A small group of protesters gathered on the steps of Berkeley City Hall to urge the city to put a moratorium on all new construction in the wake of the June 16 balcony collapse. Photo: Tracey Taylor By Francesca Paris In the wake of a balcony collapse that killed six Irish students in Berkeley this […]
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No ‘smoking gun’ in Berkeley balcony design
Reporters from the Associated Press, Bay Area News Group and the San Francisco Chronicle pore over the architectural drawings for Library Gardens in the Berkeley Planning Department on June 18, 2015. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Reporters from the Associated Press, Bay Area News Group and the San Francisco Chronicle pore over the architectural drawings for Library Gardens in […]
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As students recover in hospitals, support grows for survivors and victims of Berkeley balcony collapse
A note and flowers left in memory of the victims of a deadly balcony collapse at the Library Gardens Apartments lie on the sidewalk on Kittredge Street, near Miliva Street, in Berkeley, on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Photo: David Yee A note and flowers left in memory of the victims of a deadly balcony collapse […]
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Coroner releases autopsy results on balcony victims; first responders sought help for shock, stress
An injured person is placed into an ambulance at the scene of Tuesday’s balcony collapse. First responders later sought help for shock and stress. Photo: David Yee An injured person is placed into an ambulance at the scene of Tuesday’s balcony collapse. First responders later sought help for shock and stress. Photo: David Yee The […]
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City posts documents from balcony collapse property
Remnants of beams from removed balconies photographed on Thursday, June 18, 2015, show contrast between the condition of the wood from the collapsed balcony and the balcony it fell upon at the Library Gardens Apartments, in Berkeley. Six people died and seven were seriously injured in the early Tuesday morning accident. Photo: David Yee ©2015 […]
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At park vigil, cathedral mass, people gather to remember victims of Berkeley balcony collapse
A vigil for the victims of Tuesday’s balcony collapse was held in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park on Wednesday. Photo Sinead Loftus A vigil for the victims of Tuesday’s balcony collapse was held in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park on Wednesday. Photo Sinead Loftus By Emily Dugdale and Tracey Taylor On Wednesday evening, friends, family members and others who […]
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Firm that built Berkeley complex has been fined, sued
Two balconies were removed from Library Gardens after a deadly accident Tuesday. Photo: Emily Dugdale In a series of stories, Berkeleyside examines the building where six people died and seven were seriously injured Tuesday after a balcony collapsed. Part 1 looks at a history of complaints by residents, Part 2 examines potential issues surrounding the balcony construction, and […]
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Op-ed: Living beyond the tragedy at Library Gardens
It is not every morning that one wakes up to hear on the radio that five people were killed in the building you live in. But that is what happened after I woke up on June 16 and heard the report on KCBS that a party on the fourth floor of the Library Gardens Apartments […]
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Support springs up for families, friends of deceased
Flowers and notes remembering the six who died after a balcony collapsed in Berkeley Tuesday, June 16, have been left near the scene of the accident. Photo: Emily Dugdale Update, 10:15 a.m. 6/18: The Irish Immigration Pastoral Center has set up a relief fund for the students and families affected by the balcony collapse. At the […]
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As Berkeley orders removal of second balcony, questions over quality of construction at Library Gardens
Remnants of beams from removed balconies show contrast between the condition of the wood from the collapsed balcony and the balcony it fell upon. Photo: David Yee In a series of stories, Berkeleyside examines the building where six people died and seven were seriously injured Tuesday after a balcony collapsed. Part 1 looks at a history of complaints […]
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Berkeley building under scrutiny before balcony collapse
A balcony at Library Gardens in downtown Berkeley collapsed Tuesday, killing six. Photo: David Yee In a series of stories, Berkeleyside examines the building where six people died and seven were seriously injured Tuesday after a balcony collapsed. Part 1, below, looks at a history of complaints by residents. Part 2 examines potential issues surrounding the balcony construction, […]
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Mayor, consul general, lay wreaths to honor 6 killed in Berkeley balcony collapse
Mayor Tom Bates and the consul general of Ireland for the Western United States, Philip Grant, lay wreaths at the site of a deadly balcony collapse. From left: Fire Chief Gil Dong, Police Chief Michael Meehan, City Manager Christine Daniel. Photo: David Yee A difficult day for Berkeley came to a close wrapped in the […]
