The two men working for Berry Brothers Towing & Transport on Wednesday were contracted by East Bay Municipal Utility District to remove the Grand Prix and at least two more cars dumped illegally off the side of Pinehurst Road near Canyon Road and down an embankment that feeds drinking water reservoirs to residents in much of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
EBMUD removed another eight abandoned cars at its cleanup in July. The $280,000 the district has spent since July 2021 to clean up trash in the East Bay watershed is money that should instead go toward water service, according to district public information officer Nelsy Rodriguez. Brandon Berry climbs out of a steep canyon after attaching a tow cable to an abandoned vehicle along Pinehurst Road on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, near Moraga, Calif. Workers with Berry Bros. Towing and Transport removed three vehicles from the Upper San Leandro Reservoir watershed during an East Bay Municipal Utility District operation to clean illegal dump sites.