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Steven Weissman, a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, sent a memorandum to Gov. Gavin Newsom on April 10, explaining the impact of California wildfires on the prices of gas and electric utilities.
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With a fire in Butte County reddening the Berkeley skies and a blaze in Oakland prompting full response from its fire department, Berkeley Fire Department is sending engines for support.
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Fire experts, including two UC Berkeley researchers, published a study Wednesday, which found that the 100 million dead trees in the Sierra Nevada could potentially increase the risk of mass fires in the next decade.
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Cal Fire investigators are looking into fallen PG&E power lines as just one of a number of potential causes for the recent wildfires that have ravaged the North Bay this week.
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In the wake of the 17 wildfires in the North Bay, the National Weather Service issued a second red flag warning for North and East Bay Hills.
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The heavy winds and dry conditions that caused 17 wildfires in the North Bay are predicted to return Wednesday and potentially affect parts of the East Bay.
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The smoke from the North Bay fires covering Berkeley in hazy skies since Sunday evening is beginning to dissipate. But for students whose homes were in the fire’s path, the devastation will not fade anytime soon.
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The Grizzly Fire, which started Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Fish Ranch Road in the Berkeley Hills, is no longer actively burning, according to Oakland Fire Department Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton.
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The city’s Disaster and Fire Safety Commission held a regular meeting Wednesday to discuss Measure GG and other items, but first heard a comprehensive status update on the fire that raged through the Berkeley Hills Wednesday.
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About 200 firefighters from nine local fire departments, including Berkeley Fire Department, Oakland Fire Department and the Alameda County Fire Department, responded to a 20-acre fire in the Berkeley Hills that caused evacuations on a number of evacuations at campus properties.
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