EL SOBRANTE
The Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) is participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
The program is available for free to all enrolled and eligible adults at the CEI Guardian Adult Day Center in El Sobrante at 3905 San Pablo Dam Road. Owned by CEI, the center welcomes seniors and disabled adults who live in West Contra Costa County and need daytime health services such as physical therapy, social engagement and nursing care. CEI is a nonprofit PACE health care provider for adults ages 55 and older who face pre-existing health conditions.
PACE provides all inclusive care with many services including medical, dental, vision, physical and occupational therapies as well as social engagement and transportation. For more information, call 510-669-1005 or visit cei.elders.org online.
— CEI
BERKELEY
Enjoy southern Italian wine, food Saturday at Tilden Park
Cittavino & Co., a California-based online wine retailer specializing in Italian wines and founded by Oakland native Emilia Aiello, will host a southern Italian wine and food tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley. Wine and food will be self-serve in an outdoor settting, buffet style with educational tasting cards.
Learn about southern Italy and how to pair wine and food in a laid-back, easy setting. The event will be kid-friendly with activities and plenty of food to keep the entire family happy. Tickets cost $69 to $99 and can be purchased online at bayareane.ws/cittavino08202022, where more event details are available.
— Cittavino & Co.
City urges evacuation plans during ‘extreme fire weather’
As wildfires become more frequent and severe, Berkeley residents should learn key fire weather terms, sign up for emergency notifications, look up their evacuation zone, and make plans to leave the hills during “extreme fire weather.”
During “extreme fire weather” — rare periods defined by the Berkeley Fire Department as having extremely low humidity and high winds — residents living in hillside fire zones are advised to make plans to stay elsewhere. The hot and dry conditions under extreme fire weather fire easily ignite and rapidly spread, posing particular risk to those in Berkeley Fire Zones 2 and 3, which are hills neighborhoods with narrow roadways that pose evacuation challenges.
Fire weather is now more common, and, as a result, so are catastrophic wind-driven fires. California’s five largest fires to date have all occurred in the last five years. With each wildfire, we learn more about how our response must adapt. One key lesson is that community members and emergency responders must take action based on weather conditions rather than waiting for a fire to ignite.
A wildfire driven by hot, dry “diablo” winds can spread so quickly that even those who have taken all the traditional steps to prepare may not have time to evacuate safely after a fire starts. In these extreme wind-driven fires, there may not be time for traditional notifications for evacuation advisories and warnings. Instead, the first alert you receive may be an order to immediately evacuate.
Fires that spread during extreme fire weather conditions can quickly become catastrophic. The 1991 Oakland/Berkeley hills fire, as well as most of California’s recent firestorms, ignited when conditions were within Berkeley’s extreme fire weather condition thresholds, something the city last experienced in 2020, when there were two days of such conditions. For more information, visit bayareane.ws/3SFv7Av online.
— city of Berkeley
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Author: compiled by East Bay Times