We’ve updated our Berkeley Wildfire Guide with preparation advice, evacuation guidance, and answers to your questions about air quality, power outages, and property defense.
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Yes, the Berkeleyside website looks different today
We are upgrading to a new publishing platform this week so you may spot some changes.
Posted inCity
Berkeley man, 10-year-old son died in rafting accident in Washington state
A woman and a girl with them on the commercially operated raft survived, as did the raft’s guide.
Posted inCommunity
Juneteenth returns to live celebrations in Berkeley
Festivities returned to the Adeline Corridor, two years after the pandemic forced it online and the first since it became a federal holiday.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Boy, 17, wounded in West Berkeley shooting
More people have been wounded or killed by gunfire in Berkeley this year than in all of 2021.