The Berkeley Scanner

I was just turned away from an announced press conference with elected @AlamedaCountyDA Pamela Price. Every other member of the media who came was let in without any checking of credentials. @FACoalition @rcfp @SPJ_NorCal

The construction worker who died on a job site at a Berkeley elementary school last week was a father of seven and his family's main provider, according to a fundraiser launched in recent days. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/28/com…

BREAKING: A worker died Thursday after falling from scaffolding at a South Berkeley elementary school construction site, according to authorities and public records. He was identified as Jonathan Guidi, the coroner's office said. He was just 41. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/25/com…

A plan to install city surveillance cameras to help Berkeley police solve crime is back online after a near-unanimous City Council vote this week. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/25/pol…

Berkeley officials voted Tuesday night to give a dead-end street to one of the city's largest taxpayers in response to concerns about a sprawling homeless encampment there. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/24/com…

Berkeley City Council approved a set of new Flock surveillance cameras with what most officials described as appropriate safeguards and audits in place. (The program was approved already but these are new cameras.) One no vote. Details coming. @Flock_Safety @berkeleypolice

Members of Berkeley's Jewish community came together at a local synagogue last week to discuss rising antisemitism and how to respond to it. " We know what's happening. We all feel it," said co-organizer Teresa Drenick of @AJCNorCal. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/22/com…

The best way to stay safe from wildfire in the Berkeley Hills is to leave the area on extreme fire weather days before being ordered to evacuate, a new city study has found. Leaving could take more than four hours in a major wildfire. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/18/com…

A new defense motion has raised serious ethical questions about whether the prosecution, under recalled DA Pamela Price, mishandled a high-profile police shooting case before being recused from it altogether due to bias. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/18/cou…

Berkeley police arrested a suspected intoxicated driver who crashed twice Friday morning within just 2 miles, authorities report. Police say the driver injured a motorist in one collision and then crashed into a pole in front of BPD. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/17/tra…

Berkeley just saw its second pedestrian fatality in just 6 months. Despite city efforts to eliminate traffic fatalities through its "Vision Zero" plan, the numbers haven't changed much. Here's the latest on Claremont Avenue and how you can weigh in. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/16/tra…

A Berkeley man with a long history of DUIs drove off after hitting a father with his child in a crosswalk in June, according to charging papers. The driver had a suspended license and had just been charged with a DUI weeks earlier. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/12/tra…

SCOOP: A former Berkeley High student has been charged with felony gun crimes after posting video of himself near campus with a rifle in his waistband, according to court papers. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/10/arr…

UPDATE: The man who died earlier this week when a driver struck him in Berkeley was identified as Roderick Nared, 67 (address unknown), the coroner's office said Thursday. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/09/tra…

The city of Berkeley began removing the remaining tents from the Ohlone Park homeless encampment Wednesday morning. We'll update the story throughout the day. MORE: berkeleyscanner.com/2025/07/09/com…