Iris Kwok covers the environment for Berkeleyside through a partnership with Report for America. A former music journalist, her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED, San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Classical Voice, among other publications. In her spare time, you can find her petting street cats or playing cello. She joined Berkeleyside in June 2022.
A total of 15 emergency warning sirens will eventually be installed across Berkeley, alerting residents about fires, earthquakes and tsunamis with spoken evacuation messages.
Abraham Roman will assume the position of deputy chief of operations at the San Rafael Fire Department on June 27.Â
Temperatures are expected to peak in the low 90s Tuesday.
The new Outdoor Nature Lab is the UC Berkeley museum’s biggest expansion in 20 years.
Visitors driving to the Berkeley shoreline no longer have to undergo a teeth-jangling, suspension-rattling experience.
A heat event Friday will send temperatures into the mid- to upper 80s in Berkeley, and the low triple digits in interior portions of the East Bay.
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