The Best Worst Commute in the Bay Area
I thought State Route 37 was awful, until I looked up.
Science and Nature
Fish Kill at Clear Lake Reveals a Seven-Foot Sturgeon Surprise
A problem lake was doing pretty well this year. Then came a series of unfortunate water-quality events.
What to Do When Your Highway Is Slipping Into the Sea
Picture a giant Rubik’s cube that costs $6–11 billion to solve. That’s State Route 37.
Walking in John Muir’s Footsteps at Alhambra Hills Open Space
Once slated for homes, now open to hikers
First Cotoni-Coast Dairies Trails Opening At Last
Explore sweeping coastal prairies, redwood forests, and oak woodlands at a new national monument near Santa Cruz
Finding Bugula
A colony of hundreds of small animals, whose symbiotic bacteria pumps out human medicine.
Dorothea Lange, Water Prophet
New performances of Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange in fall of 2026.
Fall 2025 Almanac: Blond Tarantulas and Beavers
Life during fall brings with it a little bit of whimsy, the cerulean sky, and a shimmer of promise.
Swimming in the Bay: Salty Autumn
Autumn in San Francisco Bay is a halcyon moment between the punishing winds of summer and the frigid swells of winter.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Electrostatic Flight
How spiders take flight, without any wind to help.
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