Lawyer leads fight to save species on city-owned golf course
If the California red-legged frog and its main predator — the San Francisco garter snake — survive, it will likely be due to one man: Brent Plater. The 35-year-old environmental lawyer, rarely seen in...
View ArticleIs it ‘smart growth’ to build in the San Francisco Bay? Updates from the field
The Bay Area needs more homes for its growing population, but does it make sense to house 30,000 people on unstable land, in earthquake country, that’s also at high risk of inundation by rising sea...
View ArticleStory in progress: ‘Smart growth’ or bay fill in Redwood City? ABAG has the...
The Bay Area needs more homes for its growing population, but does it make sense to house 30,000 people on unstable land, in earthquake country, that’s also at high risk of inundation by rising sea...
View ArticleHuge development on fringe of Bay sparks debate over ‘smart growth’
A wide dirt road cuts through the middle of the large, multi-hued salt harvesting ponds that stretch as far as the eye can see. Except for a few heavy trucks that trundle past, and a couple of...
View ArticleLocal biotech companies help low-performing schools teach science
A science lab class is about to begin at Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto on a recent Tuesday morning and the universal seventh-grader’s mien says, “I couldn’t care less.”Visiting scientists...
View ArticleDon’t build neighborhood on SF Bay salt flats, Redwood City voters say in new...
Redwood City residents oppose a plan to build a massive development on a stretch of salt ponds beside the San Francisco Bay by a 2-1 ratio, according to new poll released Tuesday. The poll found 57...
View ArticleNew San Francisco biodiversity push could come too late for golf course critters
Public debate about the plight of protected species on a San Francisco-owned golf course in Pacifica has refocused attention on the city’s commitment to safeguarding natural diversity. In late May, the...
View ArticleBay Area nonprofit helps develop affordable medicines for Third World patients
A South San Francisco nonprofit drug development organization, OneWorld Health, is shattering the conventional profit-generating model of pharmaceutical companies by using a social enterprise approach...
View ArticleStanford Divests, Bay Area Still Spews Carbon
With Stanford University dumping its coal investments, and Plan Bay Area’s “smart growth” strategy aiming to reduce regional greenhouse-gas emissions by 2035, has the Bay Area finally turned the corner...
View ArticleLawyer leads fight to save species on city-owned golf course
If the California red-legged frog and its main predator — the San Francisco garter snake — survive, it will likely be due to one man: Brent Plater. The 35-year-old environmental lawyer, rarely seen in...
View ArticleIs it ‘smart growth’ to build in the San Francisco Bay? Updates from the field
The Bay Area needs more homes for its growing population, but does it make sense to house 30,000 people on unstable land, in earthquake country, that’s also at high risk of inundation by rising sea...
View ArticleStory in progress: ‘Smart growth’ or bay fill in Redwood City? ABAG has the...
The Bay Area needs more homes for its growing population, but does it make sense to house 30,000 people on unstable land, in earthquake country, that’s also at high risk of inundation by rising sea...
View ArticleHuge development on fringe of Bay sparks debate over ‘smart growth’
A wide dirt road cuts through the middle of the large, multi-hued salt harvesting ponds that stretch as far as the eye can see. Except for a few heavy trucks that trundle past, and a couple of...
View ArticleLocal biotech companies help low-performing schools teach science
A science lab class is about to begin at Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto on a recent Tuesday morning and the universal seventh-grader’s mien says, “I couldn’t care less.”Visiting scientists...
View ArticleDon’t build neighborhood on SF Bay salt flats, Redwood City voters say in new...
Redwood City residents oppose a plan to build a massive development on a stretch of salt ponds beside the San Francisco Bay by a 2-1 ratio, according to new poll released Tuesday. The poll found 57...
View ArticleNew San Francisco biodiversity push could come too late for golf course critters
Public debate about the plight of protected species on a San Francisco-owned golf course in Pacifica has refocused attention on the city’s commitment to safeguarding natural diversity. In late May, the...
View ArticleBay Area nonprofit helps develop affordable medicines for Third World patients
A South San Francisco nonprofit drug development organization, OneWorld Health, is shattering the conventional profit-generating model of pharmaceutical companies by using a social enterprise approach...
View ArticleStanford Divests, Bay Area Still Spews Carbon
With Stanford University dumping its coal investments, and Plan Bay Area’s “smart growth” strategy aiming to reduce regional greenhouse-gas emissions by 2035, has the Bay Area finally turned the corner...
View ArticleMountain View or Googleville?
Tech giant’s growth may be turning Silicon Valley city into a company townThe tech industry has brought jobs and unprecedented prosperity to the Mountain View area. This once-small, sleepy agricultural...
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