Trees are more valuable to cities than people realize. They produce shade and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, plus add to property values, but they also perform an important civic function: trees absorb storm water that would otherwise overwhelm sewer systems. Some trees soak up 1,100 gallons of storm run-off per year – the more trees, the less sewage running into the bay. So with all these benefits in mind, ...
The Bay Area has a reputation as a place where it’s hard to get things done, but you’d never know it from all the recent progress on transformative megaprojects. Construction began last week on...
Nearly 30 years ago, Donna Baranski-Walker took a stand to change the world by helping oppressed people in far-off Communist Poland. What she didn’t realize then was that changing the world would become the focus of her life. From helping people...