“Orange is the new bleak,” quipped the UC Berkeley Library on Twitter at 11:13 a.m., although mercifully by then the dark peach-colored gloom of the early morning was beginning to lighten.
Here are just a few of the photos sent to us by Berkeleyside contributing photographer Pete Rosos, as well as by the many residents who shared images with us, for which we thank you.
7 a.m. Photo: Courtney TroubleCollege Avenue at 7:42 a.m. Photo: Pete RososClaremont and Ashby at 7:56 a.m. Photo: Pete RososThe Claremont Hotel at 8:03 a.m. Photo: Pete Rosos
The volleyball courts on Clark Kerr Campus at 8:09 a.m. Photo: Pete Rosos
8:15 a.m. on Lewiston Avenue. Photo: Steven ShermanThe Clark Kerr track at 8:17 a.m. Photo: Pete RososClark Kerr campus at 8:17 a.m. Photo: Pete RososFraternity row, 8:28 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA stadium employee checks their phone at the stadium at 8:40 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA construction worker on campus at 9:02 a.m. Photo: Pete Rosos
A Berkeley Victorian house seen at 9:04 a.m. Photo: Aditi Shah
Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus at 9:04 a.m. Photo: Pete RososSather Gate at 9:06 a.m. Photo: Pete Rosos
A man looks up at the orange sky on the UC campus at 9:05 a.m. September 9, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos
A man in a mask stops to photograph the orange sky in Sproul Plaza at 9:09 a.m. September 9, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos
A woman crosses Bancroft at Telegraph at 9:11 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA man walks down Telegraph Avenue at 9:17 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA view west of Berkeley from the top of a parking garage on Telegraph Avenue at 9:18 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA top a parking garage on Telegraph ave with the Campanile in the background at 9:19 a.m. Photo: Pete RososA view of the Unit 3 dorms from atop a parking garage at 9:20 a.m. Photo: Pete Rosos9:20 a.m. on College Avenue. Photo: Lisa Sibony
Recent orange skies in Berkeley were partly the result of the climate crisis. Measure HH would have raised utility taxes to create a climate equity action fund. Photo: Aditi Shah
Telegraph and Dwight at 9:27 a.m. Photo: Pete RososOutside the Hari Krishna center at 9:38 a.m. Photo: Pete RososBerkeley flats at 9:45 a.m. Photo: Noemie Hansen9:50 a.m. at UC Berkeley Memorial Stadium. Photo: Jerome Paulos
Looking north at Cesar Chavez Park.
Looking west at Cesar Chavez Park. Photos: Kate Mountain
10 a.m. and the streetlights are still on in South Berkeley. Photo: Sean Rouse
Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside.
Email: tracey@citysidejournalism.org.
