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Student voices are missing from gun safety report
Some significant voices are missing in the 11-page report the Ad Hoc Safety Committee prepared on how to reduce guns in Berkeley high schools: that of the students. While two Berkeley High students sat...
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Berkeley school board considers weapons safety report
While Berkeley High should tighten its perimeter, enlist its uniformed police officer to patrol its edges and nearby park, have its security officers wear identifiable uniforms, and teach students...
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Students see security changes at Berkeley High School
As Berkeley High students returned to school this week, they weren’t permitted to enter by the Allston Street door leading into the main office. Instead they were directed to a nearby gate. “Visitors...
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Drug arrest leads to tense moments at Berkeley High
Update, 11.01.11: The BPD has released a photograph of the replica gun officers recovered Monday in this case (left). It was a realistic looking Desert Eagle gun, the BPD reported. In an email release,...
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Breaking: Berkeley High student shot in Oakland
Update, 2:20 pm: The BHS student who was shot this morning in Oakland is out of surgery and is stable and resting, according to an email from BHS Principal Pasquale Scuderi to the BHS community. He...
View ArticleNo suspect in Berkeley High student shooting case
Oakland Police Department say they have no suspect for Thursday morning’s shooting of a Berkeley High senior as he was riding his bike at the intersection of Lowell and Market streets in North Oakland....
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Berkeley High asks youth to fight back against violence
A Berkeley High alum came back to school Thursday, after nearly two decades, to speak with students about the importance of resisting violence and standing up for each other in the face of bullying....
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Berkeley high school student robbed, weapon involved
A male student at Berkeley Technology Academy high school was robbed and assaulted today at approximately 11:15 a.m. at Milvia and Stuart streets in central Berkeley, according to authorities. A weapon...
View ArticleWorkshop urges action on gun violence around Berkeley
Following the recent shootings of former Berkeley students in Oakland, a coalition of groups held a workshop Friday, May 24, to try to figure out ways to reduce the vulnerability of young people in the...
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Berkeley schools implement $2M safety plan
When gun violence in the school’s neighborhood forced LeConte Elementary School to go on lockdown earlier this month, second grade teacher Pamela Diebel and her colleagues weren’t able to lock their...
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Berkeley schools, police, city join forces on youth crime
Berkeley school officials, police and the city are gearing up to work more closely on juvenile crime issues, both to improve information sharing and try to get services to youth who need them. A small...
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Berkeley police ask for help, video footage, from recent shooting incident
Police are particularly interested in hearing from people who live in the area shots were fired who might have security camera footage from that afternoon.
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In wake of Florida shooting, Berkeley School Board approves $2M safety project
BUSD will assess school facilities and install more "Columbine locks," specialized PA systems and surveillance cameras.
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Berkeley Unified is investigating teacher who showed historic weapon in class
A popular Berkeley High history teacher was placed on administrative leave after he showed an old bazooka to his students.
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Crime round-up: Robberies, $7,000 cigarette heist, BHS student with gun
Berkeleyside has been collecting notable arrests and details on other public safety incidents in 2019 in response to reader tips and independent research. They appear here along with BPD's "cases of...
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