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Sex offender hit with 2 new Berkeley arson cases

A man has been charged with felony arson in connection with two fires near UC Berkeley in recent weeks, court records show.In charging papers, Berkeley police said one of the fires grew large enough to threaten several commercial structures on Channing Way. The other fire was several feet from a commercial building, "creating a hazard" in a "high-density area," police wrote.Authorities say Lavell Young, 43, set a tent on fire June 30 at about 1 …
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berkeleyscanner.com broke the news in on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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