A small volunteer group is building a radio communications network so Berkleley neighborhoods can communicate during emergencies when the power grid and internet are down.
Berkeley Emergency Notification System
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Thursday: Berkeley will drop, cover and hold on with the 2017 ‘ShakeOut’
Take part in a five-minute earthquake drill wherever you are Oct. 19 and start the process of preparing for a disaster.
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72K people participate in Berkeley’s ‘Great ShakeOut’
Kids at LeConte Elementary School practice their ‘Drop, cover, and hold’ technique during the Great Shakeout. Photo: Daphne White Kids at LeConte Elementary School practice their ‘Drop, cover, and hold’ technique during the Great Shakeout. Photo: Daphne White The principal did it. The janitor did it. The students did it. At 10:20 a.m. last Thursday, […]
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Missing at-risk woman reunited with family in Berkeley
Frances Green. Image: BPD A woman who went missing from the North Berkeley Senior Center on Friday, whose whereabouts were unknown for approximately seven hours, was reunited with her family Friday night after being spotted by an observant passer-by who was on her way home from work, authorities said. Seventy-year-old Frances Green, who has Stage […]
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Update: Missing at-risk woman found in Berkeley
Update, 8:18 p.m. Authorities have located the missing at-risk woman, Frances Green, in the 1900 block of Dwight Way. Original story, 7:20 p.m. Police are asking for the community’s help to find an at-risk woman missing out of Berkeley since early afternoon Friday. Frances Green, 70, has stage 4 Alzheimer’s and has been missing since about […]
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Are Blackberries best bet for Berkeley in emergencies?
The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally The city of Berkeley’s executive team, which includes all councilmembers, department heads and senior managers, relies on Blackberries to communicate with each other and externally On Tuesday, October 11th, at […]
