Disaster preparedness

Berkeley Fire Ready Fest comes to Live Oak Park on Sunday

With activities for all ages, Fire Ready Fest will have interactive games and demos to teach practical tips to prepare your home and family for fires.

Berkeley will now play 'wailing siren tone' in emergencies

Berkeley's new outdoor warning system will advise about emergency action, which would differ depending on the disaster.

Magnitude 2.6 earthquake hits Berkeley early Thursday

It was the biggest East Bay quake recorded since April, according to the USGS. Learn how you can prepare for disasters.

'Failing' Berkeley fire station alert system needs $1.6M fix

The system "frequently malfunctions which causes delays in the dispatch of responders, or responders completely missing a notification."

Bomb cyclone damages historic redwood, buckeye at UC garden

"Decades of care and nurturing of some of the garden’s treasures have been destroyed," the garden's director of collections said.

Massive Berkeley storm left 15,000 without power Tuesday

Two people in a truck were trapped for hours beneath power lines and a tree in the Berkeley Hills, authorities said.

After Berkeley mudslide, 4 of 5 households can now go home

The Middlefield Road house, which saw the most damage, is still not clear to reoccupy. But those residents can at least return home for shorter stints.