Byron White

Spokespeople for both UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department attribute financial struggles to the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that insufficient funding has allowed for an increasing number of vacant positions in the police force. 

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.

As a result of a false report, Berkeley Drop-In Center director Jorge Colon was detained at gunpoint by Berkeley police in early February.

A city audit published Thursday outlined Berkeley Police Department’s use of overtime, increased work with outside entities and its impacts on the department’s budget. 

A teenage boy was shot in both the thigh and the hand, near Grove Park on Oregon and Grant streets at 12:37 p.m. Thursday.

A Bay Area white supremacist group placed antisemitic flyers on the doorsteps of hundreds of North Berkeley hills residents Feb. 20, blaming the COVID-19 agenda on Jewish communities.

After several calls at approximately 12:30 p.m., BPD arrested a man on the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street following reports of alleged fighting and possible involvement of a gun, according to BPD spokesperson Byron White.

The Berkeley Police Department will launch an investigation regarding a man’s death after being released from police custody. 

A shooting occurred Monday in the 2900 block of Sacramento Street in South Berkeley, about 2 miles away from campus. 

Berkeley resident Reginald Patillo was charged in federal court on Dec. 10 with possession of three handguns allegedly linked to a Memorial Day shooting investigation.