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Category Archives: Animals and Wildlife
News Pix: Bay to Breakers Rules and SF Citizen Scientists Take Over McLaren Park
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr demonstrates the size of bags that Bay to Breakers race participants are permitted to carry this weekend. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Pancho Ramos-Stierle, an Occupy the Farm supporter, held plant starts that survived a UC … Continue reading
Audience at Oakland's Internet Cat Video Festival Agrees That Cats Are Awesome
by Aaron Mendelson Thousands of cat lovers attended Oakland’s first-ever Internet Cat Video Festival on Saturday, crowding into four blocked-off streets in the Uptown area. The all-day event celebrated everything feline, with cat adoptions, cat art, a cat photo booth, … Continue reading
Checking Out Pug Sunday at Alta Plaza Park in San Francisco
by Gina Scialabba Pugs have a passionate, cultlike following. And if you don't believe it, you’ve never been to Pug Sunday, a once-a-month gathering of owners and their wrinkly breed. It’s a time to socialize, nosh and sniff (not the … Continue reading
Calif. Firefighters Rue Budget Cuts as Wildfire Season Heats Up
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When wildfires blow up, and especially when more than one is raging at the same time, the calls go out to everybody with firefighting resources. It happens every year, more or less often depending on the weather. This year, though, … Continue reading
A Wild Kingdom Right in the Middle of San Jose
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Who knew? Downtown San Jose is booming with exotic wildlife. Earlier this month came news that beavers had returned to the Guadalupe River after a long absence. Now … an update on the falcons that are making their nest on … Continue reading
Video: Do The Terms 'Cage-Free' and 'Free Range' Mean Anything?
Have you ever stood bewildered in the grocery aisle doing your socially conscious best to figure out which eggs come from chickens not in cages, which come from those with access to the outdoors and which were provided with HBO? … Continue reading
Tussle in Tracy: Off-Roaders, Nature Lovers Fight over State Park's Future
We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having—but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight “off-highway vehicle parks” get a steady stream of gas-tax … Continue reading
Willits Tree-Sitter Resumes Highway Bypass Protest on the Ground
by Deborah Svoboda Warbler might be back on the ground, but she is continuing her hunger strike and says this fight is not over. California Highway Patrol officers on Tuesday used cherry pickers to nab Warbler and other tree-sitters who … Continue reading
(Video, Photos) Tree Sitter 'Warbler' Goes on a Hunger Strike
by Deborah Svoboda After camping out in a ponderosa pine 71 feet above the ground for two months, "Warbler" has not achieved her goal of blocking a Highway 101 bypass around the Mendocino County town of Willits. Now she is … Continue reading
Key State Report to Show How Water Tunnels Will Impact Endangered Fish
This month, new details have emerged about Gov. Jerry Brown’s $23 billion plan to build new plumbing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It could be the state’s largest water project in a generation, consisting of two massive, 40-foot-wide tunnels and … Continue reading
