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Videos: We have two videos on YouTube. See them here.
Taking a Strike and Dip in Strawberry Canyon. Beds of shale above UC dorms are sloping--but which way? Are the dorms in danger? Read more.
July 28 was the deadline for sending comments to the Department of Energy about the draft Environmental Assessment of one of LBNL's demolition/construction projects. Read more.
July 9: Save Strawberry Canyon sent a letter to the UC Regents urging them not to certify the Environmental Impact Report for LBNL's proposed Seismic Phase 2 Project because it fails to consider fully the impacts to the natural environment, the risks to the health and safety of the community, and the use of resources without degradation and unintended consequences. Read it here.
July 2: Save Strawberry Canyon sent a letter to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board requesting that they initiate a risk assessment of LBNL's proposed construction which may pose a risk to water quality. Read a PDF copy here.
June 11: Save Strawberry Canyon submitted comments to LBNL about their proposed Draft Environmental Report for the Solar Energy Research Center construction project. Read it here.
June, 2010: Save Strawberry Canyon is proud to announce that it recently received grant funding from The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment.
April 28, 2010: Save Strawberry Canyon sent a letter to LBNL expressing concern that the Regents may approve certain construction projects in the canyon before an important environmental review is completed. Read it here.
Fault Activity Map: The California Geological Survey has a number of maps showing earthquake hazards, including their interactive 2010 Fault Activity Map.
March 31, 2010: Read about "On The Edge", our video presentation and panel discussion on March 21.
March 21, 2010: Read our latest newsletter.
March 12, 2010: The California Court of Appeals reversed a previous Alameda Superior Court judgement that would have required the Regents to recirculate part of their Environmental Impact Report on construction projects in Strawberry Canyon for possible revisions. From the Court of Appeals website:
The judgment is reversed and the trial court is instructed to enter, consistent with this opinion, a new and different judgment denying plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate. The Regents are entitled to recover their costs on appeal.A PDF copy of the Opinion is available here. Our brief description of the appeal is available here. See also our webpage on Legal Actions for the history of this case. We'll post more information here as it becomes available.
Will Berkeley Be the Next Haiti? Read an article by Steven Newton, a project director for the National Center for Science Education, on the Huffington Post.
Older News
See our list of documents, our description of the threats to Strawberry Canyon, and the legal actions that have been taken to stop these threats.
Is there an alternative site?
An alternative to constructing new buildings, roads, and parking lots in the environmentally-sensitive and geologically-unstable Strawberry Canyon area would be to use other sites. One such possibility is the Richmond Field Station.
Save Strawberry Canyon is more than ever seeking support, new members, and engaged community concern — Litigation continues and critical land-use issues remain! Join Us!
savestrawberrycanyon@gmail.com