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# TBS Today, Jan. 23
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/01/24/newsletters/tbs-today-jan-23-2026/
- Published: 2026-01-24T00:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-24T00:35:00.000Z
- Description: Elder abuse scam; park fatality ID'd.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

Police are investigating a scammer who targeted an elderly Berkeley woman last month by claiming her daughter needed money to get out of jail.

[He said her daughter had been in a car crash. It was a scam.The stranger told the 91-year-old woman “not to tell anyone else about their phone call” — a red flag, Berkeley police said.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1517.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1558731991-cb3430a08bb7)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/01/24/crime/berkeley-elder-abuse-scam-daughter-car-crash-jail-bail/)

### In other news

We've learned the name of a man found dead in Claremont Canyon park earlier this month. He was Brian Zanzibar, 55, of Berkeley.

[Body found in Claremont Canyon near UC BerkeleyUpdate, Jan. 23: The man who died has been identified as Brian Zanzibar, 55, of Berkeley.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1518.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-11.28.00---AM-2.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/01/14/uc-berkeley-crime/claremont-canyon-body-found-near-uc-berkeley/)

The name of this week's train fatality remains unavailable pending family notification, the coroner's office told us today.

### In case you missed it

[Police investigate more gunfire in South BerkeleyThe incident may have begun as a conflict between two women, one of whom reportedly had a knife, authorities said.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1519.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-22-at-4.48.34---PM-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/01/23/shootings/police-investigate-more-gunfire-south-berkeley/)

[After DNA hit on bloody towel, convicted burglar charged againAuthorities say they have linked Jatinder Pal Singh to at least three “hot prowl” burglaries of occupied homes in the neighborhood near UC Berkeley.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1520.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-21-at-10.08.13---PM-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/01/22/uc-berkeley-crime/after-dna-hit-on-bloody-towel-convicted-burglar-charged-again/)

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