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A Nixle alert stated that a red flag warning means critical fire weather conditions are occurring or will occur. The alert said a condition of low relative humidity, warm temperatures and strong winds can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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Urban Shield, a training exercise for emergency response teams, sparked controversy when it held its operations in September on a bird nature reserve at Alameda Point that is home to endangered species.
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Chin, a longtime Alameda County resident, filled the seat that was vacant after the retirement of former judge Vernon Nakahara. Since 2004, Chin worked as the deputy district attorney at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.
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East Bay Regional Park District, or EBRPD, is set to fill one of the “largest remaining gaps” in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Trail, according to an EBRPD press release from Oct. 22.
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The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning — “due to high winds and dry conditions” — for the East Bay Hills, to last from Monday through Tuesday night, according to a Nixle alert sent at about 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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Tiffany Miller launched the campaign on Change.org about two weeks ago. It aims to gain 2,500 signatures and has about 2,159 as of press time.
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The ShakeAlert system detects initial seismic P-waves, which are nondamaging, to allow BART to prepare for the damaging S-waves that follow. The system was described as a lifesaver by lawmakers and BART representatives in a press conference following Monday’s demonstration.
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Smoke from a fire in Solano County is drifting south into Alameda County, prompting red flag conditions, according to a Nixle alert.
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According to the alert, the affected areas are the East Bay Hills and fire weather zone 511, which includes all locations above 1,000 feet for the East Bay and the Diablo Range of Santa Clara County, including Mount Hamilton.
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Large amounts of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, have been recorded in multiple East Bay lakes, including Lake Anza in Tilden Regional Park and Lake Temescal in the Oakland Hills.
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