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# TBS Today, Feb. 27
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/newsletters/tbs-today-feb-27/
- Published: 2024-02-27T16:19:17.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T16:19:17.000Z
- Description: Jogger struck by driver on Marin did not survive.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

Some devastating news this morning: Julia Elkin, who was hit by a driver on Marin Avenue two weeks ago, has succumbed to her injuries. She was just 37 years old.

[Julia Elkin, struck by driver in Berkeley, died Monday nightElkin had a “deep passion for making our human and natural communities more resilient to climate change.” She was just 37 years old.![](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/2024/02/julia-elkin.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/traffic-safety/berkeley-resident-julia-elkin-traffic-fatality/)

We will continue to work to learn about this crash and about Julia. 

By all accounts, she was an amazing, talented woman who was passionate about making this world a better place. We're holding her family and friends in our thoughts.

### In other news

We have some lighter headlines and other articles today as well: a car theft that didn't go as planned; the latest retail theft from a Berkeley business; an update on the UC shooter case; and a police intervention that saved a man's life Monday night.

[Steering wheel comes off, foils Berkeley car theft attemptA man and woman in a stolen car failed at two car theft attempts Monday morning — but still managed to evade capture.![](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/2024/02/1AE2C8FF-AE41-410F-AAD0-0FF8787C5D32.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/crime/berkeley-car-theft-fail-seventh-street/)

[Group of 7 makes off with $19,000 in North Face goodsThe group left in multiple vehicles, at least one of which had been reported stolen, Berkeley police said.![](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/2024/02/berkeley-north-face-outlet.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/crime/berkeley-north-face-19000-theft/)

[‘Panic on the campus’: New details on UC Berkeley shootingPolice say Virgil Hampton ordered students to open their backpacks and caused a disturbance because he wanted a charger.![](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/2024/02/uc-berkeley-broken-window.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-shooter-virgil-hampton-arraignment/)

[Berkeley police intervene to stop suicide attemptBerkeley police officers arrived within minutes and saw the man on top of a fence with a rope, according to emergency radio traffic.![](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/2024/02/IMG_3928.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/27/crime/berkeley-police-intervene-suicide/)

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