TBS Today, Oct. 7

Berkeley leaders may restrict homeless encampments near preschools following neighborhood outcry over new tents and disruptions on Camelia Street.

Local concerns have spiked in recent weeks after the breakup of the Harrison Street encampment pushed its residents elsewhere in the city.

Berkeley to consider ban on encampments near preschools
Some residents are calling for an outright camping ban. The city says it could not enforce it.

In other news

The Culture Circuit, Oct. 8-11
Teen diaries take the stage, klezmer fills Finnish Hall and a family celebration honors the Day of the Dead.

In case you missed it

‘There’s a man with a knife’: Witness recounts BART scare
The witness praised the police response but questioned the lack of BART staff and security on site on a busy Saturday night.
Berkeley freeway overpass response: ‘Patient is safe’
Update: The individual was secure as of about 2:45 p.m. The incident disrupted traffic on I-80.

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