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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/12/2026 > traffic-safety > berkeley-crash-motorcycle-rider-seriously-injured

Motorcycle rider seriously injured in Berkeley crash

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (120+ words) Northbound Sacramento Street was closed at Dwight Way, and Dwight was closed at Spaulding Avenue, police said. A motorcycle rider sustained a significant leg injury during a collision in South Berkeley on Wednesday evening, authorities report. The crash was reported…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/10/2026 > traffic-safety > berkeley-police-scooter-driver-dui-warrants-before-major-crash

Police: Scooter driver had DUI warrants before major crash

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (496+ words) Police identified the scooter operator as Irving Moreno-Reyes. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI causing injury, BPD said. A scooter operator whose passenger sustained serious injuries in a crash Monday night in downtown Berkeley had outstanding DUI warrants before…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/10/2026 > crime > student-arrested-bleach-attack-berkeley-high

Police: Berkeley High student arrested after bleach attack

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (422+ words) Support TBS with a'one-time gift Officers responded Monday to Berkeley High School on a report of a fight between two female students, BPD said. A female student who threw bleach at another student during a fight Monday was arrested on…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/10/2026 > traffic-safety > berkeley-car-crash-scooter-rider-serious-injuries

Scooter rider sustains serious injuries in Berkeley crash

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (164+ words) A scooter passenger sustained serious injuries Monday night when a driver struck him in downtown Berkeley, authorities report. The scooter rider, a man in his 30s, was not wearing a helmet, authorities said. Due to the extent of his injuries, Berkeley…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/08/2026 > uc-berkeley-crime > uc-police-2-men-arrested-shooting-grizzly-peak

UC Berkeley police: Grizzly Peak gunfire sees 2 men arrested

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (235+ words) Officers recovered a firearm and other contraband during the arrest, UCPD said. UC Berkeley police arrested two men early Sunday morning after getting reports of gunfire on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, authorities report. The men, whose names were unavailable pending the…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/06/2026 > community > man-pronounced-dead-ohlone-greenway-berkeley

Man pronounced dead next to Ohlone Greenway in Berkeley

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (295+ words) Support TBS with a'one-time gift His name has not been released. A man was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon in North Berkeley after a passer-by noticed he might need help and asked authorities to check on him. The witness called police…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/06/2026 > community > berkeley-man-60-sustains-serious-injuries-apartment-fire

Berkeley man sustains serious injuries in apartment fire

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (265+ words) A 911 caller reported "dark smoke" coming from the second-story window of the building on Colusa Avenue, BFD said. A man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries this week after a fire broke out in his North Berkeley apartment…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/05/2026 > community > berkeley-new-interim-director-police-accountability-kathy-lee

Berkeley names new interim director of police accountability

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (126+ words) Kathy Lee helped get the Police Accountability Board off the ground after overseeing the city's Police Review Commission for years. The Berkeley mayor's office has just put forward retired city staffer Kathy Lee to run the Police Accountability Board on…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/05/2026 > traffic-safety > berkeley-woman-hit-by-driver-walking-ashby-avenue

Berkeley woman hit by driver while walking on Ashby Avenue

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (208+ words) Support TBS with a'one-time gift A driver struck a woman who was trying to cross Ashby Avenue on Wednesday night, sending her to the hospital with significant injuries, authorities report. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. at Ashby and Regent Street,…...

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berkeleyscanner.com > 03/03/2026 > community > berkeley-harrison-encampment-closure-march-9-deadline

Berkeley sets March 9 deadline to leave Harrison encampment

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (354+ words) Eight people seeking disability accommodations are excluded from the order, which declares the Harrison Street corridor a "no-lodging area." Berkeley workers have posted a new round of closure notices announcing an end to the city's last large homeless encampment, on…...