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# TBS Today, Aug. 18
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/19/newsletters/tbs-today-aug-18-2026/
- Published: 2026-08-19T00:15:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T00:15:47.000Z
- Description: Arson charge after encampment fire.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A man is facing charges after setting an arson fire "near structures and a densely populated encampment" in northwest Berkeley, according to court papers.

[Arson charge follows fire at Berkeley encampmentPolice say Patrick Ford set the debris fire because he was angry that someone in the encampment stole his scooter, records show.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-e4c8dfeb-205c-4e45-ab0d-b170a3c0ef2f.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.10.03---PM-975b1d33-3730-40ad-a456-e5903121bc09.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/19/crime/arson-charge-berkeley-encampment-fire/)

## In other news

UPDATE: Authorities ID'd the deceased man found near Rosa Parks on Monday as Oscar Armando Medina, 67, of Berkeley. 

A reader said he was found on Eighth Street, a quarter of the way up the block from the school.

[Man found deceased outside Rosa Parks during AM drop-offUpdate: Authorities identified the man as Oscar Armando Medina, 67, of Berkeley.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-9744341d-31bc-4cbe-a169-0bf6b7bba08c.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-08-17-at-4.41.32---PM-f62b81df-83e8-46e4-ac4f-144db4b8e34a.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/17/community/berkeley-school-man-found-deceased-outside-rosa-parks-am-drop-off/)

The Chronicle also picked up our story.

## In case you missed it

[Man shot in Berkeley; details scarceBerkeley police were unable to locate a shooting scene and no one called to report gunfire, authorities said.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-bb885090-9be4-483e-b621-2c8af069aa84.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/berkeley-gunfiremap-2026-august-3-1bafc734-9a90-46c6-a505-b525eb80abb0.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/17/shootings/berkeley-man-shot-details-scarce/)

[Berkeley must hit the streets to find homeless tent sites, judge says“Give me a solution. How do we avert chaos?” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen told a city attorney on Thursday.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-a8e20b7b-0b40-4a48-89cd-11734205f03b.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/DSC04962-1-1-61839c1e-b723-4b32-98a2-514ec44838d4.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/08/15/community/berkeley-harrison-homeless-camp-tent-survey/)

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