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A large overhead rendering of El Cerrito Plaza in the North Bay with several proposed high-rise apartment buildings in the center surrounding a train station. — El Cerrito Bets on Car-Free Living

Author By Juan Pablo Pérez-Burgos

Date March 19, 2026

A woman wearing glasses, a white hat, yellow long sleeve shirt, light blue denim overalls, gardening gloves and boots picks through invasive plant species on a marsh and leaves small flags to mark their location. Other volunteers wearing yellow reflective vests are visible in the background, with a pond to the left. — Plants Facilitate Transition to Higher Water

Author By Magali Gauthier

Date March 19, 2026

Save The Bay is restoring habitat transition zones with native plants to accommodate rising sea levels and support wildlife.

A large crowd of more than 100 people holding signs with messages like "Don't Defund Our Future," "You Can't Lay Off the Climate Crisis," and "No Climate Cuts" gather around a white man in a suit and glasses speaking at a podium in front of an ornate stone building with gold trim. Steps lead down from the demonstrators to a group of people in the foreground watching or filming the protest. — Hundreds Protest Proposed Cuts to San Francisco Environment Department

Author By Duncan Agnew

Date March 19, 2026

Mayor Daniel Lurie's office has introduced sweeping budget cuts for the next fiscal year, including reduced support for climate action.

A river on the left next to muddy marsh land with tall grass on the right. — The Nuances of Tapping North Bay Sediment Supplies

Author By Nate Seltenrich

Date March 19, 2026

How Adobe Creek and the Petaluma River can help three parcels, including a popular park, evolve into one resilient shore.

Meet the Oakland Biologist Making Native Plants Go Viral

By Aayushi Akhani

March 19, 2026

Saumitra Kelkar shares videos about local biodiversity and native plants through his account, Oakland.bio.

A white man with gray hair wearing a blue jacket with white sleeves and jeans leans over to look at a diagram showing salt pond restoration projects around the South Bay. The diagram is a large poster sitting upright on a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service information table at some kind of community information session. — Mountain View’s Shoreline Gets Serious SLR Attention

Author By Ariel Rubissow Okamoto

Date March 19, 2026

After four breaches, imports of clean fill, and the addition of rocks, bird islands and bridges the South Bay's Shoreline Park has more climate resilient environs.

Finding Community at the Bay Area Climate Literacy Exchange

Author By Padma Balaji

Date March 5, 2026

A third of our food supply goes to waste, and Bay Area students are learning how to fix it one school cafeteria at a time.

Easy Spring Vegetables for Small Gardens

Author By Allison Kidder

Date March 5, 2026

Snap peas and Tokyo turnips are hardy, cool-season vegetables well-suited to Bay Area gardens. Here's how to grow and cook them.

Colorful sign reading "Welcome to Canticle Farm" — At Canticle Farm, Food and Community Are Prayer for a Better World

Author By Nik Altenberg

Date March 5, 2026

On a residential street in East Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, a front yard becomes a food distribution network every Friday.

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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This special, seven-part KneeDeep Times investigative series explores fire, flood, heat and other extremes in three dimensions — science, people, place — and reports on how researchers, activists, city planners, and community leaders are building climate resilience.

A bird's-eye view of an urban walkway/park in the center, with Mission Creek pictured below and buildings pictured above — The Race Against Runoff

Douglas fir seedlings. Photo: CAL FIRE — Reforesting a Fiery, Warming World

Insurance Innovations Reward Communities Trying to Reduce Climate Risk

How Two Rivers Could Rescue Sinking Beaches and Marshes

One Man’s Five-Fire Learning Curve

scientists looking at oyster castle — A Living Shoreline, Built One Oyster at a Time

Residents meet to discuss heat. Photo: Eliana Perez — Slow Progress on Shade For California’s Hottest Desert Towns

In Uncertain Times, the Port of Oakland Goes Electric

Small house fire in 2025 in Boulder Creek near Santa Cruz. Photo: Steve Kuehl — Staying Wise About Fire – 5 Years Post-CZU

Handouts at the Climate of Hope Fair. Photo: Sierra Garcia — Pajaro Residents Weigh In on How to Use Climate Funds

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Illustration of journalists interviewing with microphones. — Journalism Fellowship Opportunities

Author By KDT Staff

Our magazine offers a variety of modest fellowships for journalists in training or community storytellers.

Noticias en español

Author By KDT Staff

Encuentra más historias en español esta primavera, dentro de nuestro boletín KneeDeep con vecinos, y...

ReaderBoard — ReaderBoard

Author By KDT Staff

Once a month we share reader announcements: jobs, events, reports, and more.

free library in Mill Valley — Live Near a Tiny Library? Join Our Citizen Marketing Campaign

Author By KDT Staff

KneeDeep asks readers to place paper zines in tiny street libraries to help us reach...

The youth advisory team debriefed with Cesar Estien after noting temperature variations at four nearby locations. — Six Months on the Community Reporting Beat

Author By KDT Staff

The magazine worked with four journalists in training from community colleges, and began building a...

Six people sit in chairs at the Sustainable Solano meeting — Rio Vista Residents Talk Health and Air Quality

Author By Daniela Ramirez

A Sustainable Solano community meeting dug into how gas wells, traffic, and other pollution sources...

Six GreenLatinos members in Washington, D.C. — Threatened by Trump’s Policies, GreenLatinos Refuses to Back Down

Author By Dave Rhody

National nonprofit GreenLatinos is advancing environmental equity and climate action amid immigration enforcement and policy...

Ten fellows pose in front of a Resilient Roots poster. — Field Clips: What 7 Newly-Minted Climate Leaders Did for Solano County

Author By KDT Staff

After 10 months of climate leadership training, the graduates of the Resilient Roots program tell...

Climate Adaptation: A Guide — Climate Adaptation: The Basics

Author By Vrinda Manglik

Resilient sweet potatoes and stilts on houses remind us how adaptable human beings can be....

Picture of the Month

April 2026

This fish leaping out of the concrete of San Francisco’s Embarcadero honors the Taino goddess of fresh water, fertility and life named Atabey. Artist NiNo Alicea hopes it reminds us of resilience and the sacredness of water, and what happens if we ignore the Earth. He hails from Puerto Rico, an island that has suffered more than its fair share of earthquakes and hurricanes. To locals here on the SF waterfront, this silvery beauty - made of pizza pans and other recycled materials – also evokes our estuary’s beleaguered salmon, fighting their way upstream as we are now fighting rising sea levels. Will fish be flopping on our streets sometime soon? Photo: Ariel R Okamoto

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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.

The Bike Fremont booth at Niles Canyon Stroll & Roll in 2023. Photo: Bike Fremont. — Encouraging Stories of Practical Action

Author By KDT Staff

Date December 12, 2023

Year-end story round up of practical actions you can take to become more climate resilient, from home improvements to neighbor networks.

Fresh loaves milled and baked with local wheat at a San Francisco bakery. Photo: Josey Baker. — Leaders of the Local Grain Economy

Author By Kayla Zola

Date August 23, 2023

While wheat accounts for just under 3% of California's harvested cropland, a local grain economy has given the crop new significance.

New Maps Reveal Bay Area Flood Threat From Below

Author By Meg Duff

Date January 18, 2023

As Bay Area residents kayaked through flooded streets and bailed out buildings during California’s recent storms, they faced not only bursting creeks and pouring rain but also rising groundwater.

rending light tree — Flipping the Switch on All-Electric Housing

Author By Kate Bradshaw

Date September 21, 2022

An East Palo Alto affordable housing project is at the forefront of a trend cities across California are trying to encourage: switching from natural gas appliances to electric ones. But...