Adelyn Baxter

According to an Albany City Council member, the Albany Police Department has decided to back out of an agreement with the Berkeley Police Department and UCPD to purchase an armored vehicle.

Two 20-year-old Berkeley residents were the victims of an armed robbery Thursday night on the corner of Parker Street and Hillegass Avenue.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $142.6 billion budget that included a tuition freeze which means there will be no immediate tuition increases for students in the UC and CSU systems for the 2012-2013 school year.

On Tuesday U.S. Senate leaders announced they have reached a deal that will allow them to avoid increasing student loan interest rates, just five days before the rates were set to double.

The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. On Sunday between 8:30 a.m. and 10:28 a.m., an unknown suspect smashed a window of a new Jeep and stole a backpack.

A lawsuit filed by the UC Board of Regents against 15 members of Occupy the Farm was dropped Wednesday, following an announcement from the university.