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Berkeley, CA - Tuesday night, 53 neighborhoods across Berkeley celebrated National Night Out – a program to promote community spirit and police-community partnerships. Folks blocked off streets, brought out backyard BBQs, stretched speaker cords to front porches, and set up folding chairs and tables as a way to get to know each other. 

Blake and Mabel Neighborhood Association was a part of the crime and drug prevention event called National Night Out. Block caption Sheila Kolenc said, “Our neighborhood will be safer when we know each other better and what better way to do that that than by sharing food and music!” Southwest Berkeley Councilman Darryl Moore added, “I’m so pleased with the number of neighborhoods participating in National Night Out and I am especially proud that my district had the largest turnout in Berkeley.”