Courtney Griffith scours beaches and parks for everything from plastic to charcoal, mangled ropes and burnt wood to use in her work.

One of California’s oldest Gold Rush settlements takes stock after a devastating fire — a photo essay.

A new youth advisory team convened by the Greenbelt Alliance and Latino Service Providers is exploring heat disparities in southwest Santa Rosa.

California Environmental Quality Act updates may open up more housing, but some are sounding alarms about bypassed environmental regulations.

In this edition of our professional column, we look at how groups are reimagining a lot in Ashland Grove and shorelines in San Francisco and Palo Alto.

A Cupertino Rotary Club program led by Vidula Aiyer harvests backyard fruit and reduces greenhouse gases.

A public garden at El Cerrito High School in the East Bay inspired my love of nature and my decision to study environmental science at UCLA.

Two miles of levee are now in place as part of the project to protect Alviso and parts of San Jose, but construction will last much longer.

After witnessing fire disasters in neighboring counties, Marin formed a unique fire prevention authority and taxpayers funded it. Thirty projects and three years later, the county is clearer of undergrowth.

BART, Caltrain, Muni, and AC Transit could face devastating cuts, pushing thousands more cars onto Bay Area roads, unless voters intervene.

Activists, planners and scientists say bay fill, equity and education are key concerns in the battle against future flooding.

Fires and floods are scaring insurance companies away from disaster zones, but communities are doing their part to improve outcomes.

As new research hones in on the importance of sediment transfer, two rivers may hold the key to rescuing beaches and wetlands in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area.

Since Steve Rasmussen and his wife bought a Napa vineyard in 2015 they’ve weathered five fires, and learned how the county and the community respond when disaster strikes.

To survive climate change, California forests need more than re-planting — they need seedlings matched to tomorrow’s conditions.

A weather report from correspondents around the Bay.

This August BCDC approved a public sea level rise education program to be spearheaded by the Exploratorium, in lieu of a fill removal project for their redevelopment of Pier 17.

Cheng spoke to KneeDeep’s UC Berkeley reporting partner about decarbonization work during the Trump era.

A new tool from the Estuary Institute gives planners ideas for where best to work with nature around the Bay to protect shores from sea level rise.