Berkeley Fire

Dispatch from Berkeley wildfire season: Cut, whack, yank, dig, repeat

Home inspections, a "fuel break" on Grizzly Peak and a project focused on eucalyptus understory cleanup are just a few of the efforts underway.

Flames engulf Tesla in Tilden park in Berkeley: video

Firefighters from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and the Berkeley Fire Department put out the blaze.

Berkeley may start cleaning up problematic homeless camps

"We need to be more aggressive in our approach," Rashi Kesarwani said, adding that the city will continue to offer shelter as often as it can.

Berkeley fire safety regs bring anxiety — and chainsaws

Some have said they feel pressured to do expensive, seemingly futile, work on their properties. Others say it's all hands on deck.

Vulture survives after starting Berkeley grass fire

Firefighters found the partially burned bird beneath the power lines when they got to the scene.

Update: Berkeley Hills grass fire now contained

Hikers on the Nimitz trail called 911 to report the fire. "We heard a loud, startling explosion around 1:30," one of them told us.

Update: Berkeley warehouse fire caused $1M in damage

A private insurance company and Union Pacific are each "conducting independent investigations into the cause," BFD said this week.