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# TBS Today, Dec. 15
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/12/15/newsletters/tbs-today-dec-15-2024/
- Published: 2024-12-15T14:30:54.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-15T14:30:54.000Z
- Description: Weekend edition: Massive barge grounded; train fatality.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A massive barge appeared in the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley on Saturday, prompting multiple questions from community members.

Here's what we learned.

[Storm grounds barge named Seaport in Berkeley waters“It looks pretty rusty,” one reader said. “I’d love to know the story.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-187.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/berkeley-barge.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/12/15/community/berkeley-storm-grounds-barge-named-seaport/)

Also, sad news: For the second time in two weeks, a woman is dead after being struck by a train in northwest Berkeley. 

The coroner's office said the woman's name was not available pending fingerprint results. But we did find the name of the woman who was killed two weeks ago.

[Woman struck and killed by train in BerkeleyShe was the second woman to die on the Berkeley tracks in just two weeks.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-188.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/464870170_fc54ca974c_k.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/12/14/traffic-safety/berkeley-train-strike-woman-killed/)

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[High winds topple redwood, 2 homes partly uninhabitableMore stormy weather is expected in Berkeley through the weekend, with wind and coastal flood advisories in effect.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-189.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Photo-Dec-13-2024--12-18-59-PM-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/12/13/disaster-preparedness/berkeley-storm-high-winds-topple-redwood-homes-damaged/)

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