Tuesday: Attend a Berkeley public safety town hall on Zoom Community members who are concerned about Berkeley crime are invited to a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night.
Berkeley shootings in 2023: The definitive gunfire map As of Nov. 8, Berkeley has had 32 shootings in 2023 with seven people wounded. BPD also had two fatal police shootings.
TikTok challenge drives uptick in thefts of Hyundais, Kias in Berkeley Hyundais and Kias have been targeted in vehicle thefts around the nation. The automakers have come up with a new theft deterrent software to help.
Berkeley is seeing a spike in robberies; people are worried "The mayor and police department have to do a better job to protect the area," one resident told The Scanner. "Things are getting worse."
The Berkeley Scanner shooting and gunfire map for 2022 Three people were killed and 16 wounded in shootings in Berkeley in 2022, making it much more violent than the prior year.