
Though, faced with freedom, Condor 1139 and his fellow juveniles take their sweet time to step across the threshold. “We’re on condor time,” says a program manager.

“In some areas, they blanketed the road,” says a volunteer newt-rescue organizer.

Or at least there’s one in Moraga that can, as this video shows.

A dozen such projects have sprouted, offering habitat-friendly flood protection. Getting permission for them is a challenge.

Nearly two decades after it was shuttered, advocates and researchers are hoping to reopen the field station where community college students were once involved in the marine sciences.

The plan—yet to be City-approved—calls for upward of $17 million in maintenance for Oakland’s neglected trees.