Coming up: Kidical Mass ride, pop-up bikeway, Bike Month
The latest Walk Bike Berkeley email blast is chock-full of upcoming bike events in town.
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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.
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."
Berkeley's Civic Center Park encampment has been removed
Berkeley City Councilman Igor Tregub provided an update on the encampment in an email to constituents this week.
Berkeley High arrest tears open old wounds — what's next?
For the past week, school administrators have prohibited all Berkeley police officers from entering campus without permission, sources said.
Berkeley officials condemn recent anti-Muslim hate crime
On Monday, dozens of local activists held a vigil against hate to speak out about Islamophobia.
Berkeley High sexual battery suspect facing new charges
A judge had ordered Audrey Barlow to stay away from Berkeley High when she released him on his own recognizance last month.