Two beloved UC Berkeley trees, over age 150, damaged in ‘bomb cyclone'
Andrew Doran, the UC Botanical Garden's director of collections, surveys storm damage to a coast redwood that is believed to be more than 150 years...
Andrew Doran, the UC Botanical Garden's director of collections, surveys storm damage to a coast redwood that is believed to be more than 150 years old. (UC Berkeley photo by Marissa Gutierrez) The loud crack came at 4:30 p.m. last Tuesday, when Andrew Doran was in his office at the 34-acre UC Botanical Garden in Strawberry Canyon. It was audible despite the ferociously high winds and pelting rain creating havoc throughout the Bay Area that day as part of a rare, so-called 'bomb cyclone.' Doran, the director of collections, went out to investigate, 'but after wrecking my umbrella and losing a hat,' he said, 'I decided it was unwise.