Bill Stewart

UC Berkeley will begin closing off sections of the Jordan Fire Trail on Sept. 20 as part of the Jordan Fire Trail Improvement Project, which aims to reduce wildfire fuel in the area.

PG&E announced a safety initiative to protect communities from the threat of wildfire by moving 10,000 miles of power lines in areas with high fire risk underground.

For Bill Stewart, a forestry and cooperative extension specialist at UC Berkeley, finding massive herds of goats chomping on dry vegetation in Berkeley has been a regular occurrence for the last 40 years.

As California approaches wildfire season, experts and researchers called the state’s proper wildfire readiness and preparation called into question. 

In a project spearheaded by UC Berkeley, trees lining Claremont Avenue have been removed in an effort to maintain fire evacuation routes for city residents. 

The city of Berkeley replaced a 28-year-old flare station in Cesar Chavez Park after complaints from the community that the equipment was emitting flames and polluting air in the surrounding area.

Human activity and climate change both play important roles in causing wildfires in California, according to a study published last Thursday.

A study published Tuesday by UC Berkeley professors concluded that unmitigated climate change will reduce the average person’s income by 23 percent and increase the global inequality gap by 2100.

A key UC Berkeley research station located 56 miles east of Sacramento was under threat from the massive King Fire until wind and firefighters redirected the blaze this weekend.