Rising Oakland crime draws fervent pleas for city action
Violence against women was a recurrent theme throughout the night: "Women are being assaulted. Let’s not sugarcoat this," one woman said.
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Fire at Reid's Records building in Berkeley causes $300K damage
Fire crews arrived to find the Reid's building on fire with heavy black smoke coming from the first floor.
City pledges cleanup of West Berkeley homeless camps
Members of the business community are pleading with the city to do more to tackle encampments and problematic behavior associated with them.
Help Alameda County spend $176M of millionaires' money
How should Alameda County use millions of dollars from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) to provide safety net services?
Three 'witches' convicted in unusual Berkeley trial
In unorthodox proceedings before a federal judge, the defendants were found guilty of improper use of body parts.
Lost and found: Woman, 82, on being robbed in North Berkeley
Nancy Bickel was waiting outside for a friend on a recent morning when two young men pulled over and took her purse. This is her first-person account.
Brief: Woman's body found in the water at Berkeley Marina
The Alameda County coroner's office was called and detectives were notified.