More than 200 people from the Golden Gate Fields racetrack community have contracted COVID-19, according to a new statement officials released early Friday evening.
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More than 100 workers at Golden Gate Fields racetrack now have COVID-19
More than 100 racetrack workers at Golden Gate Fields tested positive for COVID-19 this week. The city of Berkeley’s total case count spiked overnight from about 920 to 1,050.
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Man killed in freeway crash on Interstate 80 near Berkeley, Albany border
A man whose vehicle became disabled on Interstate 80 near Berkeley early Sunday morning was killed when a motorist struck him as he stood outside his car, authorities report.
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‘A bunch of third graders’ mount a photography show
Creative wrangler Jeannie Kim Chen gave a group of 9-year-old girls from Jefferson Elementary professional-grade photography lessons. The result is “Miniworlds,” on show until Aug. 31.
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Berkeley ambulance catches fire during patient transport; no injuries
A Berkeley Fire Department ambulance caught fire in the Berkeley Hills while taking a patient to the hospital Wednesday night, authorities report.
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Foam from garbage truck fire likely was ‘primary culprit’ in steelhead trout kill
More than 60 steelhead trout were killed in Berkeley’s Codornices Creek recently, likely as a result of 20 gallons of foam retardant used to extinguish a garbage truck fire in early April, authorities report.
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Update: Fish and Wildlife officers investigate dead fish after chemical spill
One community member surveyed the area from Eighth Street to San Pablo Avenue “and photographed around 60+ dead fish” after firefighters had to use foam to put out a garbage truck fire on Rose Street on Wednesday.
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Police: San Francisco man in stolen Lexus rammed cop car during chase
A driver who struck two other motorists and rammed a police car was arrested in Albany on Thursday evening after a chase through Berkeley, authorities report.
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Man charged with murder in Albany killing; Berkeley woman not charged
Three witnesses and a Berkeley homicide detective helped authorities zero in on the 31-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of a Vallejo man Sunday morning in Albany.
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Berkeley woman and Oakland man arrested after fatal Albany shooting
The Albany Police Department has announced two arrests following the fatal shooting Sunday morning of 23-year-old Raphael Fuentes-Lee of Vallejo.
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Ohlone Greenway partially closed for Albany homicide investigation
A man was fatally shot Sunday morning in Albany on the Ohlone Greenway, partially closing the popular pathway during the investigation, authorities report.
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Defendant in 2008 Berkeley sexual assault case faces new Albany murder charge
An Antioch man arrested in 2015 in connection with the 2008 sexual assaults of two Berkeley teens has now been charged with the murder of an Albany dental student.
