In the 1970s , Goldberg relocated to Southern California before settling in Berkeley , where she worked various odd jobs , including as a bank teller , a waitress at a vegetarian restaurant , a mortuary cosmetologist , and a bricklayer . There , she also joined the avant-garde theater troupe , the Blake Street Hawkeyes , and taught comedy and acting classes which were attended by Courtney Love . Working in a number of theater productions . In 1978 , she witnessed a midair collision of 2 planes in San Diego causing her to develop a fear of flying and PTSD
midair collision of 2 planes in San Diego
PSA Flight 182
Whoopi Goldberg