The Berkeley Scanner

A stabbing in downtown Berkeley sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries Saturday morning, leading to an arrest, authorities report.

Just before 9:40 a.m., BART police asked

By Karina Ioffee

Cuts are coming to all city departments as Berkeley works to address a "persistent general fund structural deficit" driven in part by growing health care and pension costs.

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Days before one of the year's biggest meets, Berkeley High announced that its longtime head Track & Field coach no longer ran the program.

In an email Thursday to the "Track & Field Community," a Berkeley High vice principal said

Berkeley revenues are growing, but not fast enough to keep up with expenses, prompting a shift in how the city builds its budget.

"Our expenditures are the biggest problem. They're growing at a higher rate," Henry Oyekanmi, Berkeley's finance director, told officials Thursday. "So the question is… how do we live within those means? That's the issue we're having."

The contents of a garbage truck caught fire Saturday morning, filling the air with smoke and causing the truck to dump its load in one of Berkeley's busiest neighborhoods.

The incident unfolded at Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street shortly after 10 a.m.