Berkeleyside’s wildfire guide: Everything you need to know to prepare for and survive wildfires
Preparation advice, evacuation guidance and answers to your questions about air quality, power outages and defending your property.
3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk
A first-of-its-kind analysis looked at the health of East Bay wildlife, from bats to bobcats and salamanders to steelhead. Two major mapping projects will dive deep into vegetation and wildfire hazard.
A massacre of mussels as algae bloom hits the Berkeley Marina
A red tide worse than any since 2004 is the likely culprit. Gulls are gorging on the dead mollusks and leaving shell piles on the docks.
New rock garden opens in Tilden
The small rock garden, highlighting native alpine plants from the high Sierra Nevada, opened on Saturday in the Tilden botanic garden.
Update: Berkeley native is back home after 240-mile trek to East Bay’s water source
Nina Gordon-Kirsch spent more than a month walking from her home in Oakland to the headwaters of the Mokelumne River.
East Bay Regional Park District
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Berkeley farmers market vendors face climate crisis, high gas prices
After years of drought and increased expenses, vendors at Berkeley’s farmers markets struggle to keep produce prices low.
Revamped amphitheater, new picnic area open at John Hinkel Park
A new irrigation system still needs to be installed, but the city celebrated the completion Saturday of a $1 million project to restore the North Berkeley park.
Berkeley’s animal shelter is ‘swamped’ with kittens
The city shelter has become so crowded that they’ve had to put cats in kennels meant for dogs.
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