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A large Juneteenth party in Berkeley on Friday saw fights and arrests, as well as reports of individuals being pepper-sprayed, authorities report. The event drew an estimated 500 attendees, police said.
Peter Taraba's former housemate told The Scanner he was "kind of a hothead" when they lived together north of campus in 2024. This week, Taraba was charged with arson. Here's what we know about him.
EXCLUSIVE: A homeless man who used anti-Black slurs and threatened children at a Berkeley school playground Saturday has been arrested, police report. We broke this story thanks to a reader tip.
EXCLUSIVE: The man police say started a fire at the Berkeley Animal Shelter last weekend, and later tried to flood it, had his dog taken during a recent arrest, The Scanner has learned.
The suspect in a sex crime case involving a child attending camp at UC Berkeley over the weekend has now been charged, court papers show.
BREAKING: A deceased person was found on the UC Berkeley campus near Oxford Street on Friday morning. Gardeners found the body while working on one of the main campus pathways. The Scanner is the first to report this news.
Work is underway to repair the Berkeley Animal Shelter after a recent arson fire, officials say, with reopening anticipated in early July. Here's the latest on the shelter fire — with a focus on who stepped up to help (and how you can, too).
BREAKING: A shooting in South Berkeley sent a young woman to the hospital Sunday night. The woman, estimated to be 19 years old, was shot in the face, according to early reports.
A man is in critical condition after colliding with a vehicle while riding a motorcycle in Berkeley shortly after midnight Sunday. BPD's Fatal Accident Investigation Team has been called in.
SCOOP: UC Berkeley police arrested a summer camp staffer Saturday on suspicion of sodomizing a child overnight in a Cal dorm, authorities report. The suspect is an Oakland PE teacher who graduated from Cal, according to his LinkedIn page.
