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Affordability Top of Mind For 6 Oaklanders This Election Season
KneeDeep’s Alex McCutcheon spent a recent afternoon asking passers by along Lake Merritt for their thoughts on affordability and climate change.
Climate Issues On Your Ballot This Fall
Voters have a chance to approve more than $13 billion in resilient and transportation infrastructure funding for the Bay Area and the state this midterm election.
The Sleepy Midterm Race with the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy
Typically an undercovered downballot race in the past, the election of California’s next insurance commissioner could reshape the state’s fire and flood coverage.
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Affordability Top of Mind For 6 Oaklanders This Election Season
KneeDeep’s Alex McCutcheon spent a recent afternoon asking passers by along Lake Merritt for their thoughts on affordability and climate change.
A Wasted Opportunity
Too many of this year’s crop of Democratic candidates are squandering the opportunity to connect the affordability crisis to the climate crisis.
Climate Issues On Your Ballot This Fall
Voters have a chance to approve more than $13 billion in resilient and transportation infrastructure funding for the Bay Area and the state this midterm election.
The Sleepy Midterm Race with the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy
Typically an undercovered downballot race in the past, the election of California’s next insurance commissioner could reshape the state’s fire and flood coverage.
Fire Weather in the Wind
As the hot Nevada air cools every fall, it gets pushed west to lower pressure areas over the Central Valley, where the wind heats up and dries out.
My Morning Cleaning Up the Oakland Estuary
On Oakland’s Creek to Bay Day, I joined 100 volunteers for I Heart Oakland-Alameda Estuary to remove shoreline trash.
RCDs Pay Extra Attention to North Bay High Schoolers
A $13,500 grant will help three North Bay conservation districts evaluate youth education programs and prepare high school students for environmental careers.
Creeks Make Good & Bad Homes
San Jose State researcher Costanza Rampini explores why the houseless favor creek banks, and how they weather the flood risk.
Bay Area Braces for Record-Breaking El Niño
Record high water temperatures in the Pacific are expected to bring dangerous sea level rise, waves, and rain to the region this winter.
Regional Housing Agency Invests in Affordability
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority is launching a loan program to support the construction of mixed-income rental properties.
The End is Coming for California’s Untouchable Grass
The law, which applies to grass that isn’t used for recreational purposes, could cut urban water use across California by more than 20% says Oakland thinktank.
Sonoma Vineyard Workers Burn toward a Better Future
A group of immigrant farmworkers are forming a worker-owned cooperative to bring back Indigenous burning practices that used to revitalize the soil.