> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# TBS Today, Aug. 3
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/03/newsletters/tbs-today-aug-3/
- Published: 2023-08-03T23:53:19.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-03T23:53:19.000Z
- Description: Court report: Sex crime attack on UC student.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

We actually took yesterday off for a rare hike in Marin after working much of the weekend and a very long day Tuesday: Visiting with existing readers and meeting a number of new ones during National Night Out on Tuesday night was lots of fun.

We rode along with BPD as well as a staffer from [311, Berkeley's one-stop customer service center](https://berkeleyca.gov/city-services/report-pay/report-issues?ref=berkeleyscanner.com).

It was great to hear more from her about everything 311 can do, including a number of new online features designed to make reports more efficient. When it comes to city services, that's always welcome news.

On Wednesday, it was great to get out in nature and mostly off the screen.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/08/IMG_9542.jpg)

Miwok trail to Wolf Ridge in the Marin Headlands. *Emilie Raguso*

In case you're wondering, we'll consider this Scanner effort entirely sustainable once regular hiking fits into the picture. That's definitely our happy place aside from work.

Today, we have an exclusive report from court Monday where a young homeless man alleged to have attacked a UC Berkeley student in a dark parking lot in March was held to answer on several felony sex crime charges — including one that could result in a life sentence.

[After sex crime attack on UC Berkeley student, man held to answerFelony sex crimes are up 51% in Berkeley this year according to the latest BPD data. Many of the incidents are concentrated around UC Berkeley.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/08/berkeley-blake-2000-block-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/03/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-student-sex-crime-attack-man-held-to-answer/)

As we researched this story, we also learned that felony sex crimes are up 51% in Berkeley this year according to the latest BPD data.

We hope to learn more about that from BPD.

### In case you missed it

[Berkeley police: 2 arrested after disturbance on BonarThe incident came out around 7:45 p.m. Friday with reports of a group fistfight in the 2300 block of Bonar Street in West Berkeley.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/08/bonar-bpd-crash-arrest.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/08/01/arrests/berkeley-police-armed-man-charged-bonar-fistfight/)

[Critics, fans of DA Pamela Price clash at Oakland crime meetingThursday night’s public safety meeting with DA Pamela Price showed a divide in the community but also common ground.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/07/pamela-price-BI6A7671-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/07/29/courts/pamela-price-oakland-crime-meeting/)

💡

**The Berkeley Scanner is 100% member-supported. That means no ads, no spam and no distractions. Help ensure timely, accurate public safety news for Berkeley by** [**signing up now**](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/#/portal/)**.**