Some Environmentalists Are Disappointed With Gavin Newsom
The governor’s office has seemed reluctant to help protect Northern California’s rivers and fisheries if the actions might anger agricultural interests.
Read MorePosted by Alastair Bland | Feb 1, 2020 | Environment |
The governor’s office has seemed reluctant to help protect Northern California’s rivers and fisheries if the actions might anger agricultural interests.
Read MorePosted by Alastair Bland | Mar 1, 2018 | Environment |
After three decades, environmentalists are on the cusp of obtaining wild and scenic designation for the Mokelumne River, which would prevent new dams on the East Bay’s primary water supply.
Read MorePosted by Alastair Bland | Feb 1, 2018 | Environment |
A $4 billion measure on the June ballot would help upgrade parks and increase access to them.
Read MorePosted by Alastair Bland | Jan 1, 2018 | Environment |
The transportation agency plans to cut down 300 more trees to widen Niles Canyon Road—a project that threatens a major East Bay watershed.
Read MorePosted by Alastair Bland | Oct 1, 2017 | Environment |
East Bay activists are pushing to replace more traffic lanes with bike lanes. But not everybody is happy about it.
Read Moreby Alastair Bland | Feature |
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Alastair Bland | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Apr 1, 2019 | Faces of the East Bay, Parenting
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.