• Sonya Bennett-Brandt

    is KneeDeep’s Assistant Editor and a freelance environmental journalist based in Berkeley. Her work on conservation and climate adaptation has appeared in Wired Magazine, the Guardian, and Bay Nature, among others. She lives next to a large tree that houses two squirrels, a scrub jay nest, a courteous skunk, and, intermittently, baby racoons. @sbennettbrandt.

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Fire from homeless encampment in the Mission District. Photo: Desiree Barrera for MissionLocal

Wildfire in the Big City? 

San Francisco’s 2025 Hazards and Climate Resilience plan says the city's urban forests pose a moderate wildfire risk. One resident thinks preparedness could b... Read more.