The Berkeley Scanner

The suspect in a s*x crime case involving a child attending camp at UC Berkeley over the weekend has now been charged, court papers show.

Camp counselor charged with lewd acts on a child in Cal dorm On Tuesday, the DA's office charged Quaylin Wesley, a 27-year-old Oakland man, with eight felonies.

EXCLUSIVE: The man police say started a fire at the Berkeley Animal Shelter last weekend, and later tried to flood it, had his dog taken during a recent arrest, The Scanner has learned.

Dog seizure preceded Berkeley Animal Shelter fire After the fire, police say arson suspect Peter Taraba flooded the shelter and then flooded the toilet in his Berkeley jail cell.

BREAKING: A deceased person was found on the UC Berkeley campus near Oxford Street on Friday morning. Gardeners found the body while working on one of the main campus pathways. The Scanner is the first to report this news.

Dead body found at UC Berkeley Gardeners found the body while working on campus Friday at the West Circle, in the bushes on one of the main campus pathways.

SCOOP: Berkeley police say they have arrested the man who set a fire at the Berkeley Animal Shelter over the weekend. BPD arrested Peter Taraba on Thursday on suspicion of more than 40 counts of animal cruelty, police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.

Berkeley Animal Shelter arson: arrest made Peter Taraba was arrested Thursday morning in connection with more than 40 counts of animal cruelty, police said.

SCOOP: A man with leptospirosis died in Berkeley in May after living in a "severely rat-infested RV" not far from Harrison Street, the city has confirmed.

Man with leptospirosis died after breeding rats in RV, city says "These are the first human cases of Leptospirosis in Berkeley in more than a decade," the city said.