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Elegant terns are suddenly all over San Francisco shores
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (310+ words) Elegant terns arrive in big numbers at Crissy Marsh in San Francisco. Royal. Sandwich. Caspian. Elegant. These are the colorful names for different species of terns, some of San Francisco Bay’s most graceful seabirds. A wave of elegant terns — identifiable…...
Parkside, San Francisco Residential Junk Removal: Eco-Friendly Services Expanded
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (171+ words) Nationally, waste diversion remains a persistent challenge. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, roughly half of all municipal solid waste generated in the United States is sent to landfills, while only about 32% is recycled or composted, underscoring the ongoing need…...
Chonkers imitator appears at San Francisco's Pier 39
1+ week, 2+ day ago (214+ words) A new Steller sea lion has appeared on Pier 39’s K-Dock. Another Steller sea lion has appeared on Pier 39’s K-Dock — but it’s not the San Francisco tourist attraction’s Prius-sized “seal-ebrity” Chonkers. Sue Muzzin, a spokesperson for Pier 39, confirmed sightings of…...
The climate is changing, and so is Burning Man
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1581+ words) FILE: Burning Man festival participants endure a dust storm on the playa within the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man is known for many things, but mild weather is not one of them. Last summer, the 70,000-person desert…...
Unusual dragonfly swarms sweep across California after warm spring rains
2+ week, 4+ day ago (687+ words) Californians are spotting swarms of dragonflies flitting around parks, chasing mosquitoes in ponds and hunting flies on farms, a phenomenon experts say was likely fueled by unusually warm spring rains. Peter Veilleux, who owns a nursery in Oakland, said he…...
The hidden life keeping the southwest's deserts alive
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1431+ words) Biocrusts both produce and reinforce soils, creating the foundation upon which everything else grows. It was well above 90 degrees the day I followed scientists out across the Needles district in Canyonlands National Park. As we stepped off the road, I…...
Calif. officials consider closing La Jolla Cove over ongoing unruliness
3+ week, 3+ day ago (807+ words) A sea lion at La Jolla Cove Beach in San Diego, Calif. Just one month after a video went viral of a man abusing a sea lion at a popular San Diego cove, the California Coastal Commission is considering closing…...
Death of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom dolphin prompts calls to relocate remaining animals
3+ week, 3+ day ago (405+ words) A bottlenose dolphin that spent more than four decades at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo was euthanized last month after years in captivity, prompting an animal rights group to renew calls for the park's remaining dolphins to be moved…...
Sea lion cruelty sparks call to close world-famous California beach
3+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) A sea lion at La Jolla Cove Beach in San Diego, Calif. Just one month after a video went viral of a man abusing a sea lion at a popular San Diego cove, the California Coastal Commission is considering closing…...
Climate scientists warn El Niño may bring tallest-ever seas to California
3+ week, 4+ day ago (337+ words) Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County during king tides in January 2026. Top climate scientists in California are already warning of exceptionally high seas and coastal flooding this winter. Looking ahead, they see a confluence of three forces raising the ocean…...