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Hate crime report: Transgender woman shot with pellet gun

Someone with a pellet gun shot a transgender woman in the back as she walked in downtown Berkeley on Friday. City officials are speaking out.

Another Berkeley stabbing under investigation

Police said the victim declined to provide much detail but said he had been stabbed while sitting on the steps outside a homeless shelter.

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.

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.