Santa Rosa

This time around, if the wind blew in the wrong direction again, Netherda knew right away he needed to act quickly.

Fat Slice Pizza, a Berkeley staple known for its huge pizza slices and low prices, closed Nov. 4 after 34 years in business.

Gov. Newsom signed 22 bills for wildfire mitigation and preparedness efforts Wednesday, building on $1 billion allocated for wildfire investment. 

URBAN x INDIGENOUS IV: Unite the Tribes, or UxI, is a two-day community festival presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center of San Francisco.

As the one-year anniversary of the “Ghost Ship” fire approaches, two local journalists who received a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the tragedy spoke at UC Berkeley on Friday.

When campus senior Bree Cassells evacuated from Santa Rosa during the Northern California fires last week, she wasn't sure if it would be the last time she saw her home.

In the aftermath of the North Bay wildfires’ destruction of about 5,700 structures and the thousands of evacuations, a group of UC Berkeley students traveled to Santa Rosa to help with relief efforts at local evacuation centers.

Following the spread of 17 wildfires across the North Bay, which have destroyed roughly 1,500 buildings and killed at least 23, East Bay companies and student groups have mobilized to help victims of the wildfires.

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.

During his presidential campaign, David Douglass of the Defend Affirmative Action Party has emphasized a legacy of action and protest, saying that he hopes to revive the “youth-led progressive movement.” If elected, Douglass, aims to lead students against fee hikes, advocate for immigrant rights and double the underrepresented minority enrollment on campus.