is a freelance journalist and editor living happily car-free in El Cerrito. With Robert Johnson, she is co-author of Berkeley Walks, a book of self-guided walking tours published by Heyday Books. She was managing editor of University of California's California Agriculture journal and a research and science communicator for Kaiser Permanente. Her writing has appeared in Estuary News, Bay Area Monitor, Berkeleyside, and other publications.
The Central Valley's bread basket of stone fruit and nut trees could suffer from less cool time in future winters. But what's the tipping point?... Read more.