Angela Swartz Archives – KneeDeep Times

Angela Swartz

is a freelance writer based in the Bay Area. She is the former editor of the Menlo Park-based newspaper The Almanac.

A man wearing a white hard hat and an orange construction vest is harnessed to a tree while he uses a chainsaw to cut down a branch.

Protecting Birds as Burlingame’s Iconic Trees Come Down

San Mateo County’s El Camino Real has long featured eucalyptus trees, but their roots are breaking up the road, and their bark is clogging drains.... Read more.

A crowd of about 30 people sits on folding chairs assembled inside a large room inside a community center

Coordinate or Fall Short: The New Normal

Public officials and nonprofits say teaming up and pooling resources are vital strategies for success in a climate-changed world.... Read more.

Helping Farmworkers Navigate Ugly Weather and Raids

Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga and her nonprofit ALAS are trying to give coastal farmworkers resources amid lost income to climate change and ICE raids.... Read more.

Stories by County

Protecting Birds as Burlingame’s Iconic Trees Come Down

Coordinate or Fall Short: The New Normal

Helping Farmworkers Navigate Ugly Weather and Raids