As mass tree death worsens, East Bay parks get $10M for removal
About 1,500 acres of trees in the East Bay Regional Park District have been affected by a new die-off pattern that’s seen as dangerous during fire season.
Zac Farber
Before joining Berkeleyside as managing editor in April 2021, Zac was editor of the Southwest Journal, a 30,000-circulation biweekly community paper in Minneapolis, MN. While there, he led coverage of the killing of George Floyd, launched a special reporting project that tracked the coronavirus pandemic’s toll on the community, and spearheaded improved reporting on the city's Somali and Latino communities. Zac was also an editor at Patch Twin Cities, a web producer at WCCO-TV and a web editor and staff writer at the Finance & Commerce newspaper.
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In brief
Residents asked to shelter in place briefly after North Berkeley gas leak
Repairs were completed on the damaged gas line by around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Update: Controlled burn postponed in Tilden
The burn was planned as part of the East Bay Regional Park District’s efforts to create a “strategic ridgeline fuel break” along Grizzly Peak Boulevard.
