Berkeley

At Girls Garage in Berkeley a group of young women have joined the battle against the pandemic.

The fire was reported at 3:38 p.m. on Byron Street, near the intersection of San Pablo and University Avenues.

The business is mass producing what it calls CapShields and giving them away for free here in the Bay Area and across the country.

A pair of Oakland residents were charged Monday with theft, mail theft and possessing stolen property following the discovery Saturday of packages and mail in an SUV they were in, Berkeley police said Thursday. 

Fire crews responded to a two alarm structure fire that spread to other buildings on Tuesday in Berkeley, according to the Berkeley Fire Department.

The City of Berkeley announced its first COVID-19 related death, public health officials confirmed on Thursday. 

Berkeley Unified School District pressed pause on online-classes after a man exposed himself to students during an instructional lesson on a video conferencing platform.

The man collapsed in pain and was quickly surrounded and handcuffed by the other four Berkeley police officers on the scene.

Local leaders are working with state and federal officials on issues of public health, economic recovery and proper equipment for first responders, just to name a few.

Shelter-in-place orders have crushed business for restaurants in the Bay Area, with many forced to close their doors. Others have looked for ways to stay afloat by truncating operating hours and drastically cutting staff. Another tactic has been to promote specials to attract business.

The call about the hiker on the Seaview Trail in Tilden Regional Park above Berkeley came in about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, a park district dispatcher said.

The list of items includes N-95 masks (expired masks accepted), isolation or surgical masks and gowns, gloves, all sizes of anti-bacterial hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and sprays (bleach and peroxides), face shields, shoe covers, goggles or other eye protection, and Tyvek coveralls.

In its latest issue published Thursday, Time magazine is recognizing 27 individuals for their work in what it describes as "bridging the divide across the United States.

A Berkeley firefighter has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and is recovering at home, city officials said Thursday.

Berkeley's move is a direct reaction to what California Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement on Tuesday, specifically telling local governments they had the power to halt evictions for commercial tenants, residential tenants, and homeowners who have been affected by COVID-19.

The Bay Area's senior community takes in stride new COVID-19 guidelines to isolate themselves at home, as some have questions about the recommendations.

Tuesday is the first day UC Berkeley suspended most in-person classes on the Cal campus in favor of online teaching. It's a move that will hopefully prevent COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from spreading throughout the campus.

A Berkeley resident has tested positive for the coronavirus, city officials confirmed on Tuesday.