Category: Environment
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Bike battle
Two cyclists on mountain bikes ride on a trail in Waterdog Park in Belmont on Dec. 10, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier. How a spat over open space access in Belmont could shape preservation on the Peninsula By Kate Bradshaw December 30, 2021 There’s a neighborhood on the Peninsula where the nature access is almost…
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When hazards collide: How local food systems are adjusting to a changing world
Farm boxes get loaded onto volunteers’ bicycles at Veggielution urban farm in San Jose. During the pandemic, the program delivered food to 40 families by partnering with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and has grown to serve 250. May 1, 2021. Courtesy Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition. By Kate Bradshaw June 27, 2021 As communities emerge from…
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The true story behind Palo Alto’s secret museum dedicated to watercolorist Tony Foster
Anne Baxter, co-executive director at The Foster, talks about Tony Foster’s “Bluebells—Looking WNW near the Top of Luxulyan Valley” (2014). The piece is part of the “Journey,” or series of works, called “Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild.” Photo by Magali Gauthier. By Kate Bradshaw November 18, 2021 As a kid, Palo Altan Jane…
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‘It’s eerie’: Behind the lines of the CZU August Lightning fires
The Red Barn, a landmark in the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve, is obscured in smoke on Aug. 23. Photo by Kate Bradshaw. By Kate Bradshaw August 26, 2020 With wildfire smoke blanketing the Santa Cruz Mountains in a hazy fog, Andy Kerr, co-owner of Alice’s Restaurant, loads up his truck three times a…
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Uneven Ground, Part I: How uneven land use harms communities in southern San Mateo County
The CalEnviroScreen 3.0 index identifies the environmental health burdens of communities by census tract. Pink indicates a census tract among the 10% with the greatest environmental health burden; dark green is among the 10% with the least environmental burden. The yellow, orange and pink areas share many of the same top burden factors, some of which are…
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Uneven Ground, Part II: Navigating food deserts and swamps
Green peppers and apples in Samaritan House’s pantry in Redwood City on Aug. 28, 2019. Photo by Magali Gauthier. By Kate Bradshaw September 9, 2019 When Kendy Mendoza of East Palo Alto and his wife experienced health scares over the last few years, they took action to turn their lives around. Eight years ago, when…
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Uneven Ground, Part III: Chasing equity in a changing climate
Traffic on U.S. 101, which cuts through the city of East Palo Alto, as shown from a new bike and pedestrian bridge over the highway. Photo by Selijah Meacham. By Kate Bradshaw September 17, 2019 East Palo Alto is a cut-through haven, observes Susan Barnes, who has spent the last year puzzling exclusively over how…
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Troubled Water
The Palo Alto Park Mutual Water Company in East Palo Alto on July 23, 2019. Photo by Magali Gauthier/The Almanac By Kate Bradshaw July 17, 2019 The day he left East Palo Alto to attend his grandmother’s funeral across the country, Justin Turner’s water was shut off. He had to leave his wife, nine months…
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