TBS Today, Dec. 15
A massive barge appeared in the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley on Saturday, prompting multiple questions from community members.
Here's what we learned.
Storm grounds barge named Seaport in Berkeley waters
“It looks pretty rusty,” one reader said. “I’d love to know the story.”
Emilie Raguso
Also, sad news: For the second time in two weeks, a woman is dead after being struck by a train in northwest Berkeley.
The coroner's office said the woman's name was not available pending fingerprint results. But we did find the name of the woman who was killed two weeks ago.
Woman struck and killed by train in Berkeley
She was the second woman to die on the Berkeley tracks in just two weeks.
Emilie Raguso
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