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KneeDeep organizes its stories in three departments: In Fight or Flight, read about decision-making in the face of advancing water, fire, or stormy weather, and building for safety, efficiency and equity. City & County zeroes in on where change begins: with local government and within each community. Hearts and Minds recognizes that without human connection, all the engineering or money in the world can’t save us.

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A wide view of the Bay in the background, with the highway in the foreground and a marsh in between.

May 2026

Photographer Karl Nielsen shows us a drone view of the Emeryville Crescent, where marshes are feeling the squeeze between highways and the rising Bay. They have no place to go but under, but regional planners and engineers still have a few tricks up their sleeves. They hope to find a way to use nature-based engineering to buffer the toll plaza and save habitat for fish and birds.

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Every month our editor selects a few extraordinary stories from our news archives. Also don’t miss scrolling through our News Archive for more jewels and local climate resilience information. 

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Future-Proof Homes?

Date February 28, 2023
Oona Khan dreams about her home of the future, after losing her Malibu retreat to fire. Caught in a quagmire of legal battles with Southern California Edison, and surging construction...