Bay Area September scorcher: Above-average heat sets stage for elevated fire risk this week By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | September 16, 2025 The potential for dry lightning strikes will elevate the threat of fire impacts.
Environment Air District expands ‘Clean Cars for All,’ offering $12K incentives for zero-emission vehicles By Kathleen Kirkwood, Bay City News | September 15, 2025 The program, funded by $10 million from state and local sources, aims to reduce financial barriers to driving zero-emission vehicles.
gavin newsom California lawmakers deliver major Democratic climate, housing and labor wins to Newsom By Yue Stella Yu and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | September 13, 2025 This year's legislative session is a wrap; but the last-minute backroom deals sparked frustration among some lawmakers.
Bay Area State grant launches Point Reyes restoration design, free-range future for native tule elk By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | September 13, 2025 Tule elk will now have access to areas previously designated for cattle.
environment In last-minute scramble, California lawmakers fail to deliver promised environmental reform By Yue Stella Yu and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters | September 12, 2025 The pro-development Assembly has pushed to cut red tape to build more housing faster.
Environment Newsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil production By Maya C. Miller, Alejandro Lazo and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | September 10, 2025 The goal is stable gas and electricity prices as well as progress toward the state’s ambitious climate goals.
Bay Area We belong outdoors: Bay Area groups battle inequity to make nature accessible for all By Anna Tran | Bay City News | September 7, 2025 Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.
City Letter to the Editor | Questions, concerns about Moraga Canyon housing development By Marj Blackwell, Vincent Fisher, Julie Watters, Daphne Albert, and Peggy Esposito | September 5, 2025 Residents Marj Blackwell, Vincent Fisher, Julie Watters, Daphne Albert, and Peggy Esposito say the plan is fraught with risk.
climate change Dozens of lightning strike fires are burning across California. A warming climate could bring more, according to new study By Rachel Becker | CalMatters | September 4, 2025 Fires in the Sierra foothills have already torched nearly 14,000 acres, and devastated the historic Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp.
Arts & Entertainment Piedmont Ave. mural at center of nudity complaint won’t be removed from public view for now By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | September 4, 2025 Some Native American neighbors are offended and say the mural lacks ‘redeeming cultural message.’