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Living in San Francisco, writing for the Chronicle, reporting on water, wildfire, climate and the American West.

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    is not your typical water and parks bond measure. Instead of flashy, big-ticket items like new dams and major state park expansions, it favors upgrading smaller neighborhood parks and fixing waterways.

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  2. May 4

    Looks like plans are off for new Temperance Flat Dam on San Joaquin River: by

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    May 4

    Our story about fraud and skewed data in the Navy’s botched radiation cleanup at Hunter’s Point. These are the first criminal charges, and the cases were sealed for a year, suggesting a wider investigation. This is a big deal

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  4. May 3

    Neo-Nazi running second to Feinstein in Senate poll in California via by

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    May 1

    Our colleague David Wiegand has died. David was a tough editor who believed great arts criticism would preserve a great arts community. He was witty, unapologetic and one of the few people who would tell me when I was messing things up. I miss him a lot.

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    Apr 30

    Highway 1 at Big Sur set to reopen in September

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  7. Apr 28

    The national park was taken from them, now they're taking a piece back. My story on the Southern Sierra Miwuk... via

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    Apr 26

    Anglers cast for magic on Saturday’s trout opener . . . also the start of the vacation season, details on the latest conditions, prospects

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    Apr 25

    Macron: The US will come back to the Paris climate pact

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    Apr 24

    EPA chief Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday he’d seek to bar the agency from relying on studies that don’t publicly disclose all of their data, a major policy change that’s long been sought by conservatives

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    Apr 22

    Spotted at 47th and Taravel. Looks like someone took San Francisco’s scooter problem into their own hands. Pretty sure that’s not a Bird company car.

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    Apr 23

    Thanks for the good if troubling story. Reminds us study that found damage to the Bay Area of an extreme storm combined with rising seas could reach $10.8 billion -- same as Loma Prieta earthquake

    California's nightmare 1862 flood likely to be 3-4 times more frequent by end of century, says new study by :
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    Apr 22

    When Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office next year, California will lose a high-profile climate advocate. Many of the Democratic candidates seeking to replace him say they'll stick to his agenda. The two major Republicans? Not so much. via :

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  14. Apr 23

    California's nightmare 1862 flood likely to be 3-4 times more frequent by end of century, says new study by :

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  15. Apr 20

    Just in: California water officials announce tentative funding for new dams...

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    Apr 20

    After seven and a half months of limbo, the Senate finally confirmed Jim Bridenstine to be NASA's next administrator on a party-line vote

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  17. Apr 19

    U.S. cities losing 36 million trees a year to development, per new study:

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    Apr 19

    The Trump administration is moving toward oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:

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    Apr 19

    A dispatch from the Chronicle’s Lorax beat.

    2,000 new trees for San Francisco — and less carbon in the air, too via
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    Apr 18

    Next month, will launch its first Mars-bound spacecraft from California with a mission well suited to the state: studying quakes. That's right: . Read the full story by :

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