.
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Berkeleyside will add 2 journalists in 2022 in partnership with Report for America
We’ll be adding a reporter covering climate and transportation and a full-time visual journalist through Report for America. The deadline to apply is Jan. 31.
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Street projects at North Berkeley BART aim to make walking, biking safer
A new stoplight at Virginia and Sacramento streets will soon be joined by other changes around the station.
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CHP: Driver ‘doored’ cyclist before crash that left her with major injuries
The woman, a 43-year-old mother, was on her way to meet her husband and their three children for lunch when the crash happened.
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Woman, 75, now in ICU after driver struck her in Berkeley Hills crosswalk
The pedestrian was crossing at Marin and Euclid avenues when the driver, who was coming down the hill, struck her in the crosswalk, police said.