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Cities across the Bay Area join the Climate Strike
Thousands of Bay Area students and supporters are expected to participate in Climate Strike walkouts and rallies on Friday, part of hundreds of actions happening around the world calling...Read More
Climate change activists hold sit-in at DNC summer meeting
Hundreds of activists gathered in the hallways of the Hilton Union Square hotel in San Francisco Friday, where the Democratic National Committee is holding its summer meetings, to demand...Read More
Outside Lands opens ‘Grass Lands’ for legal cannabis use, sales
Officials with San Francisco’s Office of Cannabis and Recreation and Park Department announced Wednesday that this year’s Outside Lands festival will be the first where cannabis will be sold...Read More
Following Berkeley, SF supes consider natural gas restriction
Two of San Francisco’s supervisors will introduce legislation that would eliminate natural gas in all new municipal construction and major renovations, according to District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown’s office....Read More
Berkeley to launch reusable cup loan service pilot program
The city of Berkeley will launch a reusable cup loan service later this year to reduce foodware waste, the Berkeley-based non-profit the Ecology Center announced. Select businesses on the...Read More
Navy turns over portion of land for 2,500-acre Concord park space
More than 2,200 acres of former Concord Naval Weapons Station land in eastern Concord is now in the hands of the East Bay Regional Park District, which plans to...Read More
SF weighs acquisition of PG&E assets to meet clean, independent energy goals
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission released a report Monday identifying ways the city could decrease its dependence on PG&E while still providing clean, reliable energy options to its...Read More
CalRecycle awards two Bay Area counties with illegal waste cleanup grants
Sonoma and Contra Costa counties are among five counties in the state that will receive a grant to clean up illegally dumped solid waste on farm or ranch properties....Read More
Special election pits senior housing, homeless services against open space
Alameda residents are voting in a special election Tuesday on two competing measures that will decide the fate of vacant former federal offices on a 3.65-acre parcel on McKay...Read More
Anti-nuke rally planned at Japanese consulate on Fukushima anniversary
A rally will be held Monday afternoon at the Japanese consulate in San Francisco to mark the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear plant failures and to speak out...Read More
San Francisco taps LEDs for brighter, cheaper streetlights
The new LED lights will shine warmer white light, consume half the energy, and last four times longer.Read More
San Francisco cuts greenhouse gases faster than planned
Francisco has reached an ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gases locally two years ahead of schedule.Read More
San Francisco officials tout CleanPowerSF future
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and The City's board of supervisors held a celebration touting the new energy service provider coming to The City.Read More
Palo Alto students install first water filling station
Student organizations and individuals at a Palo Alto high school have unveiled the school's first water bottle filling station, according to school officials.Read More
San Jose flips switch on LED streetlights
San Jose has started what officials said today is the largest streetlight conversion project in the country.Read More
Mayor Lee wants fresh start on clean power
Mayor Ed Lee is asking the SFPUC to launch a city-run clean energy program by the end of the year.Read More
Marin wins at water conservation
Marin Municipal Water District customers are conserving water more than the statewide average and the levels of the district's reservoirs are higher than other parts of the state, a...Read More
California first state to ban plastic bags
Single-use plastic bags will be banned at many stores in California starting next year after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill prohibiting their use, the governor's office announced this...Read More
Thousands bag trash for coastal cleanup
Volunteers turned out by the thousands this weekend to help clean up the Bay Area's beaches as part of the 30th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.Read More