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The City of Berkeley has given RV owners until Wednesday to relocate out of the area of 8th street and Harrison street, offering them permits to a new safe parking site two miles away, or risk having their vehicles towed.
Berkeley Asphalt and Berkeley Ready Mix companies at 699 Virginia St. on Dec. 22, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos Northwest Berkeley residents who have been enduring periodic wafts of stinky, sulfurous fumes for the last several months might have relief on the horizon. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District received nearly 200 complaints about the sulfurous smell starting on Oct. 29, and on Dec. 8, filed a violation notice against LeHigh Hanson Berkeley Asphalt at 699 Virginia St, according to a document from the agency provided to Berkeleyside. In 2014, West Berkeley residents rallied at the f...
Firefighters extinguish RV fire in West Berkeley An RV that was parked in West Berkeley caught fire at around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, according to Berkeley Fire Department dispatch scanner reviewed by Berkeleyside. The fire was reported in the 2400 block of Sixth Street, and there was no one inside the vehicle at the time, according to the unconfirmed scanner audio. The blaze also brought down Comcast service lines in the area. Witnesses reported that the RV was fully engulfed in flames. Several community members noticed the large plume of smoke in the area and asked Berkeleyside for details. Fi...