The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing a spare the air alert for Saturday because of pollution from wood burning, hitting a new record with 50 alerts in 2020.
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Supriya Yelimeli is a housing and homelessness reporter for Berkeleyside and joined the staff in May 2020 after contributing reporting since 2018 as a freelance writer. Yelimeli grew up in Fremont and has written for outlets across the Bay Area and Southern California, including as a breaking news reporter for Bay City News, and a contributor at Mission Local, NBC Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast Business Times. Yelimeli earned her undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Nexus. She's always reachable by Twitter and email for tips, criticism and all other feedback.
60-year-old Lasher’s Electronics will close at the end of 2020
Lasher’s was known as the local “fix-it” spot where you could find unique and obscure parts
County could issue stay-at-home orders if ICU capacity drops too far
Alameda County, which is in the Bay Area region of the new guidelines, currently has 33% ICU capacity.
Berkeley approves 10% delivery fee cap, home chef ordinance and a $50k outdoor dining grant
On Tuesday, Berkeley City Council approved a batch of measures to support restaurants and food makers impacted by the pandemic.
Dennis Eimoto, killed in house fire, is remembered for his ‘sweet manner’
Neighbors expressed concern about Eimoto living in the damaged home, but said he was very attached to the property.
5,000 Comcast customers in and around Berkeley lose internet service after pole fire
Thousands of customers were without internet Tuesday in Berkeley as Comcast responded to damaged fiber cables from fire at a shared PG&E utility pole in San Pablo.
Indoor dining closed again in Berkeley, Alameda County due to COVID-19 surge
After three short weeks, indoor dining is once again closed in Berkeley as the state grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases and Alameda County return to the purple tier.
Early-morning fire in Elmwood apartment building displaces 5
A two-alarm fire displaced five people early Monday morning at an apartment building in the 2600 block of Etna Street, authorities said.
Alameda County returns to most restrictive, purple COVID-19 tier with rising cases statewide
It is among 41 counties in the state that are now classified as Tier 1, the purple tier, indicating widespread coronavirus spread.
Historic Berkeley watering hole Albatross Pub closing due to COVID-19
It’s bad luck to kill an Albatross, but owner Andrew McGee says he hopes to preserve the pub’s people-focused mission if he ever opens a bar again.
Laura Babitt, Ana Vasudeo win school board seats with campaigns for smart school reopening, student safety
The two candidates will take over for Judy Appel and Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, who are both retiring from the board.
Driver who rammed into Berkeley, Albany stores arrested after pursuit
Police said his actions are not tied to “any act of targeted violence.”