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Wildfires

A brown and white spotted goat stares at the camera as other goats graze through tall, pale yellow grass and green thistles on a hillside. Behind them are suburban houses and a wooded park.
Posted inNature

After a wet winter, Bay Area goats have a lot on their plates

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge June 05, 2023, 3:40 p.m.June 6, 2023

Thousands of goats who help reduce wildfire risk in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond are having to chew through thicker vegetation this spring.

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‘A whole new ballgame’: Berkeley’s aggressive new plan to prevent wildfire

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch May 18, 2023, 3:27 p.m.May 28, 2023

The city’s recently completed Community Wildfire Protection Plan guides a major expansion in strategies and resources to reduce fire risk.

A row of logs lines the side of a twisting, hilly road, blocking a turnout.
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Barriers on Grizzly Peak Boulevard turnouts are here to stay

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 14, 2023, 6:30 a.m.May 15, 2023

The tree trunk blockades were installed in 2020 to prevent people from gathering and potentially sparking fires in the Berkeley and Oakland hills.

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Berkeley’s fire chief confirmed to permanent position

Avatar photo by Alex N. Gecan May 11, 2023, 8:05 a.m.May 11, 2023

David Sprague has led the department on an interim basis for nearly a year. He has worked for the department since 2001.

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Tree debris? Berkeley will pick it up for free

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli March 29, 2023, 4:23 p.m.April 3, 2023

The program to reduce wildfire risk has been newly expanded to all Berkeley neighborhoods, not just hillside high-risk fire zones.

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Berkeley Hills neighborhood undergrounding its utility lines could be the last of its kind

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch March 22, 2023, 4:04 p.m.March 23, 2023

It’s been a 30-year wait to bury a mile of wires near Tilden. With an eye to public safety, the city wants to underground more utility lines, but it’s complex and costly, and rules are changing.

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No changes yet to parking in Berkeley Hills despite city’s bright-red curb-painting mixup

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch March 02, 2023, 4:35 p.m.March 6, 2023

But ramped up parking restrictions aimed at keeping roads clear during disasters could still come to the hills.

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Berkeley gets serious about defensible space

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Dec. 06, 2022, 2:28 p.m.March 28, 2023

With its new community wildfire plan, the city is tightening fire risk vegetation requirements, exploring ways to help homeowners fund the work, and taking steps toward restricting parking on narrow streets in the hills.

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Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm

Avatar photo by Brian Krans Oct. 19, 2022, 12:41 p.m.October 19, 2022

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.

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How seniors and people with disabilities can prepare for wildfires

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Sept. 28, 2022, 1:17 p.m.September 28, 2022

Issues with mobility, hearing, vision, frailty and intellectual or developmental disabilities make emergency preparedness more challenging. Preparation can help and may save lives.

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Weather: What Berkeley can expect from this weekend’s rain

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Sept. 15, 2022, 5:09 p.m.December 2, 2022

The storm won’t snuff out the threat of wildfire, but it could help reduce risk at the most dangerous time of year.

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3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Sept. 13, 2022, 12:47 p.m.September 14, 2022

A first-of-its-kind analysis looked at the health of East Bay wildlife, from bats to bobcats and salamanders to steelhead. Two major mapping projects will dive deep into vegetation and wildfire hazard.

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