> ## 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, May 6 - URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/06/newsletters/tbs-today-may-6-2024/ - Published: 2024-05-06T23:55:58.000Z - Updated: 2024-05-06T23:55:58.000Z - Description: City manager resigns; updates from the court files. - Author: Editor's desk - Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters Breaking news: Berkeley's city manager of nearly a decade has resigned, although she'll stay on in the role until early July. Here's what we know. [Berkeley City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley has resignedShe will continue to serve as city manager until July 10.![](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/2024/05/BI6A7257.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/06/berkeley-city-council/berkeley-city-manager-dee-williams-ridley-has-resigned/) Today's top public safety story is an update from the court files about a high-profile shooting investigation from the early days of The Scanner. We also have a traffic safety update on a hit-and-run case from earlier this year. [Felon gets 4-year sentence for shooting at off-duty copMarzel Parker has “an extensive criminal history” dating back to 2008 when he was 13, according to court records.![](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/size/w1200/2024/05/IMG_1064.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/06/shootings/berkeley-shooting-off-duty-cop-felon-convicted/) [Hung jury for parolee charged with fleeing Berkeley crashPolice found a 50-round high-capacity “drum magazine” for holding ammunition during a search at the scene, according to court papers.![](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/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-7.25.12-PM.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/06/traffic-safety/hung-jury-parolee-charged-fleeing-berkeley-crash/) ### Berkeley City Council is back in action On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council returns from spring recess with back-to-back meetings beginning at 3 p.m. You can see all the [meeting materials](https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/city-council/city-council-agendas?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) on the city website. Public safety items on the [6 p.m. agenda](https://berkeleyca.gov/city-council-regular-meeting-eagenda-may-7-2024?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) include money to help BFD both hire more firefighters and remove trees that are deemed to be hazardous fire fuel; as well as a small increase in the budget for evaluating the Specialized Care Unit (SCU) and a larger bump to help with running the SCU itself. Also of interest, Councilman Terry Taplin has put forward a proposal for a "two-year **public-private security camera program** between SafeCity Connect (SafeCity) and the Downtown Berkeley Property-based Business Improvement District (PBID) for ten (10) locations." It's a budget referral so, even if approved, only time will tell if it gets funded. See [Item 39](https://berkeleyca.gov/city-council-regular-meeting-eagenda-may-7-2024?ref=berkeleyscanner.com). We're still perusing the agenda for other items of interest. The [Police Accountability Board](https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/boards-commissions/police-accountability-board?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) also has a meeting this week, on Wednesday night. The meeting [agenda](https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/legislative-body-meeting-agendas/2024-05-08%20PAB%20Regular%20Meeting%20Agenda.pdf?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) and [agenda packet](https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/legislative-body-meeting-attachments/2024-05-08%20PAB%20Regular%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) are both posted. Also coming up soon: Councilmen Terry Taplin and Ben Bartlett will join the city manager's office and the Berkeley Police Department for a community safety meeting at San Pablo Park on Thursday from 4-6 p.m. If you hear about an interesting public safety meeting in your neighborhood, [do let us know](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/tips/). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2024/05/unnamed.jpg) Also, for all you downtown voters, you can watch the recent LWV candidate forum for the [May 28 special election](https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/news/register-vote-district-4-councilmember-may-28-2024?ref=berkeleyscanner.com). ### In case you missed it [Berkeley police: Man with blade charged with hate crimeAlain Krause Campos “used racial slurs to describe the victim” and told police he had confronted him because “he pissed me off.”![](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/2024/05/berkeley-police-station-scanner.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/04/arrests/berkeley-police-man-charged-hate-crime/) [Father, baby pistol-whipped during robbery, 3 men chargedDuring the robbery, the men pointed a gun at the baby’s head and threatened to kill him if his father didn’t comply, police wrote.![](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/2024/05/IMG_6972-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/03/courts/berkeley-robbery-father-baby-pistol-whipped-men-charged/) See all our [recent stories](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/archive/). 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