TBS Today, April 15
A bold plan to tighten wildfire prevention measures in Berkeley's most vulnerable neighborhoods heads to the City Council this afternoon.
At a special 4 p.m. meeting Tuesday, officials will consider changing city fire code to require stricter defensible space in Berkeley's highest wildfire hazard zone.
In our latest deep dive, Kate Darby Rauch breaks down everything you need to know about what the city hopes to accomplish.
Berkeley may ban plants close to buildings in top wildfire zones
Officials are set to consider a BFD proposal prohibiting plants within 5 feet of structures, called Zone 0, in the most vulnerable wildfire areas.
Kate Darby Rauch
In case you missed it
Fire tears through East Bay Media Center overnight
BFD found 20- to 30-foot flames breaching the roof, “touching adjacent buildings [and] threatening to engulf the surrounding structures.”
Emilie Raguso
Man struck by Amtrak train in Berkeley
BFD rushed the patient to Highland Hospital with a “Code 3” trauma activation, authorities said.
Emilie Raguso
Update: Suspicious item was not a bomb, Berkeley police say
Officers found the item in the area of Sunday morning’s police shooting, which left a man in critical condition.
Emilie Raguso
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