County emergency messaging platform is used by Berkeley to send text messages, emails and calls. Quickly getting authoritative information is the first step in an emergency. Sign up for AC Alert—Berkeley’s main emergency alerting system—to quickly know what protective actions you, your family, or your co-workers should take during emergencies.When you sign up, include all your phone numbers, email addresses, and locations of interest to get critical emergency information wherever you are.Make sure each member of your household signs up for their own account so each person can receive alerts.

Berkeley is working with multiple agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to remove the animal carcass, the city said.

In early spring, snakes emerge from winter hibernation and become more active. Rattlesnakes are native to California and occur in a variety of wildland habitats, as well as in rural and urban areas.