Along the sylvan streets that wind through the Berkeley hills overlooking San Francisco Bay, the spires of towering redwoods punctuate the sky and the scent of eucalyptus and bay laurel lingers in the ...

Berkeley City Council approved new wildfire prevention rules, specifically for parts of the Berkeley Hills. The ordinance would require a five-foot buffer around homes, meaning no in-ground vegetation ...

A new proposal to slow down wildfires in Berkeley asks residents to do more to keep the whole community safe. The Berkeley Fire Department is proposing the city expand defined fire hazard zones ...

TREES AND SHRUBS were the topic of a hot debate this week as the Berkeley City Council adopted new fire code amendments. The adoptions included new state and local maps that designate Fire Hazard ...

BERKELEY — A two-alarm blaze that started from an outside grass fire did major damage to a vacant commercial building early Wednesday, causing its roof to partially collapse, officials said. No ...

(KRON) — The Berkeley Fire Department said a Monday morning house fire that claimed the lives of one person and a pet has been ruled as accidental. It is not yet known what sparked the blaze. Berkeley ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) — The Berkeley Fire Department responded early Wednesday morning to a fire at a business complex in the Southwest Berkeley neighborhood. The blaze started at approximately 2:42 ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- There's been a positive new development for an unhoused man whose van was destroyed in a Berkeley fire last month. Ryan Six is undergoing treatment for Stage 4 cancer and ...

A brush fire in the Berkeley Hills Tuesday afternoon prompted a response from multiple agencies. Berkeley police reported at 2:09 p.m. that the fire was in the area of Inspiration Point in Tilden ...

An emergency evacuation study commissioned by the city of Berkeley found that residents in high-risk zones may not be able to evacuate in time to escape a fast-moving wildfire or a tsunami — even with ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Up to 100 recycling bins burned in a fire near the University Avenue offramp from Interstate Highway 80, the city's acting fire chief said. The fire was reported at 2:41 p.m.