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# TBS Today, Aug. 25
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/25/newsletters/tbs-today-aug-25-2025/
- Published: 2025-08-25T23:26:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-25T23:26:31.000Z
- Description: Witness recounts alleged kidnapping; Cal's new approach to safety alerts.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

Two stories today as the week kicks off.

[Berkeley man recounts how he stopped alleged kidnapping“I could see the fear in his eyes,” the witness said, of the 10-month-old baby. “I was trying to calm him down.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1059.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-08-25-at-2.23.07---PM.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/25/crime/berkeley-man-recounts-alleged-kidnapping/)

[UC Berkeley cuts public emails amid safety alert overhaulCal’s new Safety App emphasizes push notifications over email and text alerts.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1060.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1671709034123-d816bf151d89)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/25/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-cuts-public-emails-safety-alert-overhaul/)

### In case you missed it

[Sexual battery on UC Berkeley campus under investigationA woman told police that an older stranger had complimented her and touched her inappropriately at the West Crescent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1061.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_4746-1.JPG)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/24/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-sexual-battery-crescent-lawn/)

[Teens arrested after armed robbery near UC BerkeleyThe suspects, Mateo Haro Rodriguez and Daniel Cestoni Montenegro, fled from Berkeley police, resulting in a brief pursuit.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1062.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-4.45.20---PM-2.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/22/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-frat-row-armed-robbery-teens-arrested/)

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