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Berkeley warehouse fire started accidentally; Wooden Duck not insured for content loss

The smoke from the West Berkeley warehouse fire as seen from Delaware Street. Photo: Raph Levien The fire that erupted in a West Berkeley warehouse on Saturday, seriously damaging or destroying numerous businesses, started accidentally, according to fire officials. “There didn’t seem to be any indication this was a malicious fire,” said Berkeley Fire Department […]

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West Berkeley fire causes $5 million in damage, destroys 20 artisan businesses

1802 Second St. was a charred shell Sunday after a massive fire destroyed it Saturday night. Photo: Pete Rosos The huge fire that ripped through a building on Second Street in West Berkeley on Saturday night not only affected well-known businesses like Import Tile and The Wooden Duck, but destroyed the livelihood of more than […]

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4 Berkeley businesses, including Wooden Duck, Import Tile damaged in 5-alarm warehouse fire

A major fire in West Berkeley that broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday damaged a warehouse with four businesses. Photo: Davoud Kermaninejad This breaking news story was updated as more information became available. Watch this feed on Twitter — no account needed — for live updates. Frances Dinkelspiel, of Berkeleyside, reported from the scene. Scroll down […]

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Tech nerd, nature lover, quits job, reinvents the headlamp

Inventor Dan Freschl works out of a space at the Joshua Tree Artisans’ Collective in West Berkeley. Photo: Joseph Schell Inventor Dan Freschl works out of a space at the Joshua Tree Artisans’ Collective in West Berkeley. Photo: Joseph Schell By Hannah Long On a recent weekend, Berkeley inventor Dan Freschl could be found climbing the boulders of Yosemite while […]