Butte County

A year after California's most devastating wildfire, UC Berkeley is bolstering its wildfire preparedness to ensure campus well-being in the event of another local natural disaster.

UCPD is hosting a toy drive to support young survivors of the Camp Fire who may have lost possessions or loved ones.

UC Berkeley has decided to allow formal instruction during the Monday and Tuesday of Reading, Review and Recitation Week, or RRR week — commonly referred to as “dead week” — to make up for lost class time after the campus canceled instruction because of poor air quality.

Ticket holders planning to attend campus productions last weekend were left without performances to attend, as production companies canceled showings because of poor air quality in Berkeley, stemming from the Camp Fire in Butte County.

In light of the lack of sufficient shelter space and widespread government-funded mask dissemination, some UC Berkeley students have taken it upon themselves to provide aid to people unable to escape the unhealthy air.

After days of community backlash, Chancellor Carol Christ announced Thursday evening that classes would be canceled because of poor air quality.

The UC Botanical Garden announced it will remain closed Thursday to protect the health of its workers amid the poor air quality in the Bay Area.

UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Stephen Sutton called off pyrotechnics at the Big Game Rally, held annually on the evening before the football game against Stanford University. The bonfire, traditionally featured at the rally, was previously canceled because of an air quality notice.

The sixth annual Berkeley Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and 1K races planned for this Sunday have been canceled because of unhealthy air quality and the general strain on local, regional and state resources from the fires.

UC Berkeley senior Lucy Whitmore planned to visit her hometown of Paradise, California to spend Thanksgiving with her family, but the house she intended to return to no longer exists.