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A crazed gunman wearing a Tupac Shakur T-shirt plunged the University of California at Berkeley campus into terror Friday night after randomly firing an automatic handgun outside a packed classical music performance.

Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison in a surprise announcement Tuesday said she is resigning from office, making it the second resignation of a member of the council this month.

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Otis Wyatt, 26, was sentenced to 25 years to life in one case and a concurrent 21 years in another, in connection with two homicide cases that involved shootings that killed three men.

Otis Wyatt, 26, was sentenced to 25 years to life in one case and a concurrent 21 years in another, in connection with two homicide cases that involved shootings that killed three men.

(1) PAXSON ASSAILANT BYRON DECLES ARRESTED. The Berkeley Scanner reports that Byron DeCles, wanted for his attack on Diana Paxson and her son, Ian, was caught today and charged with attempted murder: “Berkeley double stabbing suspect arrested in Oakland”. A man who had been wanted by police since Friday in connection with a stabbing in

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(BCN) — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office on Saturday reversed course after excluding some journalists from a media briefing this week. The action was roundly criticized by First Amendment advocates as being unconstitutional and inappropriate. The Berkeley Scanner founder Emilie Raguso was not allowed to enter a news conference held Wednesday by District Attorney […]

Dec. 3—Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has put local news site the Berkeley Scanner back on her press list and will allow its editor in chief to attend her