Crime

July Fourth gunfire damages 6 vehicles in West Berkeley

A resident called Berkeley police around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday after finding bullet holes in a vehicle near Eighth Street and Channing Way.

Man charged with hate crimes, elder abuse in North Berkeley

Ross Wolfer injured a 75-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, then confronted a father with his children, police say.

Berkeley PD: He was shot by the clerk he tried to rob at gunpoint. His DNA led the cops to him.

Police say DNA linked Armoni Traylor to an armed robbery attempt at Black & White liquors that left the cashier with a gunshot wound to the hand.

More details emerge about sex crime attack near UC Berkeley

Surveillance video showed Wilmer Guerra Peña follow the woman from Kip's bar and attack her on College Avenue, police say.

Berkeley man, 68, lit on fire by stranger, in critical condition

Police say the assailant poured gasoline on the man and lit him on fire. Then he fled the scene.

Driver charged with hit-and-run injury crash in Berkeley

Witnesses followed the driver, Misty Bancroft, until police arrived to arrest her, court papers show.

Police arrest kidnapping, sex crime suspect near UC Berkeley

Police arrested Wilmer Guerra Peña, 28, on suspicion of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, assault with intent to commit rape and other crimes.