2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (770+ words) Mountain View wants to increase funding for consultant services to monitor and protect the burrowing owl population at Shoreline Park, nearly two years after the abrupt departure of the city's two wildlife biologists. The City Council is expected to vote…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (656+ words) California has launched the Salton Sea Conservancy, a new state agency to oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating inland lake. On Friday Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of a 20-member conservancy board, with members…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (799+ words) Palo Alto's effort to require bird-friendly building designs soared over business opposition Monday with the City Council adopting new rules that would require glazed glass or window features such as films and decals for new construction and major remodels. The…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (192+ words) As Palo Alto officials prepare to adopt new rules to require bird-friendly building designs, some critics are urging the city to relax the rules for commercial structures. Plans for the renovation of the bustling but dilapidated Cubberley Community Center are…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (822+ words) Former Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou spoke for many in the environmental community when she lamented in 2023 a phenomenon that happens all too often in her city: birds flying into buildings. "It's pretty traumatic when you see a bird hit…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (165+ words) The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is reverting thousands of acres of land once used for salt production to its historic tidal marsh state. But experts worry the gradual conversion of dried salt ponds to wetlands will hamper the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1879+ words) That dried salt pond, also called R3, is part of the largest active wetland rehabilitation effort on the West Coast. The 50-year project is reverting thousands of acres of land all across the Bay that was once used for salt production…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1041+ words) A dozen people whispered in hushed tones, peering into the water flowing below a small bridge in Stevens Creek in Cupertino." A runner slowed to a jog. "What are you all looking at?" "A robin in the creek." "You must…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1705+ words) For half a century, Mountain View has had an ordinance on the books protecting some of the city's oldest living resources " its heritage trees. Now some community members are questioning whether the ordinance is living up to its purpose, after…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1569+ words) On an early August morning, it didn't take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange and black bills and graceful, curving necks as they swam in the marsh along the side of a Solano County…...