When Michael Meehan took over as Berkeley's police chief in 2009, he promised to be open and transparent. He immediately came clean, saying he had already gotten two parking tickets - in front of the police station -... full story ![]()
Man dies in struggle with Berkeley police A 41-year-old man died while struggling with Berkeley police officers trying to take him into custody for a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said Wednesday. The incident happened after police arrived to investigate a disturbance between roommates at the Gaia apartment complex at 2116 Allston Way about 11:49 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
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BERKELEY -- Police have surrounded a home in North Berkeley where a man who reportedly fired a gun earlier Wednesday is holed up inside.
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Berkeley victim killed making peace The man shot and killed in the hills above UC Berkeley had intervened in a dispute and was probably attacked by someone involved in the argument, police said Monday. Alberto Santana Silva, 21, of Fremont was with friends on Grizzly Peak Boulevard near signpost 16 early Sunday when he tried to break up an argument between two groups of...
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Margo Bennett, who had been serving as interim police chief since former Chief Mitch Celaya retired in December, will take over a department with 149 employees, including 66 sworn officers.
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BERKELEY, Calif. — Police say an 8-year-old girl who was struck by an arrow while on a school trip at the University of California, Berkeley does not appear to have been shot intentionally.UC Berkeley police Capt. Steven Roderick says investigators are tracing the arrow's trajectory as they try to determine where it came from and who fired it.Nadine Hairston was sitting on a...
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An off-duty Berkeley police officer was the victim of an assault this weekend in Burlingame, a Berkeley police sergeant said today.
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Congressman Pat Meehan is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to include Pennsylvania properties in its search for a site to build a new air traffic control facility.
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Congressman Pat Meehan is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to include Pennsylvania properties in its search for a site to build a new air traffic control facility.
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BERKELEY -- Police are looking for other residents who may have been targeted by an alleged sex offender after a man was arrested in April for exposing himself in front of two high school students.
mercurynews.com (20 days ago)
Pit bull attacks Berkeley police officer Berkeley police officers killed two pit bulls at a Richmond home Tuesday after the dogs attacked them, officials said. The injured officer was taken to Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, where he was treated and released, officials said.
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