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County seeks input on environmental health risks in unincorporated areas for a first-ever policy.
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County seeks input on environmental health risks in unincorporated areas for a first-ever policy.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 7, 2026

Katie Rodriguez here, thinking about how difficult it can be to translate policy language into what it actually means in terms of community impact.

In a last-minute scramble, California lawmakers fail to deliver promised environmental reform.
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In a last-minute scramble, California lawmakers fail to deliver promised environmental reform.

  • By Yue Stella Yu and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
  • Sep 18, 2025

In June, California Democrats rushed to significantly roll back the state’s landmark environmental law to clear the path for land development.

California launches a first-ever statewide pesticide notification system.
Local Spin | Opinion

California launches a first-ever statewide pesticide notification system.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 27, 2025

It’s rare to see activists seeking to restrict pesticides cheering for pesticide regulators. But on Monday, March 24, dozens of activists from…

Community orgs push back against lax draft regulations about the fumigant 1,3-D.
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Community orgs push back against lax draft regulations about the fumigant 1,3-D.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Nov 21, 2024

On Friday, Nov. 15, as the sun set on a crisp evening, farmworkers, teachers and members of Californians for Pesticide Reform assembled in fro…

The local NAACP asked Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s national leader, if he was willing to acquiesce to Chevron. He said no.
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The local NAACP asked Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s national leader, if he was willing to acquiesce to Chevron. He said no.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 19, 2024

Pam Marino here, reporting on a tangled web of relationships involving a hometown son turned national leader, a respected local civil rights o…

A new challenge to the state water board rules alleges civil rights violations.
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A new challenge to the state water board rules alleges civil rights violations.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 28, 2024

In 2012, California became the first state in the country to pass legislation declaring clean water is a human right. “Every human being has t…

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  • Aug 17, 2023

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Pajaro residents demand financial aid and a plan to prevent flooding now.
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Pajaro residents demand financial aid and a plan to prevent flooding now.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Apr 6, 2023

Dozens of Pajaro residents attended the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 4, holding signs in English and Spanish that read “Just…

As Pajaro residents resettle, it’s time to rethink how and where we live.
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As Pajaro residents resettle, it’s time to rethink how and where we live.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 6, 2023

After the Pajaro River levee breached in the middle of the night, the response was swift and urgent. Firefighters and law enforcement officers…

Congress authorized a restoration of the Pajaro River levee in 1966. More than half a century later, the work remains undone.
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Congress authorized a restoration of the Pajaro River levee in 1966. More than half a century later, the work remains undone.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 23, 2023

IN THE SUMMER OF 1926, HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE MIDWEST SWELLED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RECORD LEVELS, precipitating a catastrophe that would u…

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