Law & Justice

The Berkeley Police Accountability Board, or PAB, reviewed a draft of proposed regulations for handling investigations and complaints during its special meeting Wednesday.

The First District Court of Appeal granted a stay order Friday that temporarily halts all construction at People's Park, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

Jose Piña Cardenas, 30, was pronounced dead on June 7, only three weeks after being taken into custody at Santa Rita County Jail. 

Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, arrested a 16-year-old boy May 30 after receiving a tip that he was recruiting high school students to participate in a mass shooting that included explosives at Berkeley High School, according to a Nixle Alert released Wednesday afternoon.

Family of Lars Kepler “Kep” Lane, a victim of the 2021 shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard, or VTA, filed a lawsuit Thursday on the anniversary of Lane's death. The family is seeking damages for alleged negligence and wrongful death.

Tony Lorenzo Walker, the man convicted of fatally shooting UC Berkeley student Seth Smith in 2020, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday, as first reported by CBS Sacramento.

A fire broke out in People's Park on Tuesday morning after a tent and its surrounding area were set aflame, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly robbing the Berkeley High School mountain bike team at gunpoint last month, as first reported by Berkeleyside. 

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged the suspect in the May 3 shooting on Channing Way with murder on May 6, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

UC Berkeley student Luca Elghanayan was found having a medical emergency near Pimentel Hall at about 10:20 p.m. Monday.