
Emilie Raguso
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at The Berkeley Scanner
@BerkeleyScanner founder. 2017 @SPJ_NorCal journalist of the year. @ucbsoj alum. former senior editor @berkeleyside (2012-'22).
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2 days ago |
berkeleyscanner.com | Emilie Raguso
The city of Berkeley "violated due process" this week when it tried to close a homeless encampment on Harrison Street without proper notice, a judge has ruled. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ordered the city to stop its removal of the Harrison Street camp until at least next week, due in part to a previously scheduled hearing on the matter.
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3 days ago |
berkeleyscanner.com | Emilie Raguso
A federal judge has ordered the city of Berkeley to stop the removal of a longstanding homeless encampment on Harrison Street until at least next week. "The City’s abatement shall cease immediately until further order," U.S. District Judge Edward Chen wrote Wednesday afternoon. The next court hearing on the encampment is set for Tuesday, June 10.
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3 days ago |
berkeleyscanner.com | Emilie Raguso
A man has died after an apartment fire on College Avenue in Berkeley on Wednesday morning, authorities report. Firefighters found two men trapped and rescued them, one from a balcony and one from inside the building, the Berkeley Fire Department said Wednesday. The second man sustained critical injuries and ultimately did not survive, officials said just before 1 p.m.The fire, in the Elmwood neighborhood, displaced six people.
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4 days ago |
berkeleyscanner.com | Emilie Raguso
A longtime felon has now been charged in connection with a shooting investigation in northwest Berkeley that closed an intersection for hours Monday. According to court records, 31-year-old Alex Foster was charged with shooting into an occupied apartment, possessing a firearm and ammunition and other crimes. Berkeley police say Foster fired a gun through his ceiling into his neighbor's apartment at Gilman and Curtis streets. No one was hurt.
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5 days ago |
berkeleyscanner.com | Emilie Raguso
Berkeley police are investigating a hate crime against a transgender support group leader Friday night. Authorities say someone in an older model black sedan shot the transgender woman with a pellet gun as she left a support group meeting in downtown Berkeley. The woman was walking east from Shattuck Avenue on the south side of Center Street when she heard a male voice yell out a homophobic slur, police said.
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