UPDATE: Police warn of sex crimes on UC Berkeley campus
UCPD now says there are at least four reports that may all be related.
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16 hours in Berkeley: 3 robberies and a hot prowl burglary
Robbers tore a purse from the hands of an 82-year-old woman. Other culprits ripped a cash register out of a McDonald's drive-through window.
UC Berkeley student tries to sell Nikes but is robbed at gunpoint
The victim, a Cal student in his 20s, had arranged to sell his Nikes — but the men who showed up to buy them robbed him instead, police said.
Woman dies at People's Park in Berkeley, investigation ongoing
Update: The coroner's office identified her as 62-year-old Denise Ann Hatcher.
2 armed robberies in Berkeley lead to police chase on I-80
The armed robberies took place within about 25 minutes near the UC Berkeley campus Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Man, 42, dies after setting himself on fire at UC Berkeley
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco identified him as 42-year-old Chet Bohrer of Salt Lake County in Utah.
BREAKING: Man set himself on fire on UC Berkeley campus
The man, who was estimated to be in his 20s, sustained critical injuries. A female bystander who tried to help him sustained minor injuries.