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Nonprofit gifts that give locally
Everyone knows people who are ardent in support of local organizations and causes. For those folks, ideal gifts can be donations in their names to those organizations or memberships/subscriptions to places they frequently visit. Here are some...
Paddling Offers Perspective in Open Waters
There’s something in the water in Alameda, and it might be a group of 50 8th graders in kayaks: Sea Trek just opened a second location at the Ballena Isle Marina after over three decades leading kayak...
New Neuter Rules Recommended for Cats and Dogs
East Bay animal shelters are in for quite the rewiring if county dog fixing standards catch up to the new vet-recommended age guidelines for neutering. But it may also relieve some of the pressure on owners struggling...
Policies in Peril as Fire Risk Rises
On the afternoon of Oct, 19, 1991, Beth Keer hiked up Sonoma Mountain with a friend. After some time, the pair looked back and spotted a plume of smoke in Oakland’s direction. Frantic, they rushed down the...
‘The Carbonator’ Fights Wildfire Danger at East Bay Parks
The East Bay Regional Park District may have found the wildfire-fighter equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Terminator.”
The most recent California drought is over. But it, and the bigger issue of ongoing climate change, left behind over 1,500...
Happy Newt Year!
The East Bay has two endemic newt species, which spend the winter searching for a mating pool, and are protected by Tilden Regional Park from traffic during the breeding season.
Life is Wild
What humans perceive as one place—one city—can be a jigsaw puzzle of extremely different ecosystems, each with its own risks and opportunities for wildlife. In the East Bay, animal neighbors are as numerous and varied as human...
