Category: Fight or Flight
When you know it’s coming for you — fire, flood, heat or stormy weather. Planning, designing and building for safety, efficiency and equity.
Antioch Desalination Plant Could Boost Local Water Supply
The $120 million plant opened this fall and treats 8 million gallons of brackish water a day, 75% of which is drinkable.
How Cities Can Make AI Infrastructure Green
Data centers fueling AI can suck up massive amounts of energy, water and land, but local policies can mitigate the impact.
CEQA Reforms: Boon or Brake for Adaptation?
California Environmental Quality Act updates may open up more housing, but some are sounding alarms about bypassed environmental regulations.
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Newark Needs Housing, But Could Shoreline Serve A Higher Purpose?
The Bay Area needs more affordable housing, but would 196-homes or a buffer against sea level serve local needs better in the years ahead?
Antioch Desalination Plant Could Boost Local Water Supply
The $120 million plant opened this fall and treats 8 million gallons of brackish water a day, 75% of which is drinkable.
How Cities Can Make AI Infrastructure Green
Data centers fueling AI can suck up massive amounts of energy, water and land, but local policies can mitigate the impact.
CEQA Reforms: Boon or Brake for Adaptation?
California Environmental Quality Act updates may open up more housing, but some are sounding alarms about bypassed environmental regulations.
Repurposing Urban Lots & Waterfronts: Ashland Grove Park, Palo Alto Levee, and India Basin
In this edition of our professional column, we look at how groups are reimagining a lot in Ashland Grove and shorelines in San Francisco and Palo Alto.
King Kong Levee: Two Miles Done, Two To Go
Two miles of levee are now in place as part of the project to protect Alviso and parts of San Jose, but construction will last much longer.
Reforesting a Fiery, Warming World
To survive climate change, California forests need more than re-planting — they need seedlings matched to tomorrow’s conditions.
Insurance Innovations Reward Communities Trying to Reduce Climate Risk
Fires and floods are scaring insurance companies away from disaster zones, but communities are doing their part to improve outcomes.
How Two Rivers Could Rescue Sinking Beaches and Marshes
As new research hones in on the importance of sediment transfer, two rivers may hold the key to rescuing beaches and wetlands in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area.
One Man’s Five-Fire Learning Curve
Since Steve Rasmussen and his wife bought a Napa vineyard in 2015 they’ve weathered five fires, and learned how the county and the community respond when disaster strikes.
Alameda Flood Group Keeps Chin Up Despite Claw Backs
A group of 30 Oakland-Alameda partners refused to give up on a Bay Farm Island sea level rise adaptation after losing a $50 million grant.
The Rancher Using Goats to Fight California Wildfires
Hoof by hoof, a family-run targeted grazing operation is reducing fire risk for homes, schools, and open spaces.