“It has been determined that there is no longer a known threat to UC Berkeley campus locations,” according to an alert.
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Alex N. Gecan
Alex N. Gecan joined Berkeleyside in 2023 as a senior reporter covering public safety. He has covered criminal justice, courts and breaking and local news for The Middletown Press, Stamford Advocate and Connecticut Post in Connecticut, Asbury Park Press on the Jersey Shore and the Marin Independent Journal.
Berkeley gun violence: $2M pilot contract awarded to East Bay-born Live Free USA
The national nonprofit will work with the McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Berkeley Junior Jackets and the Oakland-based National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to try to curb gun violence in Berkeley.
Berkeley ballots to feature a dozen local measures this November
Voters will decide in November whether to levy new taxes to fix roads and sidewalks, extend the soda tax, increase library and parks taxes, restructure Measure P, tax natural gas use and invoke new air quality restrictions in city buildings.
BPD urges ‘stranger danger’ discussions for child safety after 2 arrests
Police in Berkeley arrested two men, one on July 30, the other July 31, on allegations of annoying or molesting children in city parks.
Berkeley police make arrest in fatal July 3 shooting
Berkeley police said they were able to identify 57-year-old Steve Addison of Oakland as the shooter. They tracked him down Wednesday in North Oakland.
Southwest Berkeley 3-alarm fire guts vacant commercial building
There were no injuries reported in the fire, which began around 2:40 a.m. The structure that burned comprised vacant warehouse and office space.
New property taxes, tenants rights among measures Berkeley Council to mull on Tuesday
Street and sidewalk repairs, library funds, parks repairs and improvements, funding for unhoused Berkeleyans and a number of other health and safety items area all slated for discussion Tuesday.
Person charged with firebombing UC Berkeley police car pleads not guilty
Casey R. Goonan, 34, has denied the federal charges against them in a firebombing on a UCPD cruiser near campus on June 1.
Berkeley mayor’s race: Candidates face off on housing, race, climate, seniors
Sophie Hahn, Kate Harrison and Adena Ishii took questions at a candidate forum at The Way Christian Center.
Berkeley Council tasks redraft of ‘missing middle’ zoning changes
The zoning ordinance and general plan changes would have made it easier to build denser housing citywide, a move proponents hope will reverse the effects of racially exclusive housing policies. Opponents are worried about the increased fire risk to the city.
Berkeley to host pair of disaster readiness workshops
Officials will review the city’s local hazard mitigation plan at the second of two hazard mitigation plan forums Saturday.
Berkeley post office workers sentenced in cannabis package theft scam
Two former clerks have been sentenced to probation in a scheme to steal packages of cannabis and sell the contents. A third person charged in the case is scheduled for sentencing next month.