The tree trunk blockades were installed in 2020 to prevent people from gathering and potentially sparking fires in the Berkeley and Oakland hills.
Fires
Posted inFire
Woolsey Street fire leaves home uninhabitable
One occupant was reportedly trapped on the third floor, but was able to escape by a ladder.
Posted inCity
Berkeley rules limiting ADUs in hills violate state law, housing agency says
The City Council will have to decide whether to change its restrictions on cottages and in-law units, or challenge the state.
Posted inCity
Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm
Wednesday is the fire’s 31st anniversary. We produced a podcast looking back at the historic blaze that forever changed how the East Bay looks at wildfires.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Police: After Ashby fire, men found with meth, mailbox keys, ID theft document trove
Authorities say the men had more than 1,700 personal items that did not belong to them, including mail, checks and ID cards, as well as a gun and ammunition.
Posted inCrime & Safety
2 displaced in South Berkeley apartment fire on Ashby Avenue
One neighbor told Berkeleyside she woke in the night to hear “firefighters chain sawing the roof down.”
Posted inCrime & Safety
House fire on Bateman Street leaves Elmwood man displaced
The fire, in the 3000 block of Bateman (near Prince Street), appears to have started in the kitchen. There were no reported injuries.
Posted inCommunity
She tore up burning roof shingles bare-handed to douse 1905 Berkeley fire
Mary Shaplin, who was recovering from an illness, jumped into action when the roof of her neighbor’s adjoining house in downtown Berkeley caught fire more than a century ago.
Posted inIn Brief
No one injured, RV destroyed in West Berkeley fire
The cause of the fire is currently unknown, and no firefighters were injured.
Posted inCommunity
The Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm incinerated my house 30 years ago
When Gary and I moved from Ithaca, New York, back to the Bay Area in 1990 and looked for a house, the threat of fire never crossed my mind.
Posted inCity
Red Flag Warning issued for Berkeley and East Bay hills
A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Berkeley and the East Bay hills due to gusty offshore winds and dry conditions.
Posted inCity
Fire Weather Watch declared for Berkeley Hills
PG&E has not indicated it is planning to cut power during the wind event, but said plans could change.
