Ohlone Park homeless camp closure underway in Berkeley
Residents saw city cleaning crews and police at the park around 7 a.m.
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Berkeley fire patrol volunteers will be on duty July Fourth
"Everything's so dry in and around Berkeley," the group's president said Thursday. "Fireworks just present ignition possibility everywhere."
July Fourth in Berkeley: Skip fireworks; hillside roads closed
Starting Friday at 5 a.m., Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Panoramic Way and Prospect Street will close to non-residents for 24 hours.
Berkeley says campers must leave Ohlone Park by Thursday
"Any person found to be encamped in the park after the Compliance Deadline … may be subject to citations and/or arrest," the city wrote.
Berkeley can close Ohlone park encampment, new ruling says
The judge also denied a request by the Berkeley Homeless Union to order both sides to sit down to work out a settlement.
Berkeley approves balanced budget in split vote
"We need to make some of the hard decisions now because it doesn't get any easier," Councilman Brent Blackaby said Tuesday night.
Berkeley skate park renamed to honor Terrence McCrary Jr.
Terrence McCrary Jr. was an innocent bystander who had no connection to the violence that took his life in August 2016. He was just 22.