Crime

Berkeley motel will house new post-arrest diversion program

The city hopes the new diversion and reentry program will reduce recidivism. Participants must be nonviolent and need no medical attention.

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.

Police investigate more gunfire in South Berkeley

The incident may have begun as a conflict between two women, one of whom reportedly had a knife, authorities said.

Familial DNA helped police solve sex crime series with 7 victims

Familial DNA searches help authorities "identify potential relatives of the alleged perpetrator" in government databases.

Robbery reported in Elmwood city parking lot

Police say the assailant struck a man in the face, forced him out of his vehicle "and beat him."

ID'd by victims, sex crime suspect charged decades later

Two women identified Lashay Durisseau as their assailant and his DNA connected him to the crimes, Berkeley police say.

Gunfire breaks out on Berkeley-Oakland border

A reader told TBS they heard eight gunshots followed by another five. It may be the first confirmed shooting of the year.