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An 'immaculate' molar: Fossilized mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County creek bed
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (80+ words) An ‘immaculate’ molar: Fossilized mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County creek bed Local News Matters A fossil of an intact molar belonging to a Pacific mastodon, a tusked mammal that went extinct almost 12,000 years ago, was recently discovered in…...
McNear: Saving Mendocino???s headlands from development took a citizens campaign
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (117+ words) McNear: Saving Mendocino’s headlands from development took a citizens campaign Local News Matters The Mendocino Headlands stretch along the south side of Mendocino’s Main Street and the western border of town. For over a century, over 20 buildings and a lumberyard…...
Marin???s Nina Schuyler addresses climate concerns in magical???Open the Floodgates???
1+ week, 2+ day ago (453+ words) Marin author and writing instructor Nina Schuyler focuses on her passion for environmental conservation in her latest novel, a modern fable that imagines a 3-million-year-old river going to court to seek protection from both polluters and uncaring townspeople. “The river…...
California commits up to $125M to transform Golden Gate Fields into new waterfront park
1+ week, 5+ day ago (104+ words) Local News Matters CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS will spend up to $125 million in state funds to help buy and turn Golden Gate Fields, the 161-acre former horse racing track along the East Bay shoreline, into a public park — a priority of Gov....
Timber, Plaskett fires burn over 40,000 acres in Big Sur, force Highway 1 closure
1+ week, 6+ day ago (81+ words) Local News Matters The Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County grew to 24,728 acres Sunday evening with 21% containment as several zones remain under evacuation orders. The Timber Fire started on Aug. 8 and quickly grew to thousands…...
Jackson forest protections clear Legislature, but bill allows continued logging operations
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (129+ words) Local News Matters LESS THAN TWO WEEKS after a rally at Fort Bragg Town Hall called on lawmakers to pass Assembly Bill 2494 and on Cal Fire to stop logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, the bill has cleared the state…...
Petroleum products safely removed from vessel grounded at Point Reyes Seashore
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (189+ words) Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She…...
As data center backlash grows, Big Tech spends big to sway California lawmakers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (87+ words) Local News Matters COMPANIES BACKING DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION are flooding Sacramento with cash, hoping to stop or defang seven bills that would regulate the facilities as they head toward approval in the California Legislature this week. Continue reading for FREE…...
Port of Oakland, feds reach pact on $640M turning basin project to handle larger ships
2+ week, 1+ day ago (149+ words) Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the…...
Why SF neighborhoods are up in arms over new environmental rankings that could cost them money
2+ week, 2+ day ago (108+ words) Local News Matters California recently updated the system it uses to decide which communities get top priority for state environmental cleanup funding, and dozens of groups in the Bay Area aren’t happy with it. In July, the Office of Environmental…...