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# TBS Today, Dec. 23
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/newsletters/tbs-today-dec-23-2025/
- Published: 2025-12-23T13:09:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-23T13:09:22.000Z
- Description: Structure fire; 911 caller threatened at knifepoint; rape on Berkeley Way.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

We have a handful of short stories for you this morning. Let's get straight to it.

[Abandoned building catches fire in northwest BerkeleyArriving crews found fire close to the railroad tracks and forced open a gate for access, according to emergency dispatches.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1443.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-12-23-at-4.58.41---AM.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/community/northwest-berkeley-abandoned-building-fire/)

[Robbery during used car sale led to chaotic police callIt took hours for BPD to unravel what happened — in part because the victim waited to call police. Suspect Andy Man has not been charged.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1444.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-12-23-at-3.55.16---AM-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/traffic-safety/berkeley-car-sale-robbery-chaotic-police-call/)

[Rape at Berkeley Way housing complex under investigationSuspect Charles Bridges was not a resident of the complex but had access to an apartment there, authorities said.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1445.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2025-12-23-at-2.57.26---AM.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/crime/berkeley-way-housing-complex-rape-arrest/)

[Berkeley woman threatened at knifepoint while calling 911Police closed Ninth and Delaware streets during the investigation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1446.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/7031073025347297046.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/crime/berkeley-woman-threatened-knifepoint-911-call/)

### In case you missed it

Our attempts to reach the REI property owner, and REI corporate, have been unsuccessful. We'll keep trying.

We're told the city was not behind the closure. 

Here's what we know (including several updates after publication).

[Berkeley REI closed ‘until further notice’ due to ‘safety reasons’Local customers say they have struggled to pick up orders, some of which were dispensed from the side door on Camelia Street earlier in the day.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1447.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/DSC06941-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/23/community/berkeley-rei-closed-facilities-concern/)

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