July Fourth in Berkeley: Skip fireworks; hillside roads closed
Starting Friday at 5 a.m., Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Panoramic Way and Prospect Street will close to non-residents for 24 hours.
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Hit-and-run driver sends 3 elderly people to hospital
The report initially came in to Berkeley police as an Apple Watch notification.
Final Berkeley vote on strict new wildfire plan expected tonight
Update: Berkeley officials unanimously approved EMBER shortly after 11 p.m. following hours of public comment on both sides.
Person dead Friday in Berkeley after BART train collision
Update, June 25: BFD found Hui Ming Chen, a 71-year-old Albany man, deceased on the tracks near the BART tunnel at about 7 a.m.
North Berkeley BART closed by possible train strike
Firefighters found a woman under the first BART car, breathing but unresponsive, and performed an extrication, according to radio traffic.
Berkeley attic fire displaces local family
The fire caused "quite extensive damage" to the roof and attic, rendering the home uninhabitable, the Berkeley Fire Department said.
Update: Berkeley fire fatality ID'd as Roberto Rodriguez, 69
The fire displaced six people, the Berkeley Fire Department said.