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San Mateo County will have completely green power by 2025, local agency says
In a once barren valley off Highway Five, row after row of silicon panels now soak up the ample California sunlight. By the end of 2019, the Wright Solar Facility in Los Banos will come online,...
View ArticleNew smoking ban aims to end cigarette butt litter on state beaches and parks
During the early Saturday morning hours of Oct. 22, volunteers lined up in front of Ocean Beach yet again. They were here just two weekends ago, But they knew they could fill their buckets mainly with...
View ArticleThe battle for the Redwood City salt ponds
For the past decade, a 1,400-acre salt property in Redwood City has been a community battleground. The property, which lies across from Bedwell Bayfront Park, is owned by the Cargill corporation....
View ArticlePushing code and pulling communities together: how some Bay Area tech workers...
When software engineer Steven Buss was looking for a job in 2012, a listing from a San Francisco Bay Area medical startup caught his eye. The company’s stated mission — to end heritable disease — was...
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Podcast: Exploring the powerful, puzzling connections between climate change...
COVID-19 has upended our world. It has killed hundreds of thousands of people globally, tanked the world economy and forced us to shutter our doors and live our lives on Zoom. And yet, the coronavirus...
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Explore tidepools and dive into a California Kelp Forest in 360°
It was a bright, sunny day at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. The waves were constant, the tide was high, and the swell was steady. A small group of students from Stanford University gathered at the...
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State Senate Josh Becker Discusses Ballot Measures, Climate Change, More
Josh Becker (Photo courtesy Josh Becker 2020 campaign) Josh Becker, a Democratic State Senate candidate heavily favored against Republican Alex Glew in California’s 13th district, sat down with the...
View ArticleAdvice from a legendary wildlife photographer: Amos Nachoum
Amos Nachoum’s office space looks different than most: it’s underwater in the ocean, and occasionally the wilderness. For the past three decades, the 70-year-old Israeli has been pushing the boundaries...
View ArticleOil Drilling on California’s Federal Lands Set to Resume After 8 Years, Sets...
FELLOWS, Ca.— When the sun rose on the morning of Nov. 13, a procession of pumpjacks cast long shadows across golden hills. A lonely cow spent the night ten yards away but now stood backlit by the...
View ArticleBaby Great Horned Owl given a second chance
On Monday May, 4 a Great Horned Owl chick, only a few weeks old was discovered in a garage in Idaho Falls. Presumably the owl had been abandoned by its parents. Though it is unknown why the owl was...
View ArticleThe ocean is the school: How Pacific Islanders transform higher-education
Meet Pacific Islanders who are transforming higher education and advancing the field of Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies, driven by the belief that the ocean is the school. Terisa...
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Living with wildfire: A story of reconstruction and resiliency at Rancho...
Kim Monroe (pictured) and his wife Mary are the first to rebuild their home on Rancho Mariposa after losing it in the 2017 fire.(Ryder Kimball/Peninsula Press) Climate change is altering the physical...
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