Donna Kellogg. Illustration by Claudia Escobar/KQED By Sarah Hotchkiss / KQED Donna Kellogg could brighten a room just by walking into it. The 32-year-old Oakland resident worked for Highwire Coffee Roasters at both the company’s San Pablo Avenue and Flowerland nursery locations in Berkeley and Albany. Prior to that, she was a longtime employee at Berkeley’s […]
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Photos: UC Berkeley holds vigil for victims of Oakland fire
Victoria Plotkin, twin sister of Vanessa Plotkin and best friend of Jenny Morris — roomates who died in Friday’s Ghost Ship fire in Oakland — breaks down at a vigil at UC Berkeley on Thursday, Dec. 7. Photo: Kelly Sullivan Victoria Plotkin, twin sister of Vanessa Plotkin and best friend of Jenny Morris — roomates […]
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Remembering Jonathan Bernbaum, world-renowned visual projection artist, 1982-2016
Jonathan Bernbaum. Photo: Courtesy the Bernbaum family Jonathan Bernbaum died tragically and much too soon in the Oakland Ghost Ship fire at the age of 34. At the time of his death, Jonathan was a world-renowned visual projection artist in the world of electronic dance music. Born in Berkeley, Jonathan graduated from Berkeley High School […]
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Memorials begin for 11 people connected with Berkeley who died in Oakland Ghost Ship fire
Highwire Coffee on San Pablo Avenue will hold a memorial at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, for two employees who died in the Oakland warehouse fire. Donna Kellogg is on the left and Em Bohlka is on the right. Photo: Highwire Coffee Highwire Coffee at 2049 San Pablo Ave. will hold a memorial at 4 […]
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Remembering David Cline: ‘A ferociously brilliant student and impossibly bright mind’
David Cline. Photo: Courtesy of Cline family By Neil Cline My brother, David Riley Cline, passed away in the Oakland Fire. He and his friend Griffin Madden attended the event together that night and were not residents of Ghostship. David was an incredible man, an amazing brother, a perfect son and an inspiring friend to everyone […]
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Beloved ‘VJ’ and Berkeley High alum killed in Oakland fire; LA vigil planned for Jonathan Bernbaum on Monday
Photo: Jonathan Bernbaum A talented visual artist from Berkeley who made a name for himself in the international electronic music scene is reportedly among those killed Friday night in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland. Friends and former classmates have planned a “candlelight and laser vigil” Monday night for 34-year-old Jonathan Bernbaum at USC’s School of Cinematic […]
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As death toll from Oakland fire rises to 33, 3 with Berkeley ties are dead, 3 others reported missing
At least six people with Berkeley ties have been reported missing or deceased after Friday’s three-alarm fire in Oakland. They are (from left) Nick Gomez-Hall, David T. Cline and Donna Kellogg; and Vanessa Plotkin, Jenny Morris and Griffin Madden. Gomez-Hall, Cline and Kellogg have been confirmed to have been killed. At least six people with […]