Berkeley

CHP reports fatal collision at University Avenue off-ramp

The California Highway Patrol is reporting a fatal collision involving a pedestrian occurred Friday morning on westbound Interstate Highway 80…

4 years ago

Six Bay Area counties, Berkeley lighten health order restrictions

Six Bay Area jurisdictions slightly relaxed the region's COVID-19 coronavirus shelter-in-place order Monday, allowing multiple industries to resume operations and…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Bay Area counties diverge on reopening schedule as national death toll nears 76,000

As people locally learn to deal with the virus in their own communities, when what’s opened and closed becomes news,…

4 years ago

Six counties, Berkeley keep local orders in place despite revised state guideline

Health officers in six Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley warned residents Thursday that the regional Covid-19 shelter-in-place…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to Table program

Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the…

4 years ago

Six counties plan shelter order extension through May with some restrictions eased

Public health officials in several Bay Area counties and cities said Monday that they plan to announce later this week…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day call to action

Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day.…

4 years ago

Kaiser aims to build $14 million Covid-19 testing lab by June

Kaiser Permanente is rushing to build a 7,700-square-foot state-of-the-art lab by June 1 that will be able to conduct 10,000…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope

Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it may be comforting…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Financial relief progresses, supes consider only mail-in general election voting, cannabis company steps up for homeless

The good news is people may soon see some financial relief in the form of stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory

As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold the line,” as…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: SF houses domestic violence victims, judge orders four ICE detainees released, seventh patient dies from Hayward facility

Since Wednesday evening, an additional 1,774 people have died in the U.S. of complications related to Covid-19. In California, that…

4 years ago

Berkeley health officer announces city’s first Covid-19 death

Berkeley Health Officer Dr. Lisa Hernandez announced Thursday that a resident in their 40s has died of the new coronavirus,…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding

It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. Covid-19 has killed…

4 years ago

VIDEO: Watchdog group says police shot man with rubber bullet while on knees, hands empty

A Berkeley police watchdog group says it's concerned about an incident last month in which it says a police officer…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration

The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily…

4 years ago

SFBay Covid-19 update: Newsom announces testing task force, Santa Rita inmate tests positive

Press briefings providing updates for the nation and the state California occurred within minutes of each other Saturday afternoon. A…

4 years ago

SFBay Covid-19 update: virus sweeps through Orinda facility, Contra Costa orders mass quarantine

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance stating that all Americans should wear cloth face coverings…

4 years ago

Berkeley intersection shut down down after semi strikes power pole

A collision Friday morning involving a semi-truck and a power pole has temporarily closed down a Berkeley intersection, according to…

4 years ago

SFBay Covid-19 update: California deaths near 250 as confirmed cases surpass one million globally

The Bay Area and California as a whole seem to be mitigating the Covid-19 outbreak relatively well as compared to…

4 years ago

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