Lewd conduct suspect arrested after Berkeley High reports

Students who saw a man exposing and touching himself outside BHS alerted police and school authorities Thursday, police said.

Newsom: $4.4M in stolen goods found, 383 arrests in 3 months

In March alone, the Organized Retail Crime Task Force made 174 arrests and seized more than $2 million in stolen assets, the governor's office said.

Berkeley approves strict wildfire plan for most vulnerable areas

The new standards are among the strictest in the state, based on a preliminary review by The Scanner.

Berkeley may ban plants close to buildings in top wildfire zones

UPDATE: Council approved the item unanimously at its special meeting Tuesday. Stay tuned for ongoing updates.

Fire tears through East Bay Media Center overnight

BFD found 20- to 30-foot flames breaching the roof, "touching adjacent buildings [and] threatening to engulf the surrounding structures."

Man struck by Amtrak train in Berkeley

BFD rushed the patient to Highland Hospital with a "Code 3" trauma activation, authorities said.

Update: Suspicious item was not a bomb, Berkeley police say

Officers found the item in the area of Sunday morning's police shooting, which left a man in critical condition.