The Smallest Stars Have Gone Out
More than 20 species of sea star suffered in a disease outbreak that started in 2013. But in many places in the Bay Area, one small star hasn't returned.
Gretchen Lang has won numerous awards for her environmental reporting in the Bay Area. A longtime foreign correspondent, she returned to the Bay Area in 2010 and now works for a small community weekly newspaper in Tiburon.
More than 20 species of sea star suffered in a disease outbreak that started in 2013. But in many places in the Bay Area, one small star hasn't returned.