The Air District’s Elizabeth Yura speaks at a workshop for the agency’s new Community Health Protection Program. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Gardeners know that the Bay Area has microclimates, places which are colder or wetter or windier than the vicinity …
Oro Loma Sanitary District’s unique horizontal levee offers innovative solutions to two critical environmental problems. Photo by Kristopher Decker. This small rectangle of wetland near the San Francisco Bay in San Lorenzo doesn’t look particularly vis …
Students from San Pedro Elementary School in San Rafael enjoy a field trip to Miwok Meadows in China Camp State Park. Photo courtesy WildCare. Kids like to be outside, and it’s good for them. Nina S. Roberts, a recreation and parks professor at San Fra …
LWV San Francisco’s election season activities included this session to train volunteers in conducting voter registration. Photo by Alec MacDonald. The League of Women Voters has an undeniably strong reputation — when people have questions about electi …
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is one of seven state-owned Bay Area bridges that would be affected by RM 3. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Bay Area voters will weigh a large investment in traffic congestion relief on June 5 as part of a $4.45 billion plan to …
This family photo from 1998 shows Amanda Montez with her late father on a camping trip in the Sierra Nevadas. She credits her dad with inspiring her efforts to improve the Latino community’s access to open space. Photo courtesy Amanda Montez. Amanda Mo …
Appropriate Appropriations? Amendment Aims at Allocations Under California’s cap-and-trade program, the legislature appropriates money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to administering agencies for programs that result in greenhouse gas emission …
Watershed and Woodlands Protection, or Attack on Agriculture? Napa County’s oak woodlands and vineyards are the focus of Measure C. Photo courtesy pixabay.com. After years of trying to save the oak trees he loves in Napa County, Jim Wilson may be about …
Bay Area League Day is LWVBA’s annual forum. Photo by Alec MacDonald. People who talk about making the San Francisco Bay Area a better place often focus on regionalism, regional planning, and regional governance. This emphasis comes from a recognition …
This 40-year-old peaker plant is a source of air pollution near Jack London Square and the Port of Oakland. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Janice Lin has a favorite metaphor for how large-scale energy storage can change the future of California. “Humans stor …