Cyclist rushed to hospital after West Berkeley crash
Reports of the crash, on southbound San Pablo Avenue at Oregon Street, began coming in shortly after 5 p.m.
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Man, 42, dies after setting himself on fire at UC Berkeley
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco identified him as 42-year-old Chet Bohrer of Salt Lake County in Utah.
BREAKING: Man set himself on fire on UC Berkeley campus
The man, who was estimated to be in his 20s, sustained critical injuries. A female bystander who tried to help him sustained minor injuries.
Flooring contractor dies weeks after fire at Bayer Berkeley
Ben Casillas Jr. had been working as a contractor on a flooring project at Bayer when the fire broke out six weeks ago.
Fire at Berkeley liquor store causes $150,000 in damage
The owner had just put something into the microwave to reheat it when he heard a popping noise from a different area of the wall, BFD said.
Garbage truck takes down power poles, lines in Berkeley
"Our whole house shook," one local resident said. "I thought for sure it was a huge earthquake."
Bayer fire cause still unknown but records reveal new details
Fundraisers have been launched for both men, who were flooring contractors working at a Bayer building under renovation.