Posts by Staff Reporter
Muwekma Recognition
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is expected to decide by early August whether to formally recognize the East Bay’s Muwekma Ohlone tribe — 96 years after the federal government granted the status to their ancestors.
Precautionary Tale
Under a draft ordinance set to go before its Board of Supervisors this fall, San Francisco may become the first city in the US to subject purchasing decisions to the precautionary principle.
Post-Fire Logging
A Federal District Court judge has sided with activists seeking to block post-fire salvage logging in Humboldt County’s Six Rivers National Forest.
An Ohlone Story
In all the traditional territory of the Ohlone, from Carquinez Strait and San Francisco to Big Sur, the only place so far held in trust by indigenous inhabitants lies in the hills near Hollister — Indian Canyon.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
E-waste — old computers, printers, and other gadgetry — contains lead and cadmium in circuit boards, lead oxide and cadmium in monitors, mercury in switches and flat-screen monitors, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), brominated flame retardants on circuit boards, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cable insulation.
Liquid Solar
The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Alternative Fuel? Vegetable Oil.
Montezuma Wetlands Suit
Two Bay Area activist groups have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue to block the Montezuma Wetlands Project, an effort to dump toxic dredge spoils from the Port of Oakland and elsewhere into Solano County marshland for “restoration.”
Clean Water Victory
Working-class communities in the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona areas east of Los Angeles have won a state Supreme Court ruling that allows water users to sue privately owned water suppliers, as well as public water companies, over contamination of the water supply.
Good Companions
The Bay Area is blessed with a mild climate that permits year-round gardening, but many of us don’t get the urge to plant until Spring warms up our soil.
