Red Flag Warning in Berkeley from Friday into Saturday
The greatest risk will be overnight from Friday to Saturday.
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Dispatch from Berkeley wildfire season: Cut, whack, yank, dig, repeat
Home inspections, a "fuel break" on Grizzly Peak and a project focused on eucalyptus understory cleanup are just a few of the efforts underway.
Flames engulf Tesla in Tilden park in Berkeley: video
Firefighters from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and the Berkeley Fire Department put out the blaze.
Alyx Herrmann recorded her own murder, prosecution says
Authorities found the recording on Herrmann's cellphone Sunday — a month after her murder trial began.
Berkeley fire safety regs bring anxiety — and chainsaws
Some have said they feel pressured to do expensive, seemingly futile, work on their properties. Others say it's all hands on deck.
Vulture survives after starting Berkeley grass fire
Firefighters found the partially burned bird beneath the power lines when they got to the scene.
Update: Berkeley Hills grass fire now contained
Hikers on the Nimitz trail called 911 to report the fire. "We heard a loud, startling explosion around 1:30," one of them told us.