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 […]
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Six who died in Berkeley: Young students in their prime
From upper left, clockwise: Eimear Walsh, Olivia Burke, Ashley Donohoe, Lorcán Miller, Eoghan Culligan and Nick Schuster. Photos via Facebook By Tracey Taylor and Francesca Paris The six victims of a balcony collapse, at the Library Gardens apartment building at 2020 Kittredge St. in downtown Berkeley early Tuesday, were all young — five aged 21 and one […]
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Six people killed in Berkeley balcony collapse identified
At around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, crews remove the balcony that collapsed in the early hours killing six. Photo: Emily Dugdale By Tracey Taylor and Emilie Raguso Update, 4:40 p.m. According to the city of Berkeley, Philip Grant, the Consul General of Ireland to the Western United States, will have a wreath-laying ceremony at […]
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Berkeley orders balcony removal after tragedy kills 6
Students outside Tuesday’s balcony collapse in Berkeley struggled to make sense of the tragedy that killed at least six Irish students. Photo: Emily Dugdale Students outside Tuesday’s balcony collapse in Berkeley struggled to make sense of the tragedy that killed at least six Irish students. Photo: Emily Dugdale The city of Berkeley has ordered the […]
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Berkeley balcony collapse leaves 6 people dead
The balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex at 2020 Kittredge St. sheared off during a 21st-birthday celebration. Seven young Irish students were also injured, many critically.
