Small quake rumbles through East Bay

The quake was centered near Berkeley just before 6 a.m. and felt in Oakland, Richmond and Orinda, among other areas.

Berkeley police arrest suspect in homicide

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected in a fatal shooting near the Berkeley Rose Garden over the weekend.

Police seek suspect in break-in and assault of woman in her Berkeley apartment

Berkeley police were looking for the man who broke into a woman's apartment and assaulter her over the weekend, leaving her with significant injuries.

5,000-year-old Native American burial site in East Bay deemed historic site

The National Trust for Historic Preservation put west Berkeley's Shellmound on its list of eleven most endangered historic places in the United States. 

Fireworks spark crackdown in the East Bay hills

A cell phone video, making the rounds, shows several people around a bonfire while another person sets off fireworks at a vista point on Grizzly Peak.

Violators of Berkeley's mask mandate face $100 fine

City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night to impose a $100 fine on people who violate the city's mask mandate that has been in place since June. 

Father blames son's fatal drug overdose on Santa Rita jail guards' negligence

Jonah Andrews was one of two people who died in Santa Rita this year, a marked drop from prior years. Since 2014, 47 inmates have died while in custody at Santa Rita, which has the highest-jail death rate in the Bay Area, according to an analysis by KTVU. 

Berkeley Police announce $50,000 reward in cold case

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that could help solve the shooting death 10 years ago of a Chilean man in Berkeley, police said Saturday.

Man charged with murder in UC Berkeley student's shooting death

The man suspected of killing a 19-year-old UC Berkeley student in June has been charged with murder Berkeley Police Department said on Monday. 

Synagogue trash can, church set on fire in Berkeley

A woman was arrested for allegedly setting a plastic trash can on fire at the rear of a Jewish synagogue in Berkeley, police said Monday.

3-year-old filly euthanized after injuring leg at Golden Gate Fields race track

Snow Pack suffered the injury during Sunday's fourth race at the Berkeley Track, said Mike Marten, a spokesman for the California Horse Racing Board.

Man shot in Berkeley early Saturday

Police in Berkeley are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday morning and sent a man to the hospital.