Berkeley mayor to Cal parents: Safety around campus is 'our top priority'

"It is a serious wake-up call," one UC Berkeley parent told city officials. "The streets of Berkeley are not safe."

Man killed in shooting near UC Berkeley identified as Isamaeli Mata'afa

Mata'afa was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital shortly after 6:30 a.m. He had been walking with family members when a stranger shot them.

Witness to Berkeley shooting: Gunman 'seemed so calm'

"To shoot into a crowd of people like that," she said, "there must have been more than one person involved. Or he was just trying to shoot anybody."

UPDATE: 1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting near UC Berkeley

One of the men was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital in Oakland, The Berkeley Scanner learned shortly before 8 a.m.

Driver takes out traffic signal in North Berkeley solo crash

The driver appears to have escaped the crash uninjured, authorities said.

Police arrest 17-year-old boy with knife at Berkeley High

He "had been warned on several previous occasions" not to come onto campus, BPD said in response to a Berkeley Scanner inquiry.

Police: 'Get in my car, you're gonna like it,' attempted kidnapping suspect told boy

Police say Dominique Walker promised a 12-year-old boy she would drive him home and offered a girl a dollar to come over to her car.