Air quality maps can show different measurements during wildfires. Why?
Depending on whether you look at AirNow or PurpleAir, you might get very different results of the quality of the air in your neighborhood. What’s the deal?
Berkeley’s fire of 1923 gave way to a commercial free-for-all
The East Bay had already lost businesses to poor water systems by 1923. When the fire struck, residents turned on their hoses to find no water coming out. Afterward some businesses offered relief as others sought to cash in.
A devastating fire left 4,000 homeless in Berkeley. 100 years later, what can we learn?
The blaze of Sept. 17, 1923, caught Berkeley firefighters completely unprepared, leaving nearly 4,000 homeless before a change in wind stopped it at the edge of downtown. Fire experts warn that a fire just as bad — or worse — could happen today.
Disaster preparedness resources
Berkeley Wildfire Guide
Fire warnings, preparation advice, evacuation guidance and more answers to your questions about air quality, power outages and defending your property during the 2022 California fire season.
How seniors and people with disabilities can prepare for wildfires
Issues with mobility, hearing, vision, frailty and intellectual or developmental disabilities make emergency preparedness more challenging. Preparation can help and may save lives.
Most Berkeley residents displaced by mudslides have returned home
The Middlefield Road home where mud pushed down a wall and entered the kitchen is still yellow-tagged. Residents have returned to the other seven homes evacuated Jan. 16.
Fire season is underway: Here’s what’s new in Berkeley this year
“We know we have big challenges ahead,” Berkeley Fire Chief Abe Roman said recently. “We all have to adapt to this new normal.”
More from the archives
During Maui fires, Berkeley High sisters fled an ‘orange dome of flames’ with their family
Linden and Sophia Koshland were visiting their grandmother in Ka’anapali, Hawaii, earlier this month when a neighbor knocked on the door and urged the family to evacuate immediately.
What’s next for Berkeley’s old Oxford Elementary School?
Sell it? Turn it into housing? Knock it down? The fate of the North Berkeley school building, vacated in 2020 after a report showed vulnerability to earthquake damage, is still undecided.
How to defend your Berkeley home from wildfire
How do you protect your property? How has guidance changed? What help is available? What if you rent? What do you need to know about fire insurance?
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