Some areas of Berkeley will be closed for 24 hours starting at 5 a.m. on July 4 to reduce fire risk.
Grizzly Peak Boulevard, from Centennial Drive to Skyline Boulevard, Panoramic Way and Prospect Street will limit access mostly to residents in cars, on foot or on bike.
Berkeley is sensitive to fire danger for a reason. The 1991 East Bay Hills firestorm in Oakland and Berkeley destroyed about 3,000 homes and structures and took two dozen lives.
Among the areas closed will be Lawrence Hall of Science, the UC Botanical Garden, UC Berkeley campus hiking trails, and the Steam Trains at Tilden Regional Park.
No stopping will be allowed along Grizzly Peak, where all turnouts will be closed, according to city officials.
The closed portion of Grizzly Peak Boulevard will remain open only to certain types of transportation, to ensure emergency vehicles have quick access: residents in cars, on bikes or foot; ride-sharing vehicles, and delivery vehicles.
Through traffic will be stopped at:
- Centennial Drive, between Stadium Rim Way and Grizzly Peak Boulevard
- Claremont Avenue, Fish Ranch Road, and Grizzly Peak Boulevard
- Lomas Cantadas and Grizzly Peak Boulevard
- South Park and Grizzly Peak Boulevard
- Skyline Boulevard and Grizzly Peak Boulevard
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